Measurement methods and test procedures for assessing accuracy of instrument transformers for power quality measurements
Characterising Instrument transformers to develop new standards for more reliable power quality measurements
Renewable electricity can cause grid-injected disturbances, damaging power quality (PQ). PQ represents the grids ability to supply constant, stable power and PQ problems cost EU industry and commerce around €150 billion annually. To reduce network currents and voltages down to a level compatible with PQ measurement instruments requires the use of Instrument Transformers (ITs). However current international standards fail to account for IT performance in the presence of disturbances and do not detail specific IT characterisation tests, making it impossible to perform PQ measurements in electricity grids with a known level of confidence
Building upon the EMRP projects SmartGrid II and FutureGrid the project will define accuracy and uncertainty limits for ITs in PQ measurements, develop reference measuring systems and traceable test procedures and assess IT performance with multiple influence factors. At the end of the project in 2023 recommendations will be given to IEC TC38 to incorporate into new standards. Increased confidence in PQ measurements will allow electricity utilities and industries to take appropriate actions to help prevent or solve any PQ related issues.
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Sensors
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IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2021 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)
2021 IEEE 11th International Workshop on Applied Measurements for Power Systems (AMPS)
Workshop AMPS 2021
CIRED 2021 - The 26th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution
Proceedings of the 24th IMEKO TC-4 International Symposium, September 14-16, 2020
Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements CPEM 2020 Proceedings
Participating EURAMET NMIs and DIs
CMI (Czechia)
INRIM (Italy)
LNE (France)
PTB (Germany)
UME (Türkiye)
VSL (Netherlands)
Other Participants
Alma mater studiorum Università di Bologna (Italy)
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico – RSE S.p.A. (Italy)
Technische Universität Dresden (Germany)
Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Italy)
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