Question: A large building is taking 3 - phase supply from utility at LV i . e . 4 0 0 V . After adding capacitors
A large building is taking phase supply from utility at LV ie V After adding capacitors at the intake point of the electrical installation and the power factor at the intake point has been improved from lag to lag. As a result, the electrical distribution loss in the building is reduced approximately by:
a
b
c
d
There are two answers on Chegg, one answer is a whereby the power factor improvement is as the arguement is that the capacitors should be installed at the load side where the ohm losses would be reduced while another answer is d whereby it is solved using the power triangle. However my understanding is that installing capacitor banks at eg the substation or upstream would still improve the supply system efficiency by reducing the power losses. But the formula for peak power loss phaseIR the answer that i see for D is that are solving it in terms of Q reduced and now P loss reduced which has an I component in it Please help
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