Customer side monitoring experience at Bausch & Lomb

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:376844

Shields, D; Lamoree, J; Sabin, D ^[1]

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1. and others

Several projects, most notably the EPRI Distribution Power Quality (DPQ) project, involve extensive monitoring and analysis of distribution system power quality levels. Unfortunately, the characterization of power quality levels on the distribution system only provides part of the power quality picture. Determining the impact of these disturbances on customer equipment fully completes this picture. Many disturbances that are initiated on the power system (e.g., capacitor switching, voltage sags) can significantly affect customer processes. They may also have different characteristics once they get into the customer facilities. However, there is still considerable debate as to where the disturbances measured in a facility originate, either external or internal. Also, the operation of customer loads with nonlinear characteristics can result in harmonic problems within the facility long before they cause any problems on the distribution system. EPRI`s Customer Side Monitoring Project attempts to answer some of these questions. Several case studies have been initiated with utilities across the country. The work outlined in this paper is from one of those case studies.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); CK and Associates, Albany, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 376844
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR--104581; CONF-9311343--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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