Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
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ISBN: 9780078028229
Author: Charles K Alexander, Matthew Sadiku
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 31P
A balanced delta-connected load is supplied by a 60-Hz three-phase source with a line voltage of 480 V. Each load phase draws 24 kW at a lagging power factor of 0.8. Find:
- (a) the load impedance per phase
- (b) the line current
- (c) the value of capacitance needed to be connected in parallel with each load phase to minimize the current from the source
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