Comparison of nonsinusoidal calibration systems at NRC Canada and SP Sweden

Author

Arseneau, Rejean ; Sutherland, Michelle E. ; Zelle, John J. ; Svensson, Stefan

Author_Institution

Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

50

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

277

Abstract

A portable and stable source of AC voltage and current capable of generating sinusoidal and distorted waveforms was used as a means of comparing the nonsinusoidal calibration systems at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (SP). Comparisons of the test results obtained at the two laboratories were valuable in evaluating the performance of the two nonsinusoidal calibration systems especially when used to measure the amplitude and phase of harmonic voltages and currents in the presence of large fundamental components

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; calibration; digital voltmeters; electric current measurement; harmonic distortion; measurement uncertainty; power factor measurement; power system harmonics; power system measurement; signal sampling; transfer standards; voltage dividers; voltage measurement; waveform generators; AC current; AC voltage; ADC; digital waveform generators; distorted waveforms; harmonic analysis; harmonic distortion; international comparison; large fundamental components; measurement uncertainty; nonsinusoidal calibration systems comparison; portable stable source; power quality instrumentation; sampling methods; sampling voltmeters; shunt resistors; sinusoidal waveforms; transfer standard; voltage dividers; Calibration; Councils; Current measurement; Frequency; Pollution measurement; Power system harmonics; Sampling methods; System testing; Voltage; Voltmeters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.918120

Filename

918120