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

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

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.

DOI: 10.4236/epe.2012.43020                

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

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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