Title :
Analysis of harmonic measurement data
Author :
Sabin, D. Daniel
Author_Institution :
Electrotek Concepts Inc., Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
For many years, electricity distribution companies have used sustained interruption indices as indicators of the reliability of service provided on their systems. Today, however, many electricity consumers are adversely affected by more subtle voltage disturbances such as harmonic distortion. In response to the increased sensitivity of end-use equipment, many utilities are implementing extensive monitoring systems to assess service quality levels. Such monitoring systems yield massive databases of service quality data. This paper presents indices developed to quantify system service quality with respect to measured harmonic distortion levels. Example benchmark values for the indices are calculated using data from a national distribution power quality data collection project.
Keywords :
harmonic distortion; monitoring; power distribution faults; power distribution reliability; power system harmonics; power system measurement; electricity distribution companies; harmonic distortion; interruption indices; power system harmonic measurement data analysis; power system monitoring; service reliability; voltage disturbances; Distortion measurement; Frequency; Harmonic analysis; Harmonic distortion; Histograms; Monitoring; Steady-state; Substations; Total harmonic distortion; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2002 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7518-1
DOI :
10.1109/PESS.2002.1043505