Hey guys,
I'm having a few issues understanding the following statement:
"A capacitor bank generates lagging VArs and absorbs leading VArs".
My understanding is that if we have a lagging power factor our current is behind our voltage, indicating an inductive load. So surely a capacitive bank would absorb lagging VArs since the leading/lagging relationship has been flipped?
Apologies if this is a dumb question but I just can't get my head around it for some reason. We have a similar section relating to generators and it's confusing me :/ .
I'm having a few issues understanding the following statement:
"A capacitor bank generates lagging VArs and absorbs leading VArs".
My understanding is that if we have a lagging power factor our current is behind our voltage, indicating an inductive load. So surely a capacitive bank would absorb lagging VArs since the leading/lagging relationship has been flipped?
Apologies if this is a dumb question but I just can't get my head around it for some reason. We have a similar section relating to generators and it's confusing me :/ .