Application of a three phase nonsinusoidal calibration system for testing energy and demand meters under simulated field conditions

Author

Arseneau, R. ; Filips, P.S.

Author_Institution

Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

3

Issue

3

fYear

1988

fDate

7/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

874

Lastpage

879

Abstract

The influence of harmonics on commonly used three-phase watthour and kVA demand meters was studied using a computer-controlled three-phase test system capable of generating nonsinusoidal voltages and currents. A description of the three-phase test system and results of preliminary tests of several revenue meters are presented. The performance of the tested meters is compared with the response of time-division and thermal reference meters for different harmonic conditions, primarily field-recorded data. Errors up to 2% were observed during the testing of energy meters and up to 35% for kVA demand meters

Keywords

automatic test equipment; calibration; harmonics; watthour meters; computer-controlled three-phase test system; energy meters; harmonic conditions; kVA demand meters; thermal reference meters; three phase nonsinusoidal calibration system; watthour meters; Calibration; Computational modeling; Costs; Councils; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; Power system measurements; Shape measurement; System testing; Watthour meters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.193863

Filename

193863