July 20, 2008
Conference Paper

Performance Evaluation of Phasor Measurement Systems

Abstract

After two decades of phasor network deployment, phasor measurements are now available at many major substations and power plants. The North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI), supported by both the US Department of Energy and the North American Electricity Reliability Council (NERC), provides a forum to facilitate the efforts in phasor technology in North America. Phasor applications have been explored and some are in today’s utility practice. IEEE C37.118 Standard is a milestone in standardizing phasor measurements and defining performance requirements. To comply with IEEE C37.118 and to better understand the impact of phasor quality on applications, the NASPI Performance and Standards Task Team (PSTT) initiated and accomplished the development of two important documents to address characterization of PMUs and instrumentation channels, which leverage prior work (esp. in WECC) and international experience. This paper summarizes the accomplished PSTT work and presents the methods for phasor measurement evaluation.

Revised: January 3, 2013 | Published: July 20, 2008

Citation

Huang Z., B. Kasztenny, V. Madani, V. Madani, K.E. Martin, S. Meliopoulos, and D. Novosel, et al. 2008. Performance Evaluation of Phasor Measurement Systems. In Proceedings of IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, July 20-24, 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Piscataway, New Jersey:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. PNNL-SA-61933. doi:10.1109/PES.2008.4596880