What’s on the The Per-Unit System poster
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.
- Per-unit expresses each quantity as a fraction of a chosen base, so transformer ratio…
- Z_pu = Z_actual/Z_base · Z_base = V_base²/S_base
- 100 MVA, 11 kV base = Z_base = 1.21 Ω
- A 0.6 Ω line = 0.496 pu
- Changing base = Scale by S_new/S_old
- Common mistake: Combining impedances quoted on different bases → Converting everythin…
Educational reference. Across an ideal transformer the per-unit impedance is identical on both sides — the whole point of the method.
Questions about the The Per-Unit System poster
- What’s on the The Per-Unit System poster?
- The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Per-unit expresses each quantity as a fraction of a chosen base, so transformer ratio…; Z_pu = Z_actual/Z_base · Z_base = V_base²/S_base; 100 MVA, 11 kV base = Z_base = 1.21 Ω; A 0.6 Ω line = 0.496 pu; Changing base = Scale by S_new/S_old; Common mistake: Combining impedances quoted on different bases → Converting everythin…. Educational reference. Across an ideal transformer the per-unit impedance is identical on both sides — the whole point of the method.
- Who is the The Per-Unit System poster for?
- The Per-Unit System belongs to the Electrical Engineering section rather than to a school year, because engineering is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning power can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Per-Unit System poster?
- Use it before any network study that crosses two or more voltage levels. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Per-Unit System belongs on the wall where that engineering work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Per-Unit System?
- Earthing & Protection, Transformer Equations and Fault Types sit alongside The Per-Unit System in the Electrical Engineering section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Earthing & ProtectionTransformer EquationsFault Types
- Is the The Per-Unit System poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Per-Unit System downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Electrical Engineering section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Per-Unit System poster print at?
- The Per-Unit System is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Per-Unit System loses nothing.Printing guide
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