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Understanding PMI Data Record Types – Part 1
The job of any power monitor is to record all interesting data and leave unrecorded the vast majority of boring, unremarkable data. The tricky part for a monitor is deciding…
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…
Five Methods to Determine the Source of Harmonics
Harmonics are "Non-Linear" current or voltage in an electrical system. Any waveform that deviates from a perfect sine wave has harmonics. Any non-linear load draws harmonic currents and therefore produces…
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…
Electric Vehicle Charging and Power Quality
Several months ago PMI purchased a Nissan Leaf all-electric vehicle. The Leaf has an approximate range of 90 miles which fits well with our day to day usage for local…
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,…
Utility-Friendly EV Charger Features
The rise in popularity of electric vehicles is becoming an important topic among electric utilities. The effects on the grid (in terms of load and power quality issues) are wide…
Views in ProVision
ProVision lets the user save a specific set and layout of graphs and reports in a View, which can easily be reused for any data file. The default View is…
New Graph Templates for Interharmonics
Analyzing interharmonic data is a complex process, due to the large amount of information recorded. ProVision 3D graphs help for quickly identifying specific interharmonics that merit a closer look, but…
Analyzing Voltage Sags with ProVision
This white paper provides an overview of how to find and analyze various aspects of voltage sags using ProVision and data captured using PMI's recorders. For a given dataset, where…
