Performance Evaluation of Phasor Measurement Systems

Conference · Sun Jul 20 04:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PES.2008.4596880· OSTI ID:1059634

Huang, Zhenyu; Kasztenny, Bogdan; Madani, Vahid; Martin, Kenneth E; Meliopoulos, Sakis; Novosel, Damir; Stenbakken, Jerry

After two decades of phasor network deployment, phasor measurements are now available at many major substations and power plants. The North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI), supported by both the US Department of Energy and the North American Electricity Reliability Council (NERC), provides a forum to facilitate the efforts in phasor technology in North America. Phasor applications have been explored and some are in today’s utility practice. IEEE C37.118 Standard is a milestone in standardizing phasor measurements and defining performance requirements. To comply with IEEE C37.118 and to better understand the impact of phasor quality on applications, the NASPI Performance and Standards Task Team (PSTT) initiated and accomplished the development of two important documents to address characterization of PMUs and instrumentation channels, which leverage prior work (esp. in WECC) and international experience. This paper summarizes the accomplished PSTT work and presents the methods for phasor measurement evaluation.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1059634
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-61933; TE1101000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI)
PMU Testing
Phasor Measurement Unit
Synchronized Phasor Measurements