无功功率（Reactive power）.doc

无功功率（Reactive power） 1 what is reactive power? What is active power? Visitors 1936534 explain one: 1 reactive power in AC circuit, the power supply by the power load of two kinds; one is the active power, and the other is reactive power. Active power is the electrical power needed to maintain the normal operation of electrical equipment. That is to say, the electric power is converted to other forms of energy (mechanical energy, light energy, heat energy). For example: 5.5 kW motor is the 5.5 kilowatts of electrical energy into mechanical energy, driven by pumping water or threshing machine threshing; various lighting equipment will be converted to light energy, for people to live and work lighting. The symbol of active power is expressed in P, with watts (W), kW (kW) and MW (MW). Reactive power is abstract, which is used for the exchange of electric and magnetic fields in the circuit, and is used to establish and maintain the electric power of the magnetic field in the electrical equipment. It does not work externally, but instead transforms into other forms of energy. All electric equipment with electromagnetic coils, to establish a magnetic field, will consume reactive power. For example, 40 Watt fluorescent lamp, in addition to 40 watts power (ballast also need to consume part of active power) to emit light, reactive power for ballast coil built with alternating magnetic field still need to be around 80 lack. Because it does not do external work, it is called reactive power. Reactive power symbol with Q said, the unit is deficient (Var) or kilovar (kVar). Reactive power is by no means useless, it is of great use. The motor needs to establish and maintain the rotating magnetic field, so that the rotor rotates, thus driving the mechanical movement, and the rotor magnetic field of the motor is established by the reactive power obtained from the power supply. The transformer also needs reactive power to produce a magnetic field in the primary coil of the transformer