简介：文章根据一例船舶电网的功率因数的降低导致全船失电事故的实例，论述了无功功率在电气设备运行中的作用及影响，指出提高功率因数的意义和解决的方法以确保电站的安全运行。

简介：Ananalyticalstudywaspresentedonactivecontrolofsoundtransmissionintoavibro-acousticenclosurecomprisingtwoflexibleplates.Twotypesofactuatorswereused,i.e.acousticactuatoranddistributedleadzirconatetitanatepiezoelectric(PZT)actuatorinsteadofpointforceactuator.Usingthemodalacoustictransferimpedance-mobilitymatrices,theexcitationandinteractioninthecoupledsoundtransmissionsystemcanbedescribedwithclearphysicalsignificance.Withthecontrolsystemdesignedtogloballyreducethesoundfield,differentcontrolsystemconfigurationswereconsidered,includingthestructuralactuatorontheincidentplate,actuatoronthereceivingplate,acousticactuatoronthecavity,andtheircombinations.Theeffectivenessandperformanceofthecontrolstrategycorrespondingtoeachsystemconfigurationwerecomparedanddiscussed.Theroleandcontrolmechanismofeachtypeofactuatorwereofparticularinterest.Itwasshownthattheincidentplateactuatoriseffectiveincontrollingthecavity-dominatedmodesandthestructuralmodesdominatedbytheincidentplateandreceivingplate.Twomaincontrolmechanismsareinvolvedinthiscontrolconfiguration,i.e.,modalsuppressingandmodalrearrangement.Forcontrolsystemconfigurationwithonlyacousticactuatorintheenclosure,themechanisminvolvedinthisarrangementispurelymodalsuppression.Desirableplacementsofstructuralactuatorsintermsoftotalpotentialenergyreductionwerealsodiscussed.