41. Since reactive power transfers no net energy to the load, it is sometimes called " wattless " power. 42. By convention, a " lagging " or inductive load, such as a motor, will have positive reactive power . 43. Capacitive loads such as capacitor banks or buried cable generate reactive power with current phase leading the voltage. 44. Reactive power extends in the direction of 5 as it represents a purely imaginary component of AC power.45. In most cases, the reactive power is inductive and can therefore be cancelled out with banks of capacitors. 46. The plan was to improve the power factor, reduce losses and improve voltage performance due to reactive power flow. 47. This is done such that a leading current ( capacitive load, negative reactance ), results in positive reactive power . 48. The static compensator lets engineers store reactive power and dump it in quickly if they need to raise voltage. 49. This will keep that reactive power from having to flow all the way from the utility generator to the load. 50. A voltage collapse occurs when the system serves load that has a higher reactive power demand than the system can supply.
