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  2. Volt-ampere - Wikipedia

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    The volt-ampere (SI symbol: VA, [1] sometimes V⋅A or V A) is the unit of measurement for apparent power in an electrical circuit.It is the product of the root mean square voltage (in volts) and the root mean square current (in amperes). [2]

  3. Mathematics of three-phase electric power - Wikipedia

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    Such arrays will evenly balance the polyphase load between the phases of the source system. For example, balanced two-phase power can be obtained from a three-phase network by using two specially constructed transformers, with taps at 50% and 86.6% of the primary voltage.

  4. Three-phase electric power - Wikipedia

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    The phase angle difference between voltage and current of each phase is not necessarily 0 and depends on the type of load impedance, Z y. Inductive and capacitive loads will cause current to either lag or lead the voltage. However, the relative phase angle between each pair of lines (1 to 2, 2 to 3, and 3 to 1) will still be −120°.

  5. Power factor - Wikipedia

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    If θ is the phase angle between the current and voltage, then the power factor is equal to the cosine of the angle, ⁡: | | = | | ⁡ Since the units are consistent, the power factor is by definition a dimensionless number between -1 and 1. When the power factor is equal to 0, the energy flow is entirely reactive, and stored energy in the ...

  6. Per-unit system - Wikipedia

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    The main idea of a per unit system is to absorb large differences in absolute values into base relationships. Thus, representations of elements in the system with per unit values become more uniform. A per-unit system provides units for power, voltage, current, impedance, and admittance. With the exception of impedance and admittance, any two ...

  7. Series and parallel circuits - Wikipedia

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    A series circuit with a voltage source (such as a battery, or in this case a cell) and three resistance units. Two-terminal components and electrical networks can be connected in series or parallel. The resulting electrical network will have two terminals, and itself can participate in a series or parallel topology.

  8. Orders of magnitude (current) - Wikipedia

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    400 V low voltage secondary side distribution transformer with primary 12 kV; 200 kVA (up to 1000 kVA also common) [7] 10 3: 2 kA 10.5 kV secondary side from an electrical substation with primary 115 kV; 63 MVA [8] 9.3 kA 2.7V, Ultracapacitor short circuit current [9] 10 4: 25 kA Lorentz force can crusher pinch [10] 30 kA Typical lightning ...

  9. Electric power - Wikipedia

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    Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit.Its SI unit is the watt, the general unit of power, defined as one joule per second.Standard prefixes apply to watts as with other SI units: thousands, millions and billions of watts are called kilowatts, megawatts and gigawatts respectively.