An Overview of Power Quality

Akash Kewal Ram Engineer Sales AREVA T&D Pakistan Private Limited Karachi, 28 th January 2009 An Over-view of Power Quality

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What is Power Quality??

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What is Power Quality?? “ Any power problem manifested in voltage, current, or frequency deviations that results in failure or misoperation of customer equipment”

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A simple example

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Quality Self Assessment IEC – 6100-4-30 (PQ measurement standard)

Electrical Disturbances cost $26 b to US companies (Per year) Cost of Poor Power Quality

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Quality as per IEC 61000-2-4

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Quality & Voltage

Power Quality & Voltage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Quality & Voltage

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Quality & Frequency

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Quality & Harmonics

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Quality & Harmonics

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Effects of Harmonics

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Effects of Harmonics

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Quality & Power Factor

Losses Due to Power Quality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],In general

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Conclusion

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Causes of blackouts

BLACKOUT: Total loss of commercial power DROPOUT: A discrete voltage loss SAG: (complete or partial) for a very short period of time (milliseconds) constitutes a dropout. FLUCTUATION: A surge or sag in voltage amplitude, often caused by load switching or fault clearing. HARMONIC: A sinusoidal component of an AC voltage that is a multiple of the fundamental waveform frequency. IMPULSE: Transient voltage or current condition of positive or negative amplitude. NOISE: An undesirable signal which is irregular yet oscillatory that is super imposed on the desired signal. See common mode noise and normal mode noise. OUTAGE: An outage is a long-term power interruption. OVERVOLTAGE: A voltage greater than the rating of a device or component. SAG: A reduction in a voltage envelope. The duration is usually from one cycle to a few seconds. Usually, sags are caused by fault clearing or heavy load startup. SURGE: A short-term positive change in amplitude of a voltage. TRANSIENT: A high amplitude, short duration impulse superimposed on the normal voltage or current. NONLINEAR LOAD: Electrical loads in which the instantaneous current is not proportional to the instantaneous voltage, or, effectively, the load impedance varies with voltage.

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