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

David Schofield, Debashish Mohapatra, Harold R. Chamorro, Juan Manuel Roldan-Fernandez, Kouzou Abdellah and Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt
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David Schofield: Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Debashish Mohapatra: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela 769008, Odisha, India
Harold R. Chamorro: Department of Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
Juan Manuel Roldan-Fernandez: Department of Electrical Engineering, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
Kouzou Abdellah: Institute for Electrical Drive Systems and Power Electronics, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 80333 Munich, Germany
Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt: Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Cybernetics, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3918 Porsgrunn, Norway

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-27

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: phasor measurement unit; wide area measurement systems; rate of change of frequency; frequency measurements; instrumentation; hardware module (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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