bellsandwhistles t1_ixcn85t wrote on November 22, 2022 at 1:13 PM Reply to How exactly is the "direction" of the flow of power measured in a alternating current system? by Landhund Fundamentally, the power is flowing in the fields rather than the voltage and current. The direction of power flow is determined by the Poynting vector. Edit: misspelled Poynting as pointing Permalink 16
bellsandwhistles t1_ixcn85t wrote
Reply to How exactly is the "direction" of the flow of power measured in a alternating current system? by Landhund
Fundamentally, the power is flowing in the fields rather than the voltage and current. The direction of power flow is determined by the Poynting vector.
Edit: misspelled Poynting as pointing