Many PQ investigations end with a follow-up recording to verify a problem has been corrected and to gather a baseline for any further issues. Analyzing the “before” and “after” recordings…
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New ProVision Release for Handling Large PQ Recordings
With the introduction of the cell Guardian, 1 GB of memory in a PQ recorder is increasingly common. Although the resulting large files can provide a wealth of data, they…
CBEMA-ITIC Analysis with Stripcharts
The ITIC curve (formerly CBEMA) is a performance-oriented standard for electronic equipment manufacturers. The standard gives a method for classifying and plotting voltage events on a specially constructed graph that…
Zero Sequence Harmonics
In this whitepaper, I will discuss zero sequence harmonics: what they are, how they are created, and what issues they present to distribution systems and power quality. Zero sequence harmonics…
Key Issues with DG/DER Monitoring
The dramatic increase in distributed generation (DG), distributed energy resources (DER), and net metering scenarios brings sweeping, unplanned changes to the grid model. Local generation is often unpredictable, and sudden…
Advanced Harmonic Analysis Through Bulk ProVision Exports
The IEEE 519-2014 harmonic standard calls for several advanced data analysis procedures. Some of these, especially when combining with data from other devices, may be performed in Excel or Matlab.…
PQ Recording Templates
This whitepaper describes the use and customization of PQ recording templates in PQ Canvass, iPowerPad, and in the ProVision software. PMI recording devices can be initialized with many different configurable…
Wireless Power Quality
The time and cost of deploying PQ instrumentation only to return later in order to retrieve it (without the guarantee that the PQ anomaly has occurred) is often times exorbitant.…
Understanding IEEE 1159 Definitions
It is very important to have recommended guidelines and practices in place regarding power quality monitoring with the use of consistent terminology and definitions of power quality phenomena. This is…
Quantifying Residential Voltage Sags
Voltage sag complaints are one of the most common in residential applications. Despite complaints, many residential voltage sags are not actually troublesome, or caused by the utility. Quantifying sag events…
Power Quality Recorder Setup Basics (Part 2)
This whitepaper is a continuation of WP241 (Recorder Setup Basics). In part one the details and relative memory consumption of interval recording was discussed along with the associated controls for…
IEEE 519 Harmonics in Residential Locations
IEEE 519 specifies the measurement technique and limits for harmonics in a wide variety of locations, from transmission through distribution. For the first time, the 2014 edition also provides separate…