Power factor correction is becoming a very important area in the power world.
Adding more generating capacity to the world’s electrical pool is very costly and
would consume additional resources. One method of creating about 30 percent
excess generating capacity is to use the ac power more efficiently through the
broad use of power factor correction. Motors, electronic power supplies, and
fluorescent lighting consume about 40 percent of the power in the world and
each of these would benefit from power factor correction. From the mid-1990s
to 2002, many of the countries of the world are adopting requirements for power ...
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