ABSTRACT
K (1) symbol for the Linville stability factor, a dimensionless quantity.
(2) abbreviation for 1024 (not for 1000).
K-factor rating an indication of a transformer’s capability to provide a specified amount of harmonic content in its load current without overheating. K-factor rated transformers typically use thinner laminations in the core to reduce the eddy current losses, larger conductors to reduce skin effect, and for three-phase transformers a larger neutral conductor to conduct zerosequence harmonic currents.
