Testing of Electrical Energy Meters Subject to Realistic Distorted Voltages and Currents
This paper presents a study on revenue active electrical energy meters. The huge installation along the distribution network of these devices made them a key element for energy billing, but also for monitoring the grid status. Hence, it is evident that the relevance of guaranteeing a trusty metering...
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| description | This paper presents a study on revenue active electrical energy meters. The huge installation along the distribution network of these devices made them a key element for energy billing, but also for monitoring the grid status. Hence, it is evident that the relevance of guaranteeing a trusty metering performance, and consequently a proper standardization, is needed. The operation of the meters is regulated by standards harmonized with the European Directive 2014/32/EU (known as MID). Still, and not infrequently, compliance to some legacy standards is declared on the device specifications. Thus, a brief comparison between the latest standards is presented. In particular, the focus was set on evaluating the potential impact of the harmonic disturbances on the energy meter accuracy, since they are omnipresent in the modern power networks. The evaluation has been carried out on three off-the-shelf class B meters by means of a new test procedure that considers realistic and quasi-realistic harmonic disturbances. Such tests showed that realistic harmonic disturbances affect significantly only some energy meters. Therefore, the standards should not neglect this kind of scenario. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b5b9e7f85e144f2b1c3c554bec1746b2023-11-19T22:03:12ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-04-01138202310.3390/en13082023Testing of Electrical Energy Meters Subject to Realistic Distorted Voltages and CurrentsLorenzo Bartolomei0Diego Cavaliere1Alessandro Mingotti2Lorenzo Peretto3Roberto Tinarelli4Department of Electric, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Electric, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Electric, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Electric, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Electric, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, ItalyThis paper presents a study on revenue active electrical energy meters. The huge installation along the distribution network of these devices made them a key element for energy billing, but also for monitoring the grid status. Hence, it is evident that the relevance of guaranteeing a trusty metering performance, and consequently a proper standardization, is needed. The operation of the meters is regulated by standards harmonized with the European Directive 2014/32/EU (known as MID). Still, and not infrequently, compliance to some legacy standards is declared on the device specifications. Thus, a brief comparison between the latest standards is presented. In particular, the focus was set on evaluating the potential impact of the harmonic disturbances on the energy meter accuracy, since they are omnipresent in the modern power networks. The evaluation has been carried out on three off-the-shelf class B meters by means of a new test procedure that considers realistic and quasi-realistic harmonic disturbances. Such tests showed that realistic harmonic disturbances affect significantly only some energy meters. Therefore, the standards should not neglect this kind of scenario.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/8/2023energy meterstotal harmonic distortiondistorted signalsmeasurement setup |
| spellingShingle | Lorenzo Bartolomei Diego Cavaliere Alessandro Mingotti Lorenzo Peretto Roberto Tinarelli Testing of Electrical Energy Meters Subject to Realistic Distorted Voltages and Currents Energies energy meters total harmonic distortion distorted signals measurement setup |
| title | Testing of Electrical Energy Meters Subject to Realistic Distorted Voltages and Currents |
| title_full | Testing of Electrical Energy Meters Subject to Realistic Distorted Voltages and Currents |
| title_fullStr | Testing of Electrical Energy Meters Subject to Realistic Distorted Voltages and Currents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testing of Electrical Energy Meters Subject to Realistic Distorted Voltages and Currents |
| title_short | Testing of Electrical Energy Meters Subject to Realistic Distorted Voltages and Currents |
| title_sort | testing of electrical energy meters subject to realistic distorted voltages and currents |
| topic | energy meters total harmonic distortion distorted signals measurement setup |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/8/2023 |
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