An electric power measuring system wherein power factor measurements are adjusted to reflect the adverse economic effects of harmonic currents and voltages. Well-known techniques are used to acquire frequency spectra that represent the voltages and currents present at the measuring point. These spectra are weighted in such a way that non-fundamental currents are increased and non-fundamental voltages are decreased. The weighted spectra are used to calculate a harmonic-adjusted volt-ampere measurement, which is then accumulated to form a harmonic-adjusted volt-ampere-hour measurement. The weighting functions for voltage and current are selected to approximate the economic impact on the AC power generating, transmission, and distribution system of non-fundamental currents and voltages. The resulting harmonic-adjusted volt-ampere-hour measurement is used to calculate a harmonic-adjusted power factor measurement.
An apparatus for the analysis of power quality and the effects of harmonic distortions on machinery or equipment. The apparatus is compact, portable, and non-invasive in that the apparatus can be operatively connected to an electrical carrier without power interruption. A display device is built in allowing graphical display of averaged or continuously updated measurements and analysis. A central processing unit analyzes measurements using Fourier analysis.
An electric power detector for a three-phase AC voltage supply which measures the current of one phase and the voltage between the one phase and another phase and computes the phase difference between the voltage and the current, decides the phase rotation direction by comparing the phase difference with a specified angle, and obtains a power factor angle by adding or subtracting 30.degree. to or from the phase difference corresponding to the result of the decision to produce a power factor angle for computing three-phase power.
An integral electronic meter system diagnostics package including a microprocessor, storage memory, logic for automatically and periodically performing a pre-select series of system diagnostic tests, and recording any results which exceed predefined programmable thresholds, and display means for displaying error and/or diagnostic messages identifying selected diagnostic data and/or errors discovered in the meter tests during a predefined period.
An electricity meter includes a first current probe, a first voltage probe and a display unit memorizing its contents. This meter comprises a fuzzy logic processor having a fuzzy logic decision-making computer with a non-volatile memory available to store membership functions corresponding to the first voltage and current probes and to store decision rules. The computer takes a decision, according to the rules, that is weighted by the membership functions and is aimed at incrementing the contents of the display unit. This meter has the particular feature, among others, by which it can be recalibrated on site.
An electric power meter measures the value of an electrical power parameter, e.g., Universal Apparent Power or Universal Power Factor, of an electrical power signal in the time domain by: calculating a first instantaneous power component as the product of an instantaneous voltage signal and an instantaneous current signal of the electrical power signal, carrying out a relative phase shift between the instantaneous voltage signal and the instantaneous current signal; and calculating a second instantaneous power component as the product of the relatively phase-shifted instantaneous voltage and instantaneous current signals. The first and second instantaneous power components are then RMS averaged to determine their respective magnitudes. Both of the calculated magnitudes are then used to determine the value of the electrical power parameter. The method can alternatively be implemented in the frequency domain to produce equivalent measurement values.
