//CHAPTER 2- STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS OF SINGLE-PHASE A.C. CIRCUIT //Example 7 disp("CHAPTER 2"); disp("EXAMPLE 7"); //VARIABLE INITIALIZATION s1=300; //apparent power in kVA pf1=0.65; //power factor(lagging) pf2=0.85; //power factor(lagging) //SOLUTION //solution (a) p=s1*pf1; //active power q1=sqrt((s1^2)-(p^2)); disp(sprintf("(a) To bring the power factor to unity, the capacitor bank should have a capacity of %f kVAR",q1)); //solution (b) s2=p/pf2; q2=sqrt((s2^2)-(p^2)); disp(sprintf("(b) To bring the power factor to 85%% lagging, the capacitor bank should have a capacity of %f kVAR",q2)); //END