SOFTWARE BASED EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL POWER QUALITY MEASUREMENT USING THE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK MODULES

Milan Simić, Peter Planinšič, Dragan Denić, Dušan Gleich, Dragan Živanović, Marko Malajner

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131
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141

Abstract


Experimental system for measurement of standard electrical power quality (PQ) parameters, based on wireless sensor network (WSN), is presented in this paper. System includes generator of reference voltage waveforms, software application for measurement of standard PQ parameters and two microcontroller based wireless sensor modules for transmitting and receiving of measurement results. Reference voltage signals are provided using signal generator with possibility for simulation of typical network disturbances, presented in some previously published papers. This PQ signal generator is functionally supported by the virtual instrumentation software and data acquisition card. Measurements of basic quality parameters for reference test signals are performed using the LabVIEW software application. Time interval for each measurement cycle is 1 s. For communication is used wireless sensor network based on communication standard IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee). Hardware configuration includes two wireless sensor modules SPaRCMosquito v.2, based on the microcontroller with Cortex M3 architecture. Transfer of measurement results, between computer and wireless sensor modules on transmitter and receiver points, are provided using standard USB interface.

Keywords

experimental system, electrical power quality measurement, wireless sensor network, virtual instrumentation software

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22190/FUACR1702131S

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