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Electric power factor is the ratio between active power with power blind, or can be formulated as follows: Power Factor = p / s
P: active power in KW
S: blind power in KVA
Load factor (load factor) can be defined as the ratio between the average load at peak load measured for a specific time period.
Power factor and load factor are totally different, load factor is used to describe how much the power system is loaded compared to the peak load.
Load factor is defined by the ratio between the average power to the peak power during a period of time.
The power factor describes the ration between the real (more precisely "active") power consumed by a load and the apparent power flowing toward the load. The active power is the power absorbed by pure resistive load. The reactive power is the power needed by the inductive and capacitive loads to create magnetic and electric fields, it is not real power as it is not consumed but it continues circulating between source and load. Reactive power increases the electrical current for no real benefit; that's why its preferred to compensate reactive power locally instead of importing it from the electrical power provider.
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