constant voltage AC supply. A synchronous condenser with negligible losses is connected to the factory to improve the power factor to 0.95 lagging. find the kVAR of the synchronous condenser.

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A factory take 500kW at 0.75 pf lagging from a constant voltage AC supply. A synchronous condenser with negligible losses is connected to the factory to improve the power factor to 0.95 lagging. find the kVAR of the synchronous condenser.

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