Why Reactor named as Reactor?
Why Reactor named as Reactor?
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Reactor is an inductive device then why it is called a Reactor?
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Why Reactor named as Reactor?
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RE: Why Reactor named as Reactor?
RE: Why Reactor named as Reactor?
Why, then, isn't a capacitor also called a reactor? Because it was named after its ability to store (its capacity) electric charge. Nomenclature isn't always symmetrical or logical. It has evolved for a couple of hundred years and is not very consistent across different languages.
For example, a reactor is called a 'self' in French. The French borrowed the English words 'Self Inductance' and skipped the last part. There are loads of other examples in loads of other languages.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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RE: Why Reactor named as Reactor?
reactance => reactor
maybe..
RE: Why Reactor named as Reactor?
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RE: Why Reactor named as Reactor?
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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RE: Why Reactor named as Reactor?
Inductive reactance opposes a change in current.
Capacitive reactance opposes a change in voltage.
With AC, the voltage and current are continually changing and as a result, reactance causes a phase shift.
Although reactance may be inductive or capacitive, the term reactor generally refers to an inductive device.
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RE: Why Reactor named as Reactor?
For another monkey wrench, I've also seen the value of reactors specified in KVAR. Capacitors are sometimes specified by KVAR
Neil