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Look at the power triangle, kW kVA kVAR formula can be written as below,
kVA2 = kW2 + kVAR2
kVA = √ (kW2 + kVAR2)
Look at the above formula, the kVA is equal to the square root of the sum of the square of the kW and KVAR. //
kVAR is equal to the sin of power angle times of kVA.
kVAR = kVA * sin(φ)
or
Reactive power = apparent power * sin of power angle.
The power angle φ can be calculated by the cosine inverse of power factor //
kVAR is equal to the tan of kW. Hence the formula can be
kVAR = kW * tan (φ)
Reactive power in kilo volt-ampere reactive = kW * tan (power angle)