The New Brazilian Power Quality Standard and a Low Cost Device Meter - Energy and Power Engineering

EPE > Vol.4 No.3, May 2012

Energy and Power Engineering

Volume 4, Issue 3 (May 2012)

ISSN Print: 1949-243X ISSN Online: 1947-3818

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The New Brazilian Power Quality Standard and a Low Cost Device Meter ()

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DOI: 10.4236/epe.2012.43020 7,096 Downloads 10,830 Views Citations

Author(s)

Guilherme P. Colnago¹, Jose L. F. Vieira², Gilberto C. D. Sousa², Jose R. Macedo Jr.³

Affiliation(s)

¹Electrotechnical Department, Federal Institute of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil.
²Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil.
³Department Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil.

ABSTRACT

This paper presents an overview about the new Brazilian Power Quality Standard and provides a low cost device PQ meter, developed and implemented to assist the national campaign to assess the Brazilian power quality indices, unknown until now. This work contributes with the search of a low cost devices PQ meter for a cost sensitive market, and introduces the new Brazilian Power Quality Standard to the international community.

KEYWORDS

Power Quality Standard; Power System Monitoring; Brazilian Electrical System

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G. Colnago, J. Vieira, G. Sousa and J. Macedo Jr., "The New Brazilian Power Quality Standard and a Low Cost Device Meter," Energy and Power Engineering, Vol. 4 No. 3, 2012, pp. 144-152. doi: 10.4236/epe.2012.43020.

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