Calibration of the thd functions of electrical standards

Author

Arseneau, R. ; Frigault, M. ; Zelle, J.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2008

fDate

8-13 June 2008

Firstpage

674

Lastpage

675

Abstract

The paper describes a test procedure, the test waveforms, and the reference equipment used to calibrate the voltage and current total harmonic distortion (THD) measuring functions of multi-function electrical standards. It also shows that it is possible to establish traceability to the SI units for the THD measurements by measuring the voltage and power of the test waveforms with voltmeters and wattmeters that are traceable to SI. Results of recent calibrations are discussed.

Keywords

calibration; harmonic distortion; measurement standards; power measurement; units (measurement); voltage measurement; voltmeters; wattmeters; SI units; THD measurement; calibration; multifunction electrical standards; power measurement; total harmonic distortion function; voltage measurement; voltmeters; wattmeters; Calibration; Current measurement; Distortion measurement; Electric variables measurement; Measurement standards; Power measurement; Testing; Total harmonic distortion; Voltage measurement; Voltmeters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 2008. CPEM 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

Broomfield, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2399-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2400-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.2008.4574959

Filename

4574959