Reference grade calibrator for the testing of the dynamic behavior of phasor measurement units

Author

Braun, Jean-Pierre ; Mester, Christian

Author_Institution

Fed. Office of Metrol. METAS, Wabern, Switzerland

fYear

2012

fDate

1-6 July 2012

Firstpage

410

Lastpage

411

Abstract

This paper describes a high accuracy laboratory PMU calibrator that is presently being developed at METAS. This reference grade calibrator enables traceable measurements of the dynamic performances of PMUs as outlined in the upcoming version of the standard IEEE C37.118 as well as the testing of the impact of power quality disturbances on PMU measurements. The calibrator is being developed in conjunction with a software simulator permitting the simulation of PMU algorithms in order to facilitate the direct comparison between simulation and measurement results. The tests waveforms generated by the simulator can be converted into electrical signals suitable to PMUs. The usage of IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol permits the synchronization of the test waveforms to UTC.

Keywords

IEEE standards; calibration; digital simulation; dynamic testing; phasor measurement; power supply quality; IEEE 1588 precision time protocol; METAS; PMU calibrator; PMU measurements; UTC; dynamic behavior testing; electrical signals; phasor measurement units; power quality disturbances; reference grade calibrator; software simulator; standard IEEE C37.118; test waveforms; Accuracy; Europe; Phasor measurement units; Power system dynamics; Standards; Synchronization; Testing; IEEE 1588; IEEE C37.118; PMU; Total Vector Error; dynamic performances; phase measurement; synchrophasor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2012 Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0589-1485

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0439-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.2012.6250977

Filename

6250977