Power Factor Correction (PFC) Capacitors

A Growth Market for the Next Decade (12.14.2011)
Dennis Zogbi discusses how the need for efficient power delivery has become a political rallying cry for established and emerging economies alike. This article addresses the types of capacitors that make power factor correction a reality.

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Power Conversion

Power Management Resource Center / Conversion

In electrical engineering, power conversion has a more specific meaning, namely converting electric power from one form to another. This could be as simple as a transformer to change the voltage of AC power, but also includes far more complex systems. The term can also refer to a class of electrical machinery that is used to convert one frequency of electrical power into another frequency.