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Sounds like a logical extension to power factor correction. Large consumers have long been installing capacitors to compensate for inductive loads. Although thi
by jsingleton 11y ago
Sounds like a logical extension to power factor correction. Large consumers have long been installing capacitors to compensate for inductive loads. Although this new tech is over a longer time frame.
To put this in context for others, although domestic customers are normally only billed for real power this is not the case for industrial consumers. Reactive power is significant as they are billed not just for energy used but also for peak power drawn.