5.6 Average Power, Reactive Power and Power Factor cont.

Applying KVL to the phasor circuit below yields the current’s phasor from which i(t) is deduced

Then the instantaneous power is P(t) = v(t)i(t)

Where Z = [R2 + (wL)2]½ and q = tan-1(wL/R)

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