In an industrial installation there are two motors. One of them demands 150 kW at 0.8 in lagging and the second one is 300 kVA at fp of 0.9 in lagging. Which of the following options if connected in parallel would bring the fp at the input of the plant to 0.95 in lagging?

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Problem 2.27P: An industrial load consisting of a bank of induction motors consumes 50 kW at a power factor of 0.8...
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In an industrial installation there are two motors. One of them demands 150 kW at 0.8 in lagging and the second one is 300 kVA at fp of 0.9 in lagging. Which of the following options if connected in parallel would bring the fp at the input of the plant to 0.95 in lagging? Immersive reader


A) A capacitor bank delivering 138.05 KVARS.

B) A reactor bank demanding 105.208 KVARS.

C) A capacitor bank delivering 105.208 KVARS.

D) One capacitor bank delivering 381,508 KVARS.

E) One inductor bank demanding 243,258 KVARS.

E) N. A.

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