Phase Jumps in PMU Signal Generators

2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2017) 2018
Artis Riepnieks, Harold Kirkham, Anthony J. Faris, M. Engels

The understanding of the word 'phase' has changed over the years, and power engineers in particular have a different understanding than some others. The matter was examined in a 1946 paper by the Dutch engineer Balth. van der Pol. In the paper, he highlighted a problem with the ordinary definition, but he did not explain it in detail. In our work with phasor measurement units, we have encountered the problem. This paper explains what is going on, and examines ways around it. We examine the question of testing devices such as phasor measurement units, and show that some workers have failed to observe the effects of what we call the 'van der Pol problem.' It is suggested that the PMU standard be amended to allow PMUs to show that they can perform well under changing conditions. © 2017 IEEE.

Keywords
Electromagnetic fields, Measurements, Boundary conditions
DOI
10.1109/PESGM.2017.8274356
Hyperlink
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8274356/

Riepnieks, A., Kirkham, H., Faris, A., Engels, M. Phase Jumps in PMU Signal Generators. In: 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2017), United States of America, Chicago, 16-20 July, 2017. Piscataway: IEEE, 2018, pp.2336-2340. ISBN 978-1-5386-2213-1. e-ISBN 978-1-5386-2212-4. ISSN 1944-9925. e-ISSN 1944-9933. Available from: doi:10.1109/PESGM.2017.8274356

Publication language
English (en)