Permeability
Permeability is the measure of the ease, with which magnetic lines of force pass through a given material.
Proton
A positively charged particle with considerable mass.
Phase rotation meter
Phase rotation meter is a device used to determine the phase order of a three-phase electrical system.
Parallel Circuit
In parallel circuits, the voltage drop V across each component remains same. However, the current through each element is different.
Power Factor
Power factor is described as the ratio between active power and apparent power. Mathematically, it can be described as:
Power
Power is the rate of doing work or the work per unit time. The unit of power is joule per second or watt.
Period
The time duration of one complete cycle.
PERMANENT MAGNET
Certain materials retain much of their magnetism long after an initial magnetizing force has been removed. These materials or bodies are called permanent magnet.
POTENTIOMETER
A potentiometer or a rheostat is an instrument used to measure and compare potentials without drawing any current from the circuit.
Printed Circuit Boards
Printed Circuit Boards are made of cooper-clad, epoxy-based material that has the wiring pattern etched on it to interconnect the various components.
Phasor
Phasor is a complex quantity which expresses phase and amplitude of a sinusoid.
Peak Value
The amplitude of a wave from the zero or reference axis to the maximum point in either direction.
Pick-up
The action of a relay as it makes designated responses to a progressive increase of input.
Pickup value
The minimum input that will cause a device to complete contact operation or similar designated action.
Positive-sequence impedance
The quotient of that component of positive-sequence sinusoidal voltage that is due to the positive-sequence component of current, divided by the positive-sequence component of the current at the same frequency.
Positive-sequence network
The equivalent representation of a power system constructed by using only the positive-sequence impedances of the various components.
Power angle
The phase angle between the generated voltage phasor and the terminal voltage phasor.
Power-angle characteristic
The expression for the real power developed by a synchronous machine in terms of its generated voltage, terminal voltage, synchronous reactance, and power angle.
Power-angle curve
The plot of the power-angle characteristic of a synchronous machine.
Power factor
The ratio of the average power in watts to the root-mean-square (RMS) volt-amperes.
Power factor angle
The angle whose cosine is the power factor.
Power flow equations
The system of nonlinear algebraic equations relating the phasor bus voltages to the complex power Injections into the buses of the power system.
Protective relay
An equipment which is utilized for detecting defective lines or other faulty conditions in a power system and to initiate a suitable control action.
Pull-out torque
This is characterized as the peak sustained torque that the synchronous machine produces at synchronous speed while operating at rated voltage, frequency, and under normal excitation.
Pilot Device
Some type of audio-visual indicator or a type of switching device used to control the flow of energy to a process
PLC scan
The process the CPU goes through in order to execute a program.