Title : 
Reactive Power Concepts in Need of Clarification
         
        
            Author : 
Knowlton, Archer E.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Chairman, A.I.E.E. Subcommittee on Reactive Power.
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
To assist in clarifying the present concepts of reactive power, the following introduction to the subject has been prepared. An analysis of the reactive conventions made by Doctor Silsbee, a member of the subcommittee, is included.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Circuits; Electric variables measurement; Energy measurement; Fluid flow measurement; Impedance measurement; Power measurement; Reactive power;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/T-AIEE.1933.5056389