Measurement of low frequency signal of power grid using Arduino

Author

Mohd Firdaus bin Mohd Ab Halim;Mohamad Haniff Harun;Khalil Azha Mohd Annuar;Suziana Ahmad;Mohd Hanif Bin Che Hasan

Author_Institution

Research Group Creative, Innovative and Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

fYear

2015

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

101

Abstract

The range of the frequency to be measured by a measurement device depends on the purpose of performing the measurement. The frequency measurement device is built specifically according to its range while the price of the device is proportional to its functions. In this paper, a low frequency measurement device to monitor grid frequency is designed using Arduino technology. All aspects of the design from the software to hardware is explained. This device costs less than 100 US Dollar and it is capable to perform data logging for data analysis. The frequency range for the device is between 45 Hz to 60 Hz with 0.003 Hz resolution. This paper also discuss the standard commercial measurement device in power system and Arduino capabilities. The measurement data from the device is analyze for its accuracy and reliability.

Keywords

"Frequency measurement","Monitoring","Power system reliability","Reliability","Software","Standards","Phasor measurement units"

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion (CENCON), 2015 IEEE Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CENCON.2015.7409520

Filename

7409520