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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)

Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

AnupdateonIEC61000430 :
PowerQuality Measurement Methods

SEEEI Israel 25October2013

AlexMcEachern
President,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Fellow,IEEE powerqualitymeasurements
Convenor,IEC powerqualitymeasurements
Contact:
AlexMcEachern
++15105224400
Alex@PowerStandards.com

IEC61000430isthe PQMeasurement
MethodStandard
Allinstrumentsthatuse
ClassAmethodswill,when
connectedtothesame
signal,producethesame
result.
PowerStandardsLabinUSA
isthe61000430ClassA
CertificationLabforthe
world.
IamtheConvenor
(chairman)ofthis
Standards,for10years

InIsrael:Nisim Bennun,WiseTech,
nisim@wiset.co.il+97239106060

AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

IEC61000430isrequiredbyalmostevery
electricpowercompanyintheworld.
NorthAmerica,South
America
Asia,Australia
Europe,SouthAfrica
Anypowercompany
thatmeasurespower
qualityrequiresClassA.

WhyisStandardneeded?
Not necessaryifthereisonecorrectanswer.
Not necessaryifagreementisnotimportant.
Butiftherearemanycorrectanswers,andagreementisimportant,we
mustwriteaStandards.
Examples:RMS(rootmeansquare),dipduration

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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

WhyisStandardneeded?

WhyisStandardneeded?

InIsrael:Nisim Bennun,WiseTech,
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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

HistoryofIEC61000430
Why?GoodPQinstruments,connected
tothesamesignal,provideddifferent
readings.AStandardonmethodswas
necessary.
FirstEditionofIEC61000430
Startedin1998
Publishedin2003
SecondEditionofIEC61000430
Startedin2004
Publishedin2008

ThirdEditionofIEC61000430
Startedin2009
Willbepublishedinearly2014

IEC61000430Basics

Powerfrequency
MagnitudeofSupplyVoltage
Flicker(seeIEC61000415)
Unbalance
Harmonics(seeIEC6100047)
Interharmonics(seeharmonics)
MainsSignaling
Overunder deviation
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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

IEC61000430Basics
SupplyDips/Swells
VoltageInterruptions
RapidVoltageChange(RVC)
Eventcharacterizedbyits
timestamp,amplitudeandduration
Urms(1/2)orwaveform recordings

IEC61000430Basics
EventPolyphase aggregation
3phaseinterruption only when all3phasesamplitudesgo
below theinterruptionthreshold
3phasedip assoon as1phasegobelow thedip threshold
Aninterruptionis also captured asadip!

Flagging
Themeasured quantity overaninterval may be spurious

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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
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10/25/2013

IEC61000430Basics
Timeinterval aggregation
Urms(1/2)
10/12cycles

150/180cycles
10min
2hour

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IEC61000430
TechnicalchallengesforperformanceClassA
Differentinstrumentsfromdifferentmanufacturersmustreportthe
sameaccurateparametervalues
*measurementsynchronization

zerocrossingbasedUrms halfcycle)

*measurementsynchronization

10minclockbased=resynchronization

*timetaggingaccuracy(clockexternalsynchronization,clockdrift..)
*alltheparameterssimultaneouslyinthesameinstrument
(dips/swells,harmonics,flickernogaps!)(processingpower)

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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

IEC61000430
ClassA allinstrumentsproducesameresults
InstrumentsthatmeetClassAperformancerequirementsofthisstandardwill,
whenconnectedtothesamesignals,willproducethesameresults.ClassA
instrumentsmustmeetthehighestperformanceandaccuracyrequirementsinthe
standard.

Class S instrumentsproduceusefulsurveydata
InstrumentsthatmeetClassSperformancerequirementsareusefulforstatistical
surveysandcontractualapplicationswheretherearenodisputes.Accuracyand
performancerequirementsforClassSarelessstringentthanClassA.

ClassB
(abouttobe)obsolete

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Whats newinEdition3?
New!

Under andoverdeviationmovedtoinformative

New!

Rapidvoltagechanges(RVC)nownormative

New! Currentsmeasurementsnownormative
New!

2kHz150kHzemissionsmeas.

informative

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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

Whatsnewin61000430Ed.3
Variouscorrections,
adjustments
ClassB,overdeviation,
underdeviationareall
movedtoInformative
Annexes
Currentrecordingwillbe
required
RVC(RapidVoltageChange)
eventswillberequired
2kHz 150kHzspectral
recording

RecordingtheCurrentsinEd.3
Ampsaswellasvolts
Currentisnot apower
qualityevent
Currentisusefulfor
understandingPQevents
So:
Therearenocurrentbased
triggers,onlyvoltage
Youmustrecordcurrentat
thesameaggregationlevel
asvoltage

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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

Currents inEdition3?
Currentsmeasurementsnownormative

AmplitudeIrms() and10/12cycleIrms
Harmonics
Interharmonics
Unbalance

Uncertainty:
ClassA 1%ofreadingintherangeof10%to100% FS
Note:Irms()arealignedwithvoltageUrms(1/2)

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RVCAddedinEdition3
RapidVoltageChange significantproblemin
societieswithhighimpedancegrids
AquicktransitioninRMSvoltagebetweentwo
steadystateconditions,duringwhichthevoltage
doesnotexceedthedip/swellthresholds.

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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

Whats newinEdition3?
RVC Welldefinedmeasurementmethod basedonthe
identificationof2consecutivesteadystates

Note:anexcursionbeyond dip/swell thresholds is notanRVC


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Whats newinEdition3?

Measurementsin2kHz150kHzrange

informative(notmandatory)

Goal:trackthehighfrequencynoiseontopofthesinewave

Inrange2kHz~9kHz

methodofIEC6100047AnnexB
200Hzgroups

Inrange9kHz~150kHz

integermultipleof200Hz,preferably200Hzor2kHz

Reporting at 10/12cycleintervals
Howtoreport?

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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

2kHz150kHzaddedinEdition3

Increasedemissionsinthisfrequencyregion
Serioussensitivitiesinthefrequencyregion
Andnostandards!Standardsarerapidlycoming.
Measurementmethod:
6100047from2kHz9kHz,CISPR16from9kHz150kHz?
Veryexpensive.
Phasetophase?Phasetoneutral?Phasetoearth?Bin
widths?
Conclusion:use6100047with200Hzbinsfrom29kHz,
andusenewlowcostmethodfrom9kHz150kHz.
Massiveamountsofdata

PresentstatusofEdition3ofIEC
61000430
CDV(CommitteeDraftforVoting)issued.

Pleasereviewitcarefully,andsendcomments.
FDIS(FinalDraftInternationalStandard)inearly2014.

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AlexMcEachern,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Alex@PowerStandards.com

10/25/2013

AnupdateonIEC61000430 :
PowerQuality Measurement Methods

SEEEI Israel 25October2013

AlexMcEachern
President,PowerStandardsLab(USA)
Fellow,IEEE powerqualitymeasurements
Convenor,IEC powerqualitymeasurements
Contact:
AlexMcEachern
++15105224400
Alex@PowerStandards.com

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InIsrael:Nisim Bennun,WiseTech,
nisim@wiset.co.il+97239106060

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