Power Quality Analysis of Smart Grid Pilot Project, Puducherry

Abstract The concept of smart grid lies in the integration of information and communication technologies into the existing power system infrastructure to get maximum benefit to the end-user. The objective of implementing smartness in the grid is to increase the reliability, efficiency, customer satisfaction and power quality of the vast electrical distribution network. This paper presents the power quality analysis of a smart grid pilot project of utility in Puducherry implemented under collaboration of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. The analysis has been done by data collected via power analyser at several locations in the smart grid pilot project. Analysis includes harmonics, sub-harmonics, total harmonic distortion and other various components of power quality. Instead of using only voltage parameters, current parameters are also considered for analysis.

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