Power quality and energy efficiency analysis in a wastewater treatment plant

Author

Robescu, Diana ; Lazaroiu, George Cristian ; Bulac, C.

Author_Institution

Univ. Politeh. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

fYear

2014

fDate

25-28 May 2014

Firstpage

453

Lastpage

457

Abstract

The present paper deals with the power quality analysis in a wastewater treatment plant. The measuring campaign was conducted for 1 week and has the objective to investigate the energy efficiency and power quality impact of the plant functioning. The wastewater treatment plant is located in the east side of Romania, in the second largest city of Romania and on the Black Sea seaside. The analysis revealed that harmonic perturbations are occurring, mainly due to the pumping stations of the plant. In addition, a low power factor was observed and measures for its improvement were proposed and are under implementation.

Keywords

energy conservation; power supply quality; power system harmonics; wastewater treatment; Black Sea seaside; Romania; energy efficiency; energy efficiency analysis; harmonic perturbations; plant functioning; power quality; power quality analysis; pumping stations; time 1 week; wastewater treatment plant; Mixers; Monitoring; Power measurement; Power quality; Reactive power; Voltage measurement; Wastewater treatment; power factor; power quality; wastewater treatment plant;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.2014.6842893

Filename

6842893