Tag Archives: Power Quality

What is your PQ IQ?

Affinity Energy – Infographic: Understanding the Impacts of Power Quality. Understanding power quality issues $15 billion is the annual cost of power quality issues. $130,000 are the potential costs for downtime in lost revenue for facilities. For mission critical facilities, that translates to $14,000 to $6.5 million every hour. It takes 17 hours for plants toContinue reading “What is your PQ IQ?”

Rules, Indices and Approach for Assessment and Improvement of Power Quality

Published by Antonio Ardito, Stefano Malgarotti, Angelo Schiappacasse,1 1 This paper was developed within the activity Ricerca di Sistema DM 26/01/2000. Authors are with CESI spa, via Rubattino 54, 20134 Milano (MI), Italy, (e-mail: malgarotti@cesi.it, tel. +39-02 2125-5517) ABSTRACT Power Quality is of concern in both open market and in vertically integrated environment, since theContinue reading “Rules, Indices and Approach for Assessment and Improvement of Power Quality”

Survey on Voltage Improvement

Published by Raghawendra Sharan Mishra, Student, Department of Instrumentation & Control, Maharana Pratap College of Technology, Gwalior, India. Mr. Prasant Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Maharana Pratap College of Technology, Gwalior, India. IJSRD – International Journal for Scientific Research & Development | Vol. 5, Issue 09, 2017 | ISSN (online): 2321-0613 Abstract PowerContinue reading “Survey on Voltage Improvement”

The Seven Types of Power Problems

Published by Joseph Seymour, Schneider Electric – Data Center Science Center White Paper 18 Rev 1. Executive Summary Many of the mysteries of equipment failure, downtime, software and data corruption, are the result of a problematic supply of power. There is also a common problem with describing power problems in a standard way. This whiteContinue reading “The Seven Types of Power Problems”

Harmonic Response of Distributed Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems

Published by M. Patsalides is with Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng., University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Avenue, P.O. Box 20537 Nicosia, 1678, Cyprus (e-mail: ee03pm1@ucy.ac.cy). A. Stavrou is with Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Amfipoleos 11, 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus (e-mail: astavrou@eac.com.cy). G. Makrides is with Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng., University of Cyprus, 75Continue reading “Harmonic Response of Distributed Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems”