PHYSICAL MEANING OF THE «REACTIVE POWER» CONCEPT APPLIED TO THREE-PHASE ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEMS WITH NON-LINEAR LOAD

• Date: 2015
• Main Authors: Zhemerov, George G., Tugay, D. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" and Аnatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of NAS of Ukraine 2015
• Subjects: energy supply system; reactive power; power of additional losses; the minimum possible losses; Matlab-model of three-phase energy supply system; 621.3
• Online Access: http://eie.khpi.edu.ua/article/view/2074-272X.2015.6.06
• Journal Title: Electrical Engineering & Electromechanics

Purpose. The contradictions in the use of the term «reactive power» require justification by clarifying its physical meaning. The aim of the paper is to reveal the physical meaning of the term «reactive power» applied to three-phase three-wire and four-wire energy supply systems. Methodology. We hav...