Title :
Watt and voltampere transfer standard
Author :
Filipski, Piotr S. ; Arseneau, Rejean ; Zelle, John J.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Meas. Sect., Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new instrument which will be used as a transfer device between the national watt and VA standards of the National Research Council of Canada and the standards maintained by Canadian electrical utilities and electricity meter manufacturers is described. The relative error of this instrument is less than 50 ppm for power or energy and 100 PPM for voltampere measurements. The stability of the instrument during a field test cycle of about two weeks was on the order of 20 ppm. A dedicated pulse-frequency counter and a stable phantom power source were supplied to utilities to achieve high-accuracy on-site measurements
Keywords :
calibration; measurement errors; measurement standards; power measurement; volt-ampere meters; wattmeters; Canadian electrical utilities; National Research Council of Canada; VA standards; W standard; dedicated pulse-frequency counter; electricity meter manufacturers; field test cycle; phantom power source; relative error; stability; voltampere measurements; voltampere transfer standard; Councils; Counting circuits; Energy measurement; Instruments; Manufacturing; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Stability; Testing; Watthour meters;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
