Form factor
Form factor is defined as the ratio of RMS value to the Average value. It is denoted as Kf


(a) In terms of a.c. current


form factor for sinusoidal waveform is 1.11. It has no unit.
(b) In terms of a.c. voltage


Crest factor or Amplitude factor
Amplitude factor is defined as the ratio of maximum value to RMS value. It is denoted as Ka
therefore, Crest factor or Amplitude factor,


(a) In terms of a.c. current


(b) In terms of a.c. voltage


Crest factor for sinusoidal waveform is 1.414, It has no unit.
Peak factor
It is defined as the ratio of maximum value to the RMS value of an alternating quantity.


Power factor
The power factor is defined as the cosine of the angle between voltage and current in an circuit.




Instantaneous value related to A.C. circuit
The value of an alternating quantity, i.e. voltage or current at any instant, is called its instantaneous value and is represented by ‘e’ or ‘i’ respectively.


here, are instantaneous value of current at time t1, t2 and t3.
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- Define RMS & average value as applied to A.C. voltage & current
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- Relation between phase voltage & line voltage in case of balanced star connected load
- relationship between line current & phase current for delta connected 3 load
- Relation between power consumed in a balanced star & delta connection
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