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Power Factor Correction Conversion Chart

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TABLE 3

KW Multipliers for Determining Capacitor Kilovars

Original Power Factor	Desired Power Factor
Original Power Factor	0.81	0.82	0.83	0.84	0.85	0.86	0.87	0.88	0.89	0.90	0.91	0.92	0.93	0.94	0.95	0.96	0.97	0.98	0.99	1.00
0.51	.962	.989	1.015	1.041	1.067	1.094	1.120	1.147	1.175	1.203	1.231	1.261	1.292	1.324	1.358	1.395	1.436	1.484	1.544	1.687
0.52	.919	.945	.971	.997	1.023	1.050	1.076	1.103	1.131	1.159	1.187	1.217	1.248	1.280	1.314	1.351	1.392	1.440	1.500	1.643
0.53	.876	.902	.928	.954	.980	1.007	1.033	1.060	1.088	1.116	1.144	1.174	1.205	1.237	1.271	1.308	1.349	1.397	1.457	1.600
0.54	.835	.861	.887	.913	.939	.966	.992	1.019	1.047	1.075	1.103	1.133	1.164	1.196	1.230	1.267	1.308	1.356	1.416	1.559
0.55	.795	.821	.847	.873	.899	.926	.952	.979	1.007	1.035	1.063	1.093	1.124	1.156	1.190	1.227	1.268	1.316	1.377	1.519
0.56	.756	.782	.808	.834	.860	.887	.913	.940	.968	.996	1.024	1.054	1.085	1.117	1.151	1.188	1.229	1.277	1.338	1.480
0.57	.718	.744	.770	.796	.822	.849	.875	.902	.930	.958	.986	1.016	1.047	1.079	1.113	1.150	1.191	1.239	1.300	1.442
0.58	.681	.707	.733	.759	.785	.812	.838	.865	.893	.921	.949	.979	1.010	1.042	1.076	1.113	1.154	1.202	1.263	1.405
0.59	.645	.671	.697	.723	.749	.776	.802	.829	.857	.885	.913	.943	.974	1.006	1.040	1.077	1.118	1.166	1.226	1.368
0.60	.609	.635	.661	.687	.713	.740	.766	.793	.821	.849	.877	.907	.938	.970	1.004	1.041	1.082	1.130	1.192	1.334
0.61	.575	.601	.627	.653	.679	.706	.732	.759	.787	.815	.843	.873	.904	.936	.970	1.007	1.048	1.096	1.157	1.299
0.62	.542	.568	.594	.620	.646	.673	.699	.726	.754	.782	.810	.840	.871	.903	.937	.974	1.015	1.063	1.123	1.265
0.63	.509	.535	.561	.587	.613	.640	.666	.693	.721	.749	.777	.807	.838	.870	.904	.941	.982	1.030	1.091	1.233
0.64	.474	.503	.529	.555	.581	.608	.634	.661	.689	.717	.745	.775	.806	.838	.872	.909	.950	.998	1.068	1.200
0.65	.445	.471	.497	.523	.549	.576	.602	.629	.657	.685	.713	.743	.774	.806	.840	.877	.918	.966	1.027	1.169
0.66	.414	.440	.466	.492	.518	.545	.571	.598	.626	.654	.682	.712	.743	.775	.809	.846	.887	.935	.996	1.138
0.67	.384	.410	.436	.462	.488	.515	.541	.568	.596	.624	.652	.682	.713	.745	.779	.816	.857	.905	.966	1.108
0.67	.354	.380	.406	.432	.458	.485	.511	.538	.566	.594	.622	.652	.683	.715	.749	.786	.827	.875	.937	1.079
0.69	.325	.351	.377	.403	.429	.456	.482	.509	.537	.565	.593	.623	.654	.686	.720	.757	.798	.846	.907	1.049
0.70	.296	.322	.348	.374	.400	.427	.453	.480	.508	.536	.564	.594	.625	.657	.691	.728	.769	.817	.878	1.020
0.71	.268	.294	.320	.346	.372	.399	.425	.452	.480	.508	.536	.566	.597	.629	.663	.700	.741	.789	.850	.992
0.72	.240	.266	.292	.318	.344	.371	.397	.424	.452	.480	.508	.538	.569	.601	.635	.672	.713	.761	.821	.963
0.73	.212	.238	.264	.290	.316	.343	.369	.396	.424	.452	.480	.510	.541	.573	.607	.644	.685	.733	.794	.936
0.74	.185	.211	.237	.263	.289	.316	.342	.369	.397	.425	.453	.483	.514	.546	.580	.617	.658	.706	.767	.909
0.75	.158	.184	.210	.236	.262	.289	.315	.342	.370	.398	.426	.456	.487	.519	.553	.590	.631	.679	.740	.882
0.76	.131	.157	.183	.209	.235	.262	.288	.315	.343	.371	.399	.429	.460	.492	.526	.563	.604	.652	.713	.855
0.77	.105	.131	.157	.183	.209	.236	.262	.289	.317	.345	.373	.403	.434	.466	.500	.437	.578	.626	.687	.829
0.78	.078	.104	.130	.156	.182	.209	.235	.262	.290	.318	.346	.376	.407	.439	.473	.510	.551	.599	.661	.803
0.79	.052	.078	.104	.130	.156	.183	.209	.236	.264	.292	.320	.350	.381	.413	.447	.484	.525	.573	.634	.776
0.80	.026	.052	.078	.104	.130	.157	.183	.210	.238	.266	.294	.324	.355	.387	.421	.458	.499	.547	.608	.750
0.81	.000	.026	.052	.078	.104	.131	.158	.184	.212	.240	.268	.298	.329	.361	.395	.432	.473	.521	.582	.724
0.82		.000	.026	.052	.078	.105	.131	.158	.186	.214	.242	.272	.303	.335	.369	.406	.447	.495	.556	.698
0.83			.000	.026	.052	.079	.105	.132	.160	.188	.216	.246	.277	.309	.343	.380	.421	.469	.530	.672
0.84				.000	.026	.053	.079	.106	.134	.162	.190	.220	.251	.283	.317	.354	.395	.443	.504	.645
0.85					.000	.027	.053	.080	.108	.136	.164	.194	.225	.257	.291	.328	.369	.417	.478	.620
0.86						.000	.026	.053	.081	.109	.137	.167	.198	.230	.264	.301	.342	.390	.451	.593
0.87							.000	.027	.055	.083	.111	.141	.172	.204	.238	.275	.316	.364	.425	.567
0.88								.000	.028	.056	.084	.114	.145	.177	.211	.248	.289	.337	.398	.540
0.89									.000	.028	.056	.086	.117	.149	.183	.220	.261	.309	.370	.512
0.90										.000	.028	0.58	0.89	.121	.155	.192	.233	.281	.342	.484
0.91											.000	.030	.061	.093	.127	.164	.205	.253	.314	.456
0.92												.000	.031	.063	.097	.134	.175	.223	.284	.426
0.93													.000	.032	.066	.103	.144	.192	.253	.395
0.94														.000	.034	.071	.112	.160	.221	.363
0.95															.000	.037	.079	.126	.187	.328

Example: Total KW-input of load from wattmeter reading 100 KW at a power factor of 65%. The capacitive KVAR necessary to raise the power factor to 95% is found by multiplying the 100 KW by the factor found in the table (.840). Then 100 KW x 0.840 = 84 KVAR. Use 85 KVAR

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