On the edge of a shelf, high above my workstation, sits one of my favorite power quality monitors an impulse recorder built years ago by Franois Martzloff. The instrument shows its age: its zip-type ...

As with many other aspects of the power industry, deregulation and restructuring are changing how utilities and customers approach power quality monitoring. Traditionalists view PQ monitoring as a ...

Many utilities have experienced how labor intensive it is to retrieve and compare power quality (PQ) data from numerous devices and systems, no matter the infrastructure in place. Delays and ...

Clean, reliable power quality is critical to smart home performance. Common electrical problems like voltage sags, surges, and harmonic distortions can cause downtime, damage equipment, and degrade ...

Power quality is a cornerstone of reliable electrical service, particularly for large commercial and industrial customers. Poor power quality can lead to costly disruptions, equipment damage and ...

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today introduced a highly integrated polyphase analog front end (AFE) with power quality analysis designed to help extend the health and ...

Operating over a voltage range of 80 VAC to 260 VAC, the PQR OEM continuously monitors the power line for disturbances, recording the data readings at 1-minute intervals. Power disturbances detected ...

Power monitoring is undertaken for a variety of reasons: to determine the cause of a power-related problem, to confirm that the supply can support added loads, to gather data that might aid in ...

It pays to keep a close eye on ac lines in industrial and commercial areas. A power outage just hit your residential area. It was over in less than a minute. Other than forcing you to reset a few ...

A power monitoring system provides an easy way to automatically retrieve and analyze power quality events. Unlike building automation software, which typically counts the number of events, a power ...

Four new energy-metering ICs from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) improve the accuracy and performance of commercial, industrial, and residential smart meters. The devices in this smart-meter IC family — ...