How to calculate the power of capacitors
(continued)
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Conversion table
Based on the power of a receiver in kW, this table can be used to calculate the power of the capacitors to change
from an initial power factor to a required power factor. It also gives the equivalence between cos ø and tg ø .
Final power factor
Capacitor power in kVAr to be installed per kW of load to increase the power factor to:
cos ø
0.90
0.91
0.92
0.93
0.94
0.95
0.96
0.97
0.98
0.99
1
tg ø
0.48
0.46
0.43
0.40
0.36
0.33
0.29
0.25
0.20
0.14
0.0
0.40
2.29
1.805
1.832
1.861
1.895
1.924
1.959
1.998
2.037
2.085
2.146
2.288
0.41
2.22
1.742
1.769
1.798
1.831
1.840
1.896
1.935
1.973
2.021
2.082
2.225
0.42
2.16
1.681
1.709
1.738
1.771
1.800
1.836
1.874
1.913
1.961
2.002
2.164
0.43
2.10
1.624
1.651
1.680
1.713
1.742
1.778
1.816
1.855
1.903
1.964
2.107
0.44
2.04
1.558
1.585
1.614
1.647
1.677
1.712
1.751
1.790
1.837
1.899
2.041
0.45
1.98
1.501
1.532
1.561
1.592
1.626
1.659
1.695
1.737
1.784
1.846
1.988
0.46
1.93
1.446
1.473
1.502
1.533
1.567
1.600
1.636
1.677
1.725
1.786
1.929
0.47
1.88
1.397
1.425
1.454
1.485
1.519
1.532
1.588
1.629
1.677
1.758
1.881
0.48
1.83
1.343
1.730
1.400
1.430
1.464
1.467
1.534
1.575
1.623
1.684
1.826
0.49
1.78
1.297
1.326
1.355
1.386
1.420
1.453
1.489
1.530
1.578
1.639
1.782
0.50
1.73
1.248
1.276
1.303
1.337
1.369
1.403
1.441
1.481
1.529
1.590
1.732
0.51
1.69
1.202
1.230
1.257
1.291
1.323
1.357
1.395
1.435
1.483
1.544
1.686
0.52
1.64
1.160
1.188
1.215
1.249
1.281
1.315
1.353
1.393
1.441
1.502
1.644
0.53
1.60
1.116
1.144
1.171
1.205
1.237
1.271
1.309
1.349
1.397
1.458
1.600
0.54
1.56
1.075
1.103
1.130
1.164
1.196
1.230
1.268
1.308
1.356
1.417
1.559
0.55
1.52
1.035
1.063
1.090
1.124
1.156
1.190
1.228
1.268
1.316
1.377
1.519
0.56
1.48
0.996
1.024
1.051
1.085
1.117
1.151
1.189
1.229
1.277
1.338
1.480
0.57
1.44
0.958
0.986
1.013
1.047
1.079
1.113
1.151
1.191
1.239
1.300
1.442
0.58
1.40
0.921
0.949
0.976
1.010
1.042
1.073
1.114
1.154
1.202
1.263
1.405
0.59
1.37
0.884
0.912
0.939
0.973
1.005
1.039
1.077
1.117
1.165
1.226
1.368
0.60
1.33
0.849
0.878
0.905
0.939
0.971
1.005
1.043
1.083
1.131
1.192
1.334
0.61
1.30
0.815
0.843
0.870
0.904
0.936
0.970
1.008
1.048
1.096
1.157
1.299
0.62
1.27
0.781
0.809
0.836
0.870
0.902
0.936
0.974
1.014
1.062
1.123
1.265
0.63
1.23
0.749
0.777
0.804
0.838
0.870
0.904
0.942
0.982
1.030
1.091
1.233
0.64
1.20
0.716
0.744
0.771
0.805
0.837
0.871
0.909
0.949
0.997
1.058
1.200
0.65
1.17
0.685
0.713
0.740
0.774
0.806
0.840
0.878
0.918
0.966
1.007
1.169
0.66
1.14
0.654
0.682
0.709
0.743
0.775
0.809
0.847
0.887
0.935
0.996
1.138
0.67
1.11
0.624
0.652
0.679
0.713
0.745
0.779
0.817
0.857
0.905
0.966
1.108
0.68
1.08
0.595
0.623
0.650
0.684
0.716
0.750
0.788
0.828
0.876
0.937
1.079
0.69
1.05
0.565
0.593
0.620
0.654
0.686
0.720
0.758
0.798
0.840
0.907
1.049
0.70
1.02
0.536
0.564
0.591
0.625
0.657
0.691
0.729
0.796
0.811
0.878
1.020
0.71
0.99
0.508
0.536
0.563
0.597
0.629
0.663
0.701
0.741
0.783
0.850
0.992
0.72
0.96
0.479
0.507
0.534
0.568
0.600
0.634
0.672
0.721
0.754
0.821
0.963
0.73
0.94
0.452
0.480
0.507
0.541
0.573
0.607
0.645
0.685
0.727
0.794
0.936
0.74
0.91
0.425
0.453
0.480
0.514
0.546
0.580
0.618
0.658
0.700
0.767
0.909
0.75
0.88
0.398
0.426
0.453
0.487
0.519
0.553
0.591
0.631
0.673
0.740
0.882
0.76
0.86
0.371
0.399
0.426
0.460
0.492
0.526
0.564
0.604
0.652
0.713
0.855
0.77
0.83
0.345
0.373
0.400
0.434
0.466
0.500
0.538
0.578
0.620
0.687
0.829
0.78
0.80
0.319
0.347
0.374
0.408
0.440
0.474
0.512
0.552
0.594
0.661
0.803
0.79
0.78
0.292
0.320
0.347
0.381
0.413
0.447
0.485
0.525
0.567
0.634
0.776
0.80
0.75
0.266
0.294
0.321
0.355
0.387
0.421
0.459
0.499
0.541
0.608
0.750
0.81
0.72
0.240
0.268
0.295
0.329
0.361
0.395
0.433
0.473
0.515
0.582
0.724
0.82
0.70
0.214
0.242
0.269
0.303
0.335
0.369
0.407
0.447
0.489
0.556
0.698
0.83
0.67
0.188
0.216
0.243
0.277
0.309
0.343
0.381
0.421
0.463
0.530
0.672
0.84
0.65
0.162
0.190
0.217
0.251
0.283
0.317
0.355
0.395
0.437
0.504
0.645
0.85
0.62
0.136
0.164
0.191
0.225
0.257
0.291
0.329
0.369
0.417
0.478
0.602
0.86
0.59
0.109
0.140
0.167
0.198
0.230
0.264
0.301
0.343
0.390
0.450
0.593
0.87
0.57
0.083
0.114
0.141
0.172
0.204
0.238
0.275
0.317
0.364
0.424
0.567
0.88
0.54
0.054
0.085
0.112
0.143
0.175
0.209
0.246
0.288
0.335
0.395
0.538
0.89
0.51
0.028
0.059
0.086
0.117
0.149
0.183
0.230
0.262
0.309
0.369
0.512
0.90
0.48
0.031
0.058
0.089
0.121
0.155
0.192
0.234
0.281
0.341
0.484
Example: 200 kW motor - cos ø = 0.75 - required cos ø = 0.93 - Qc = 200 x 0.487 = 98 kVAr
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