hey guys i was brusing up on some things using the literature here in allaboutcircuits. (fantastic texts by the way!) i was reading up on how one can improve power factor by adding more reactance that draws the same reactive power but of the opposite imaginary direction. like if you wanted to reduce inductive reactance you can add capacitance. thats fair enough and in doing this you reduce the amound of reactive power in the circuit reducing wasted work done.
So to achieve power correction you need to match the power of the reactive components in a tank circuit like fashion.. right? then in another situation for resonance to be achieved the reactive components have to be matched not by power but by reactance right? so does this mean that although a tank circuit will have infinte resistance (in an ideal situation) at its resonant frequency there will be still phase shifted current flowing through the circuit from the source to the tank circuit as the reactive components power "storage" and "supplies" arent the same? just a little confused when i related these too topics together. also as a matter of interest is there a situation possible where the reactive components are matched in reactance and power? or is that impossible as inductive reactance increased with frequency and the opposite for capacitance?
hope that made some sort of sence.
Cheers!
So to achieve power correction you need to match the power of the reactive components in a tank circuit like fashion.. right? then in another situation for resonance to be achieved the reactive components have to be matched not by power but by reactance right? so does this mean that although a tank circuit will have infinte resistance (in an ideal situation) at its resonant frequency there will be still phase shifted current flowing through the circuit from the source to the tank circuit as the reactive components power "storage" and "supplies" arent the same? just a little confused when i related these too topics together. also as a matter of interest is there a situation possible where the reactive components are matched in reactance and power? or is that impossible as inductive reactance increased with frequency and the opposite for capacitance?
hope that made some sort of sence.
Cheers!