GATE EE 2014 Set 2 — Question 24

NAT+1 / -0EasyPower Factor & CorrectionAC Power & Three-PhaseElectric Circuits

Electric Circuits → AC Power & Three-Phase → Power Factor & Correction

Last updated 5 September 2026

Question

A single phase induction motor draws 12 MW power at 0.6 lagging power. A capacitor is connected in parallel to the motor to improve the power factor of the combination of motor and capacitor to 0.8 lagging. Assuming that the real and reactive power drawn by the motor remains same as before, the reactive power delivered by the capacitor in MVAR is__________.

P = 12 \text{ MW}

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P = 12 \text{ MW}

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