Design and Implementation of Low-Cost Phasor Measurement Unit: PhasorsCatcher

The need for Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) is rising as renewable energy sources become more prevalent in power networks since the rate of change of frequency is being deteriorated. Appropriate and accurate network measurements are a requirement for the precise monitoring and control of the system...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2022-05, Vol.15 (9), p.3172
Main Authors: Schofield, David, Mohapatra, Debashish, Chamorro, Harold R., Roldan-Fernandez, Juan Manuel, Abdellah, Kouzou, Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Digital signal processors
Electrical Engineering
Elektro- och systemteknik
Energy sources
Experimentation
Field programmable gate arrays
Frequency measurement
frequency measurements
hardware module
Instrumentation
Low cost
Measuring instruments
phasor measurement unit
Phasors
rate of change of frequency
Renewable energy sources
Software
Systems stability
wide area measurement systems
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Summary:The need for Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) is rising as renewable energy sources become more prevalent in power networks since the rate of change of frequency is being deteriorated. Appropriate and accurate network measurements are a requirement for the precise monitoring and control of the system. This paper presents a low-cost PMU development, the so-called PhasorsCatcher, for the frequency and rate of change of frequency measurements in power networks, using sufficient but straightforward modular and reconfigurable friendly technology for its implementation. The entire hardware design, schematics, and instrumentation components are shown. Moreover, the visualisation has been calibrated and verified through an experimentation set-up and the existing electrical and communication standards.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en15093172