Power factor correction on distribution systems

POWER factor is a characteristic of electrical energy which is being transmitted by an impressed alternating voltage and resultant alternating current whereby it is possible for the current to rise and fall in magnitude before, with or after, the equivalent rise or fall in the alternating electromotive force. Tied up with this relative timing of voltage and current waves (which make up one pair of the cause and effect twins of the electrical family) is much of the hope and grief of the distribution game.