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_Tegridy_ t1_ixcv1by wrote
Reply to comment by FourierXFM in How exactly is the "direction" of the flow of power measured in a alternating current system? by Landhund
The real power is oscillating as well, it's just that the mean value of the real power is VIcos(theta).
There is a double frequency component of oscillating real power on top of it.
_Tegridy_ t1_ixcz2at wrote
Reply to comment by TrappedInASkinnerBox in How exactly is the "direction" of the flow of power measured in a alternating current system? by Landhund
Yes, that's what I was trying to get at. Power as such is oscillatory as well but when we talk of V I cos(theta), that's just the average real power over one cycle.