Harmonic distortion during the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Author

Ribeiro, P.F. ; Leitão, J. J A L ; Lira, M.M.S. ; Macedo, J.R., Jr. ; Grandi, A.L.Z. ; Testa, A. ; Langella, R. ; Cobben, J.F.G. ; Browne, N.R.

Author_Institution

EES Group, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This paper presents harmonic distortion measurements in several countries taken during live televised matches of the 2010 Soccer World Cup held in South Africa. The paper provides an analysis of the components involved in the increase of total harmonic distortion of current and voltage. The work also compares the latest measurements with previous events and makes some considerations regarding future trends. Measurements from Brazil, Italy, Netherlands and Australia are presented and briefly discussed. Lessons learned from these observations could potentially improve our understanding of the impact of customer equipment and customer behavior on harmonic levels and assist in managing waveform distortion now and in the future.

Keywords

harmonic distortion; power supply quality; 2010 FIFA World Cup; Australia; Brazil; Italy; Netherlands; South Africa; current total harmonic distortion; customer behavior; customer equipment; harmonic distortion measurements; voltage THD; waveform distortion; Australia; Current measurement; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Games; Harmonic analysis; Harmonic distortion; harmonic distortions; soccer world cup;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1000-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2011.6039369

Filename

6039369