A portable integrated power quality measurement system

Author

Srinivasan, Krishnaswamy ; Lafond, Claude ; Jutras, Roger

Author_Institution

IREQ, Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Que., Canada

fYear

1993

fDate

18-20 May 1993

Firstpage

648

Lastpage

651

Abstract

A reliable and consistent measure of quality of electric power is essential for diagnostics and mitigation of many power system problems. The authors describe a prototype designed and developed at IREQ. The system produces a report on the following degradation in power quality: root-mean-square (RMS) voltage variations from 2 per day to 0.5 Hz; RMS voltage variations from 0.5 Hz to 25 Hz; unbalance in fundamental component of voltage; harmonics in voltages and currents up to 300 Hz; and transient variations slower than 50 microseconds. The system is based on a laptop PC with a custom interface to the power system, located in a similar size briefcase for easy portability

Keywords

automatic test equipment; electrical faults; fault diagnosis; harmonics; microcomputer applications; portable instruments; power measurement; power system measurement; power system transients; 0.5 Hz to 25 Hz; 300 Hz; 50 ns; IREQ; RMS voltage variations; briefcase; custom interface; diagnostics; harmonics; laptop PC; portability; portable integrated power quality measurement; power system; prototype; transient variations; unbalance; Degradation; Electric variables measurement; Power measurement; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Power system measurements; Power system reliability; Power system transients; Prototypes; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1993. IMTC/93. Conference Record., IEEE

Conference_Location

Irvine, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1229-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1993.382563

Filename

382563