Actually - all loads are containing a resistive, capacitive and reactive component. An inductance/inductor (coil) has a resistance (ohms), reactance ( Henries) and capacitive component (Farad or milli, micro Farad etc). A resistor has also a capacitive component in parallel. A capacitor has a resistive component in parallel to it ( he dielectricum (insulation between the plates) can never be totally zero).
Actually - all loads are containing a resistive, capacitive and reactive component. An inductance/inductor (coil) has a resistance (ohms), reactance ( Henries) and capacitive component (Farad or milli, micro Farad etc). A resistor has also a capacitive component in parallel. A capacitor has a resistive component in parallel to it ( he dielectricum (insulation between the plates) can never be totally zero).
There is energy storage capacity (therefore call Capacitive ) in a capacitor
and in a Resistor, all it does is to resist the passage of energy and therefore is a non-reactive device.
A resistive circuit offers the same fixed impedance to both dc and ac current. Resistive circuits dissipate power. The Voltage across a resistive circuit is in phase with the current through the resistive circuit.
A capacitive circuit is an open circuit to steady state dc current and offers an impedance to ac current that is inversely proportional to a change in the Voltage across the capacitance with respect to time. Capacitive circuits consume no power. Instead they reflect power back toward the source Voltage. Capacitor Voltage always lags capacitor current by 90 degrees and since power is directly proportional to the cosine of the phase angle between Voltage and current and the cosine of 90 degrees is zero then the power dissipated in a capacitive circuit is always zero.
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Actually - all loads are containing a resistive, capacitive and reactive component. An inductance/inductor (coil) has a resistance (ohms), reactance ( Henries) and capacitive component (Farad or milli, micro Farad etc). A resistor has also a capacitive component in parallel. A capacitor has a resistive component in parallel to it ( he dielectricum (insulation between the plates) can never be totally zero).
Resistive is a NON-Reactive load
whereas Capacitive is a reactive load
Actually - all loads are containing a resistive, capacitive and reactive component. An inductance/inductor (coil) has a resistance (ohms), reactance ( Henries) and capacitive component (Farad or milli, micro Farad etc). A resistor has also a capacitive component in parallel. A capacitor has a resistive component in parallel to it ( he dielectricum (insulation between the plates) can never be totally zero).
There is energy storage capacity (therefore call Capacitive ) in a capacitor
and in a Resistor, all it does is to resist the passage of energy and therefore is a non-reactive device.
A resistive circuit offers the same fixed impedance to both dc and ac current. Resistive circuits dissipate power. The Voltage across a resistive circuit is in phase with the current through the resistive circuit.
A capacitive circuit is an open circuit to steady state dc current and offers an impedance to ac current that is inversely proportional to a change in the Voltage across the capacitance with respect to time. Capacitive circuits consume no power. Instead they reflect power back toward the source Voltage. Capacitor Voltage always lags capacitor current by 90 degrees and since power is directly proportional to the cosine of the phase angle between Voltage and current and the cosine of 90 degrees is zero then the power dissipated in a capacitive circuit is always zero.
Resistive is a NON-Reactive load
whereas Capacitive is a reactive load
There is energy storage capacity (therefore call Capacitive ) in a capacitor
and in a Resistor, all it does is to resist the passage of energy and therefore is a non-reactive device.
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