Reactor
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004708
An electrical component designed to introduce inductance into a circuit, consisting of a coil of wire wound around a core. It stores energy in a magnetic field and opposes changes in current flow. Reactors are used for current limiting, power factor correction, and filtering harmonics in power systems.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-004708 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Industrial electronics |
| See also | Varactor |
| Translations | German: Reaktor; Spanish: reactor; French: réacteur |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-IND-004708",
"term": "Reactor",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "An electrical component designed to introduce inductance into a circuit, consisting of a coil of wire wound around a core. It stores energy in a magnetic field and opposes changes in current flow. Reactors are used for current limiting, power factor correction, and filtering harmonics in power systems.",
"subject": "Industrial electronics",
"see_also": [
"varactor"
],
"translations": {
"de": "Reaktor",
"es": "reactor",
"fr": "réacteur"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/reactor/"
}
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