Generators

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Industry: Electrical equipment

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Reactor

Electrical equipment; Generators

A reactor is an electrical device that applies only reactive load to a system.

Real Power

Electrical equipment; Generators

Real power is the product of current, voltage and power factor (the cosine of the angle by which current leads or lags voltage) and is expressed as W (watts).

Rectifier

Electrical equipment; Generators

An electronic device that converts AC power to DC power (AC/DC).

Regulation

Electrical equipment; Generators

A method of limiting voltage to a narrow range.

Resistance

Electrical equipment; Generators

Resistance is the opposition to the flow of current in DC and AC circuits. It is expressed in ohms and its symbol is R.

Risers

Electrical equipment; Generators

Risers are rectangular copper or aluminum bars that connect circuit breakers, fusible switches, and transfer switches with the main system bus. As with bus bars, they are sized and assembled in ...