On August 12th, 2014, the IEEE Standards Association updated their 519 standard for Harmonic control in electrical power systems. One of the first things you will notice about the updated…
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Approaching Power Quality Monitoring Site-Work
Power quality (PQ) monitoring provides insightful information that can be used to detect industrial and residential power disturbances, and provide clues for mitigation and problem resolution. Having the proper power…
Photovoltaic Monitoring Setup Recommendations
Photovoltaic (PV) systems generate new power quality and even basic grid stability challenges. The rapid deployment of PV generation requires comprehensive monitoring to help understand and quantify the impacts on…
Advanced Waveform Capture with ProVision
Waveform Capture data is often the most detailed information available in a PQ recording. Getting good data is not always easy, so it's important to glean all information possible from…
Power Factor Correction Capacitors and Resonances
This paper explains some of the issues concerning power factor correction, and the side-effect of resonances that can be detrimental to a power distribution system. Also are some solutions to…
New Graph Templates for Flicker Analysis
Voltage flicker is one of the most visible and common residential complaints, yet one of the most challenging to quantify and address. The IEEE 1453 flicker standard defines some important,…
Evolution of Power Quality Recording
Power quality analysis is a rapidly changing field, and is intrinsically linked to advances in digital technology. From its humble beginnings as analogue recorders that wrote a single voltage directly…
The Basics of Power Quality Monitoring
PMI's line of power quality (PQ) monitoring tools can provide insightful information that can be used to detect industrial and residential power disturbances such as sags, swells, transients, waveform distortions,…
Checking IEEE 519 Compliance with ProVision
IEEE standard 519 was first released in 1982 and was then updated in 1992. It defines limits on total harmonic distortion (THD) as well as total demand distortion (TDD) with…
Understanding IEEE IEC Flicker Processing
Flicker measurement has improved dramatically with the advent of the flicker measurement techniques described in IEEE-1453/IEC61000-4-15. It is a feature found in many power quality monitors that makes flicker measurement…
Recording Harmonics
There are three primary recording types for harmonics in PMI recorders: stripcharts, daily profiles, and waveform capture harmonic analysis. Each of these has specific pros and cons, and setup considerations…
Strategies for Investigating Flicker
Investigating flicker issues with PMI recorders can be straightforward if the right data is collected, and analyzed with ProVision. By enabling and examining Pst and IFL flicker data, in addition…
