The Seeker+ runs a power quality survey right out of the box. Mount it, energize it, and it detects the circuit hookup and logs every measure it supports, each aggregated…
IEEE Standards White Papers
Power quality white papers on IEEE Standards.
27 white papers in IEEE Standards
Understanding Voltage Swells
If you were to ask a handful of customers what they consider a ‘power surge’ to be, you would get a multitude of answers — anything from a lightning strike…
Introduction to Supraharmonics
As electronic power converters are increasing in prevalence on the grid, especially EV chargers, photovoltaic inverters, variable frequency drives, and LED lighting systems, a new power quality issue is arising…
Heat Pumps and the Winter Peak
As American homes shift from gas furnaces to heat pumps, the load that used to burn gas now arrives at the residential transformer — in winter, at the coldest hours,…
Understanding Voltage Stability vs. Voltage Regulation
Voltage stability and voltage regulation are commonly confused concepts, particularly in the context of customer voltage complaints and power quality investigations. These two phenomena differ significantly in both cause and…
Grid Readiness for Data Centers
Global cumulative investment in data centers between 2026 and 2030 is projected to reach $3 trillion. This explosive growth is straining electric grids worldwide. This white paper summarizes the IEEE…
Even vs. Odd Harmonics
Engineered Asymmetry Audiophiles routinely spend thousands of dollars on vintage vacuum tube amplifiers to deliberately inject their music with what power engineers spend millions trying to eliminate: harmonic distortion. Vacuum…
Datacenter Power Consumption II
The explosive growth of datacenter infrastructure in the United States continues to reshape electricity consumption patterns, now constituting a substantial and rapidly growing share of both total load and peak…
Distributed Generation Power Quality Standards
The dramatic proliferation of Distributed Generation (DG) deployments began before power quality (PQ) standards were in place to ensure compatibility in the grid. IEEE 519-2014, a recommended practice for limiting…
Riding Through Voltage Sags with the IEEE 1668 Standard
Voltage sags are the most common power quality issue, and also the most costly for industrial power users. It's not practical for a utility to eliminate all sags, so industrial…
Introduction to Voltage Sags
Voltage sags are short-duration power quality nuisances that can wreak havoc on sensitive electrical equipment. Identifying and classifying sags (as well as identifying their sources) can be a tedious and…
PQ Canvass — Getting Started
Power Monitors’ PQ Canvass is the premiere way to view and analyze power quality data. Born from Canvass, our first generation cloud-based system, PQ Canvass is a power platform to…