Title :
Power quality causes of failures in Colombia´s Rural
Author :
MariÌn, O. J. Soto ; Cano Plata, E.A. ; Ustariz-Farfan, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Comput. Eng. Program, Univ. Nac. de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia
Abstract :
This paper undertakes the study of failures in energy meters installed in low-voltage power network. The objective is to find a way to reduce the high failure rate that this type of equipment currently presents in the eastern zone of the departmento de Caldas, especially in the areas of greatest keraunic level. The methodology implemented enables root cause analysis, the proposal of remedial actions and the validation of the proposed solutions.
Keywords :
failure analysis; power meters; power supply quality; Colombia rural area; energy meter failure; low voltage power network; power quality; Fault trees; Grounding; Insulators; Load modeling; Surge protection; Surges; Voltage control; Energy Meters; Fault Trees; Lightening Overvoltage; Root Cause Analysis; Solution to Meter failures; Surge Arresters;
Conference_Titel :
Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bucharest
DOI :
10.1109/ICHQP.2014.6842785