Metodologia de testes para avaliação de um sistema de gerenciamento de qualidade da energia elétrica

Abstract

The increased sensitivity of equipment to electrical disturbances and the spread of nonlinear loads are some of the factors that reinforce the importance of Power quality (PQ). Poor power quality can lead to equipment damage, interruptions and other consequences causing monetary losses and possible legal actions. Therefore, monitoring the PQ status in power grid is a strategic factor, while it allows the identification of critical areas. The different types of meters, the massive amount of data and the many PQ indices defined by PRODIST (Brazilian standard for power distribution) make the PQ management a difficult task to be accomplished efficiently without an automatic power quality management system (PQMS). In this concern, this work presents a review on the projects that have been developed around the world regarding power quality data monitoring and management. This work also presents a proposal for PQMS addressing data acquisition, PQ indices calculation algorithm and a human machine interface for displaying results in a user-friendly format. Considering that the PQ indices take at least a week to be determined, the process of testing and validating the developed system would be timeconsuming and inefficient if it were performed using real measurement data. Hence, this work proposes and applies an efficient methodology for the PQMS validation using a PQ test bench in order to test all the software functions in an optimized way. The challenges encountered and the results obtained during the PQMS validation process are also presented and discussed.