International Library of Technology · Scranton, International Textbook Co. · leaf 253
ly 100 amperes would havebeen required. This example will serve to show the neces-sity of having the power factor as high as possible. W^ATTLESS AND PO^^ER COMPONENTS. 3929. It was mentioned in connection with Fig. 1492that the current could be looked upon as resolved into twocomponents, one at… … Current CFIG. 1494. ds yoivcr Comjioncnt of E Fig. 1495. K^ Current is known as the power component. The E. M. F. may,in the same way, be looked upon as divided into wattless andpower components, as shown in Fig. 1495. From thesefigures it is easily seen that the greater the angle of lag, thelarger…
Electrical engineering
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