The measurement and monitoring of Power Quality (PQ) is an essential for industries including manufacturers of mass-market electrical products and electricity grid operators.

For product manufacturers, PQ measurements are needed to demonstrate compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive as required for product CE marking. Often these measurements (e.g. harmonics and flicker) are carried out by testing laboratories using calibrated power quality analysers. For grid operators, operation and planning of new connection requires that the PQ levels in the grid are monitored to maintain the acceptable levels known as ‘compatibility levels’.

Many international standards have been published on PQ and much of EURAMET’s past and present R&D has contributed to these standards and underpinned them with new traceable measurement capabilities.

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Projects

Standardisation of measurements for DC electricity grids

Short Name: DC grids, Project Number: 20NRM03

Electromagnetic Interference on Static Electricity Meters

Short Name: MeterEMI, Project Number: 17NRM02

Metrology for the next-generation digital substation instrumentation

Short Name: FutureGrid II, Project Number: 17IND06

Measurements for next-generation digital substation instrumentation...

Metrology for inductive charging of electric vehicles

Short Name: MICEV, Project Number: 16ENG08

Metrology for smart energy management in electric railway systems

Short Name: MyRailS, Project Number: 16ENG04

Journal Papers

Comparison of Measurement Methods for 2-150 kHz Conducted Emissions in Power Networks

Ritzmann, D., Lodetti, S., De La Vega, D., Khokhlov, V., Gallarreta, A., Wright, P., Meyer, J., Fernandez, I. and Klingbeil, D.

Document type: Article

Project title: 18NRM05: SupraEMI: Grid measurements of 2 kHz - 150 kHz harmonics to support normative emission limits for mass-market electrical goods

Name of Call / Funding Programme: EMPIR 2018: Pre-Co-Normative

The Role of Supply Conditions on the Measurement of High-Frequency Emissions

Luiso, M., Langella, R., Landi, C., Femine, A.D., Collin, A.J. and Luiso, M.

Document type: Article

Project title: 18NRM05: SupraEMI: Grid measurements of 2 kHz - 150 kHz harmonics to support normative emission limits for mass-market electrical goods

Name of Call / Funding Programme: EMPIR 2018: Pre-Co-Normative

Smart grid power quality and stability measurements in Europe

van den Brom, H. E., Rietveld, G., Wright, P. S., Crotti, G. and Braun, J. P.

Document type: Article

Project title: ENG52: SmartGrid II: Measurement tools for Smart Grid stability and quality

Name of Call / Funding Programme: EMRP A169: Call 2013 Energy II