Energy billing under nonsinusoidal conditions

Author

Lima, Eduardo J. ; Sousa, E.C. ; de Paula Silva, S.F. ; Silveira, A.W.F.V. ; Delaiba, A.C.

Author_Institution

FEELT - Fac. of Electr. Eng., UFU - Brazilian Fed. Univ. of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

5-7 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper aims to present a new point of view about the active power measurement, for billing purposes, measured at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) between the utility and the consumer when harmonic distortions are involved. Depending on the origin of it, the active power can result in higher or lower values in comparison to the fundamental component. The consequences are higher costs for the consumer or losses for the utility. Using computational simulations and theoretical analysis, these aspects are evaluated and compared.

Keywords

harmonic distortion; invoicing; losses; power measurement; power utilisation; PCC; active power measurement; computational simulation; energy billing; harmonic distortion; loss; nonsinusoidal condition; point of common coupling; theoretical analysis; Distortion measurement; Harmonic analysis; Harmonic distortion; Load modeling; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; ATP; active power; demand charge; harmonic direction; harmonic distortions; power quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications (INDUSCON), 2012 10th IEEE/IAS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Fortaleza

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2412-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INDUSCON.2012.6451380

Filename

6451380