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Non Life Sciences => Technology => Topic started by: highvoltpower on 06/08/2016 06:31:38

Title: Capacitor Panel
Post by: highvoltpower on 06/08/2016 06:31:38

Why the energy is not stored in magnetic field?

Title: Re: Capacitor Panel
Post by: evan_au on 06/08/2016 10:29:27

Capacitors store energy in their electric field; inductors store energy in their magnetic field.
(Of course, every practical capacitor has a small amount of inductance, and every practical inductor has a small amount of capacitance...)

So we can provide more information:
- Please express the title as a question (as per site guidelines).
- Also, please provide a bit more information about what the capacitor panel might be used for (eg AC or DC power?), and why a magnetic field might be related?

If you are talking about Power Factor correction capacitors (as in this thread (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=41251.0)), the leading phase angle of the capacitor cancels out the lagging phase angle of an inductive load, producing unity power factor, and reducing losses in the electricity supply grid.