A 10 kVA load power quality testing facility

Author

Gosbell, V.J. ; Perera, B.S.P. ; Cooper, P. ; Jalilian, A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Comput. & Telecommun. Eng., Wollongong Univ., NSW, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

14-18 Oct 1998

Firstpage

249

Abstract

The paper discusses a load testing facility to test both single and three phase loads up to 10 kVA for their susceptibility to power quality disturbances. The disturbances of concern are low frequency with components up to 1 kHz and includes lower frequency harmonics and interharmonics, sags, swells, unbalance, overvoltage, undervoltage, flicker, and frequency excursions. To deal with the above, the load testing facility includes (i) a waveform generator, (ii) a double chamber calorimeter for accurate measurement of losses, and (iii) a computer based instrumentation system. Some example applications of the facility are given

Keywords

calorimeters; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; load (electric); loss measurement; power supply quality; test facilities; waveform generators; 10 kVA; computer based instrumentation system; double chamber calorimeter; flicker; frequency excursions; interharmonics; load power quality testing facility; losses measurement; lower frequency harmonics; overvoltage; power quality disturbances susceptibility; sags; single phase loads; swells; three phase loads; unbalance; undervoltage; waveform generator; Electric variables measurement; Frequency; Loss measurement; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Signal generators; Testing; Voltage control; Voltage fluctuations; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Harmonics and Quality of Power Proceedings, 1998. Proceedings. 8th International Conference On

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5105-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.1998.759895

Filename

759895