Method for power quality summary and trending
First Claim
1. A system for accumulating and evaluating electromagnetic phenomena of multiple power quality categories of a power distribution system, comprising a circuit monitor coupled to said power distribution system and accumulating data representing said electromagnetic phenomena, said circuit monitor being programmed to determine a power quality index for each of said multiple power quality categories, and a single overall power quality index for all of said power quality categories, said power quality indices for power quality categories involving steady state conditions being based on the percentage of time said conditions exist during an evaluation period and the severity of such conditions, and said power quality indices for power quality categories involving abnormal events being based on the number of such events that occur during an evaluation period and the severity of such events.
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Abstract
A system for accumulating and evaluating electromagnetic phenomena of at least one power quality category of a power distribution system, using a circuit monitor or processing system that summarizes and trends electromagnetic phenomena. The system provides for expressing the power quality index as a single number for each power quality category present and for combining multiple power quality indices into a single overall power quality index.
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- 1. A system for accumulating and evaluating electromagnetic phenomena of multiple power quality categories of a power distribution system, comprising a circuit monitor coupled to said power distribution system and accumulating data representing said electromagnetic phenomena, said circuit monitor being programmed to determine a power quality index for each of said multiple power quality categories, and a single overall power quality index for all of said power quality categories, said power quality indices for power quality categories involving steady state conditions being based on the percentage of time said conditions exist during an evaluation period and the severity of such conditions, and said power quality indices for power quality categories involving abnormal events being based on the number of such events that occur during an evaluation period and the severity of such events.
- 5. A system for accumulating and evaluating electromagnetic phenomena of multiple power quality categories of a power distribution system, comprising a circuit monitor coupled to said power distribution system and accumulating data representing said electromagnetic phenomena, said circuit monitor being programmed to determine a power quality index for each of said multiple power quality categories, and a single overall power quality index for all of said power quality categories that is a weighted average of said power quality indices for said power quality categories, said weighted average being based on the nature of the power distribution facility and the load types in said facility.
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9. A method of accumulating and evaluating data representing electromagnetic phenomena of multiple power quality categories of a power distribution system, comprising
determining an individual power quality index for each of said multiple power quality categories, and determining an overall power quality index for all of said individual power quality indices, weighting said at least one power quality category according to the load type present, said power quality indices for power quality categories involving steady state conditions being based on the percentage of time said conditions exist during an evaluation period and the severity of such conditions, and said power quality indices for power quality categories involving abnormal events being based on the number of such events that occur during an evaluation period and the severity of such events.
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13. A method of accumulating and evaluating data representing electromagnetic phenomena of multiple power quality categories of a power distribution system, comprising
determining an individual power quality index for each of said multiple power quality categories, and determining an overall power quality index for all of said individual power quality indices weighting said at least one power quality category according to the load type present that is a weighted average of said power quality indices for said power quality categories, said weighted average being based on the nature of the power distribution facility and the load types in said facility.
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