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-=== [[Reactive energy and power factor|Reactive energy and power factor]]  ===
-The nature of reactive energy
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-Equipment and appliances requiring reactive energy
-The power factor
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-Practical values of power factor
-=== [[Why to improve the power factor?|Why to improve the power factor?]]  ===
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-Reduction in the cost of electricity
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-Technical/economic optimization
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-=== [[How to improve the power factor?|How to improve the power factor?]]  ===
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-Theoretical principles
-By using what equipment?
-The choice between a fixed or automatically-regulated bank of capacitors
-=== [[Where to install power factor correction capacitors?|Where to install power factor correction capacitors?]]  ===
-Global compensation
-Compensation by sector
-Individual compensation
-=== [[How to decide the optimum level of compensation?|How to decide the optimum level of compensation?]]  ===
-General method
-Simplified method
-Method based on the avoidance of tariff penalties
-Method based on reduction of declared maximum apparent power (kVA)
-=== [[Compensation at the terminals of a transformer|Compensation at the terminals of a transformer]]  ===
-Compensation to increase the available active power output
-Compensation of reactive energy absorbed by the transformer
-=== [[Power factor correction of induction motors|Power factor correction of induction motors]]  ===
-Connection of a capacitor bank and protection settings
-How self-excitation of an induction motor can be avoided
-=== [[Example of an installation before and after power-factor correction|Example of an installation before and after power-factor correction]]  ===
-=== [[The effects of harmonics|The effects of harmonics]]  ===
-Problems arising from power-system harmonics
-Possible solutions
-Choosing the optimum solution
-=== [[Implementation of capacitor banks|Implementation of capacitor banks]]  ===
-Capacitor elements
-Choice of protection, control devices and connecting cables
-== [[Media:EIG_chap_L-2010_haute_def.pdf|Download pdf file, 2010 edition in English]] ==
-== [[Media:GIE_chap_L-2010_haute_def.pdf|Download pdf file, 2010 edition in French]] ==

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