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Characterised measuring system for PQ measurements on the MV grid

Gabriella Crotti, Domenico Giordano
  • Abstract:
    The features of a Power Quality measurement system which includes both voltage and current transducers and a self-developed measuring instrument are described. The system is intended for measurements in substations at medium voltage level. A Rogowski coil and a voltage divider are the used transducers, whereas the measuring system is based on a Reconfigurable I/O-FPGA system with embedded software. Attention is focused on the procedures adopted for the characterisation of the current sensor, which is carried out taking into account the expected on-site measurement conditions, allowing reduction of the measurement uncertainty of nearly an order of magnitude. An example of use of the measurement system in a private substation that connects an industrial load and two photo-voltaic generation plants to the public MV voltage network is presented, together with the associated current uncertainty budget.
  • Keywords:
    Power Quality measurement, Current transducers, MV measurements, Calibration
  • DOI:
    _unreg_tc4-2013.134

Event details:

  • IMEKO TC:
    TC4
  • Event name:
    TC4 Symposium 2013
  • Title:
    19th IMEKO TC4 Symposium Measurements of Electrical Quantities (together with 17th TC4 IWADC Workshop on ADC and DAC Modelling and Testing)
  • Place:
    Barcelona, SPAIN
  • Time:
    18 July 2013 - 19 July 2013