scholarly journals Calibration of On-Board Energy Measurement Systems Installed in Locomotives for AC Distorted Current and High Voltage Waveforms and Determination of Its Uncertainty Budget

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 7967
Author(s):  
Abderrahim Khamlichi ◽  
Fernando Garnacho ◽  
Pascual Simon ◽  
Jorge Rovira ◽  
Angel Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Uncertainty Budget ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Energy Measurement ◽  
Reference Measuring ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Council Directive ◽  
Rail Systems ◽  
Set Up

Periodic calibrations of Energy Measurement Systems (EMS) installed in locomotives must be carried out to demonstrate the required accuracy established in the EN 50463-2 standard according to European Parliament and Council Directive 2008/57/EC on the interoperability of rail systems within the Community. As a result of the work performed in the “MyRailS” EURAMET project an AC calibration facility was developed consisting of a fictive power source was developed. This fictive power source can generate distorted sinusoidal voltages up to 25 kV-50 Hz and 15 kV-16.7 Hz as well as distorted sinusoidal currents up to 500 A with harmonic content up to 5 kHz or phase-fired current waveform stated in EN50463-2 standard. These waveforms are representative of those that appear during periods of acceleration and breaking of the train. Reference measuring systems have been designed and built consisting of high voltage and high current transducers adapted to multimeters, which function as digital recorders to acquire synchronized voltage and current signals. An approved procedure has been developed and an in-depth uncertainty analysis has been performed to achieve a set of uncertainty formulas considering the influence parameters. Different influence parameters have been analyzed to evaluate uncertainty contributions for each quantity to be measured: rms voltage, rms current, active power, apparent power and non-active power of distorted voltage and current waveforms. The resulting calculated global expanded uncertainty for the developed Energy Measuring Function calibration set up has been better than 0.5% for distorted waveforms. This paper is focused on presenting the complete set of expressions and formulas developed for the different influence parameters, necessary for uncertainty budget calculation of an Energy Measuring Function calibration.

scholarly journals Geometric system analysis of ILMD-based LID measurement systems using Monte-Carlo simulation

2022 ◽  
Vol 2149 (1) ◽  
pp. 012015
Author(s):  
M Katona ◽  
K Trampert ◽  
C Schwanengel ◽  
U Krüger ◽  
C Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Intensity Distribution ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Uncertainty Budget ◽  
Luminous Intensity ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Measuring Device ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Kinematic Transformations ◽  
Set Up

Abstract Imaging Luminance Measuring Device (ILMD) based luminous intensity distribution measurement systems are an established method for measuring the luminous intensity distribution (LID) of light sources in the far field. The advantage of this system is the high-resolution acquisition of a large angular range with one image. For the uncertainty budget, the mathematical description of the system can be divided into photometric and geometric contributions. In the following, we will present a Monte-Carlo approach to analyse the geometric contributions which are the uncertainty of measurement direction and measurement distance. Therefore, we set up a geometric system description based on kinematic transformations that describes the connection between detector and light source position. To consider all relevant input quantities we simulate the adjustment and measurement process. Finally, an analysis of the geometric input parameters is shown.

Power Quality Improvement of High Voltage DC Link using Modified Shunt Active Power Filter

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Rakan Khalil Antar ◽  
Basil Mohammed Saied ◽  
Rafid Ahmed Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Active Power Filter ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Active Power Filters ◽  
Power Filter ◽  
Power Filters ◽  
Power Quality Improvement

A new control strategy for active power filters is proposed, modeled and implemented in order to improve the power quality of a line commutated converter High voltage DC link. The ability of reactive power and harmonics reductions are generally met by using passive and active power filters. In this paper, modified active power filter with a modified harmonics pulse width modulation algorithm is used to minimize the source harmonics and force the AC supply current to be in the same phase with AC voltage source at both sending and receiving sides of a line commutated converter high voltage DC link. Therefore, it is considered as power factor corrector and harmonics eliminator with random variations in the load current. The modified harmonics pulse width modulation algorithm is applicable for active power filter based on a three-phase five-level and seven-level cascaded H-bridge voltage source inverter. Simulation results show that the suggested modified multilevel active power filters improve total harmonics distortion of both voltage and current with almost unity effective power factor at both AC sides of high voltage DC link. Therefore, modified active power filter is an effective tool for power quality improvement and preferable for line commutated converter high voltage DC link at different load conditions.

Reactive Power Compensation for Unbalanced Fluctuating Loads by Using Two-Dimensional Space Vector and a Static Var Compensator

2014 ◽  
Vol 533 ◽  
pp. 397-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Jui Wu ◽  
Yu Wei Liu ◽  
Shou Chien Huang
Keyword(s):  
Power Factor ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Static Var Compensator ◽  
Space Vector ◽  
Three Phase

To modify the power factor and balance the three-phase currents simultaneously, this paper proposes the instantaneous compensator to calculate the compensation current. The instantaneous compensator utilizes two-dimensional instantaneous space vector and setting the active power as a constant for each cycle which can improve power quality effectively. Moreover, the instantaneous compensator requires an independent power source, whose capacity can be reduce by using a static var compensator (SVC). An SVC does not interfere with the capability of the instantaneous compensator. Field measurement data were analyzed. Simulation results confirmed the feasibility of correcting the power factor and balancing load currents simultaneously using the proposed method.

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