Category Archives: Power Quality

Frequency Measurements & Data Recorded of PQ Instruments that meet the IEC 61000-4-30 Class A

Published by Terry Chandler, Director of Engineering, Power Quality Thailand LTD/Power Quality Inc., USA. E-mail: terryc@powerquality.org, terryc@powerquality.co.th An example is the Dranetz HDPQ family, the PX-5 family and the 61K family. The IEC standard for frequency measurement calculation and accuracy is This specifies the time of the reference channel is measured for 10 seconds. That value isContinue reading “Frequency Measurements & Data Recorded of PQ Instruments that meet the IEC 61000-4-30 Class A”

Power Quality Monitoring System at the Consolidated Edison Company of New York

Published by Terry Chandler, Director of Engineering, Power Quality Thailand LTD/Power Quality Inc., USA. E-mail: terryc@powerquality.org Brian Todd, Global Vice President of Sales for Dranetz Technologies, Inc. and General Manager at Electrotek Concepts, Inc. E-mail: btodd@electrotek.com Kevin Kittredge, Senior Power Systems Engineer, Electrotek Concepts, Inc. E-mail: kkittredge@electrotek.com

Dranetz Portable Instruments Power Visa & HDPQ Visa using Dran-View 7 Software to View the Waveforms & Correct A CT Connection Error

Case 1. Display waveforms of voltage, current and Power before, during and after an event.   Case 2. Display waveforms of voltage, current and calculate the power waveform from the data of any waveforms recorded by the instrument. HDPQ waveforms of Voltage, current and Power from 10 cycles of waveform data. Case 3. Display harmonicContinue reading “Dranetz Portable Instruments Power Visa & HDPQ Visa using Dran-View 7 Software to View the Waveforms & Correct A CT Connection Error”

Harmonics Data Analysis with Dran-View 7 (DV7) Enterprise Software

To do advanced harmonic analysis using the postprocessing capability of Dran-View 7 (DV7) Enterprise. Note: Use the waveform capture on periodic basis to collect the most useful data but not necessary for normal PQ activity and reports. The steps below give a few examples. Step 1. Open the data file of the site of interestContinue reading “Harmonics Data Analysis with Dran-View 7 (DV7) Enterprise Software”

Power Quality & Quality of Supply A Global Continuously Developing Engineering Challenge

Published by Terry Chandler, A Power Quality Practitioner ™ for +30 years, Director of Engineering Power Quality Thailand LTD/Power Quality Inc. USA, Consultant for Dranetz Corporation USA (Asia business Unit General Manager) Contact TerryC@powerquality.org What is Power Quality (PQ)? The characteristics of the supply voltage and the electrical system that affect the performance of theContinue reading “Power Quality & Quality of Supply A Global Continuously Developing Engineering Challenge”