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[Studies in Computational Intelligence 481] Artur Babiarz, Robert Bieda, Karol Jędrasiak, Aleksander Nawrat (auth.), Aleksander Nawrat, Zygmunt Kuś (eds.) - Vision Based Systemsfor UAV Applications (2013, Sprin

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282 A. <strong>Nawrat</strong> et al.<br />

The phase conductor on the side of jo<strong>in</strong>t power<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t could not be used as<br />

the calibrator does not provide access to the jo<strong>in</strong>t po<strong>in</strong>t from the phase conductors’<br />

side. Neutral conductor could not be used as it conducts a sum of all phase currents.<br />

Therefore, current transformer with 1:1 ratio whose secondary w<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g is<br />

shorted by a resistor with small value was applied. This transformer galvanically<br />

isolates milivoltmeter measur<strong>in</strong>g circuit from the phase conductor. At the same<br />

time the voltage drop on the resistor is proportional to phase current <strong>in</strong>tensity, as<br />

<strong>in</strong> system from fig. 2.<br />

In case of tests on 3-phase meters, the measur<strong>in</strong>g circuit is connected consecutively<br />

to each phase of <strong>in</strong>put voltage circuits of a 3-phase supply meter.<br />

All results <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the tables below are averaged results from multiple measurements.<br />

The necessity to average the results was a consequence of higher harmonic<br />

background <strong>in</strong> the measured current flows.<br />

3 Measurements of Electronic Meters<br />

Measurements of energy losses <strong>in</strong> 1-phase electronic meters were conducted <strong>in</strong> a<br />

circuit whose scheme is shown <strong>in</strong> fig. 2. In tables 1 and 2 typical and maximum<br />

energy loss values are shown for 1-phase electronic meters equipped with<br />

GSM/GPRS and PLC modems as well as the ones without modems.<br />

On the other hand, power loss measurements for 3-phase electronic meters<br />

were conducted <strong>in</strong> a circuit whose scheme is shown <strong>in</strong> fig. 3. In tables 3 and 4,<br />

compared are the typical and maximum values of power losses obta<strong>in</strong>ed for the 3-<br />

phase electronic meters with GSM/GPRS and PLC modems and without modems.<br />

In the tables below both values of power loss for meters with connected and disconnected<br />

(values <strong>in</strong> brackets) GSM/GPRS modems are shown.<br />

3.1 Results from 1-Phase Electronic Meter Measurements<br />

The diagrams shown <strong>in</strong> fig. 4 shows fragments of measurement series registered to<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>e the typical and maximum power loss values for various electronic meters.<br />

The number of samples taken for each series ranges from a few hundred to a<br />

few thousand, depend<strong>in</strong>g on the meter type. Necessity to use such long series <strong>in</strong><br />

the study stems from energy demand volatility dur<strong>in</strong>g meters’ operation as well as<br />

the necessity to account for various work modes of communication modems<br />

which smart grid systems are equipped with.

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