Implementation of a test system for advanced calibration and performance analysis of flickermeters

Author

Gallo, Daniele ; Landi, Carmine ; Langella, Roberto ; Testa, Alfredo

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria dell´´Informazione, Seconda Univ. di Napoli, Aversa, Italy

Volume

53

Issue

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1078

Lastpage

1085

Abstract

This paper presents an implementation of a test system for advanced calibration and performance analysis of flickermeters. Tests include not only the complete set of test points reported in IEC Standard 61000-4-15, but also an array of different voltage fluctuations - related to common power quality issues - that may be encountered in actual use. This is done because it can be shown that different flickermeter implementations fully meeting the performance tests defined in IEC Standard can still disagree significantly in some actual measurements. After the description and the performance analysis of the test system, a commercial instrument is tested and its response is presented.

Keywords

IEC standards; calibration; filament lamps; test equipment; voltage measurement; IEC standard 61000-4-15; calibration; flickermeter performance analysis; light flicker; power quality; test system; voltage fluctuation; voltage measurement; Calibration; Helium; Humans; IEC standards; Instruments; Performance analysis; Power quality; Protocols; System testing; Voltage fluctuations; Voltage measurement; flickermeter performance analysis; light flicker; test system;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2004.831493

Filename

1315987