IEVref:131-11-43ID:
Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: non-active power
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Symbol: Q
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Definition: for a two-terminal element or a two-terminal circuit under periodic conditions, quantity equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the apparent power S and the active power P

Q = S 2 P 2 MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHX garuavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgaruWqVvNCPvMCG4uz 3bqee0evGueE0jxyaibaieYdi9WrpeeC0lXdi9qqqj=hEeeu0lXdbb a9frFj0xb9Lqpepeea0xd9s8qiYRWxGi6xij=hbba9q8aq0=yq=He9 q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0db8meaabaGacmGadiWaaiWabaabaiaafaaake aacaWGrbWcdaWgaaqaaGWaaiab=XJi+bqabaGccqGH9aqpdaGcaaqa aiaadofadaahaaWcbeqaaiaaikdaaaGccqGHsislcaWGqbWaaWbaaS qabeaacaaIYaaaaaqabaaaaa@4191@

Note 1 to entry: Under sinusoidal conditions, the non-active power is the absolute value of the reactive power Q or the imaginary part of the complex power S _ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHX garuavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgaruWqVvNCPvMCG4uz 3bqee0evGueE0jxyaibaieYdi9WrpeeC0lXdi9qqqj=hEeeu0lXdbb a9frFj0xb9Lqpepeea0xd9s8qiYRWxGi6xij=hbba9q8aq0=yq=He9 q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0db8meaabaGacmGadiWaaiWabaabaiaafaaake aadaadaaqaaiaadofaaaaaaa@3A75@ , thus Q =|Q|=| Im S _ | MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHX garuavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgaruWqVvNCPvMCG4uz 3bqee0evGueE0jxyaibaieYdi9WrpeeC0lXdi9qqqj=hEeeu0lXdbb a9frFj0xb9Lqpepeea0xd9s8qiYRWxGi6xij=hbba9q8aq0=yq=He9 q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0db8meaabaGacmGadiWaaiWabaabaiaafaaake aacaWGrbWaaSbaaSqaaGWaaiab=XJi+bqabaGccqGH9aqpdaabdaqa aiaadgfaaiaawEa7caGLiWoacqGH9aqpdaabdaqaaiGacYgacaGGTb WaaWaaaeaacaWGtbaaaaGaay5bSlaawIa7aaaa@47F6@ .

Note 2 to entry: The coherent SI unit for non-active power is voltampere, VA. The special name "var" and its symbol "var" are also used. See 131-11-45.


Publication date:2013-08
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2017-06-02: Cleanup - Remove Attached Image 131-11-432.gif
2020-08-13: pt term corrected as per mail from Gonçalo Nuno Ferreira <GNFerreira@ipq.pt> 2020-08-12. JGO
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