IEC TR 61000-1-8:2019 IEC 2019 – 13 –
This document is based primarily on the results of the N-ERGIE investigations which are
consistent, nevertheless, with the results of the larger FNN studies. The data pool of FNN
offers the big advantage of a large number of random tests (within Germany). The enormous
amount of data necessitates substantial compression for a meaningful presentation, and
admittedly leads to a less-detailed consideration of the results. More detailed analysis has
also been carried out, however, particularly concerning correlation, and that analysis is
presented as well.
Test sites were chosen according to criteria from [1]
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with regard to network structure, load
structure and generator structure. These diverse test sites, representing various topologies
and load types in the network area of the N-ERGIE are listed in Table 1.
Thus, eight residential area networks (e.g. “A1” and “A2” in the column “Category” of Table 1,
see Table 9 for definitions) and four networks that include commercial offices, trade, and retail
stores, were examined. Additionally, one of the last four networks was a repetition of M9
concerning the phase angle of the harmonic voltage instead of the phase angle of the
harmonic current, listed as M17. At the test sites M1 to M8, measurements were made from
the middle of December 2012 to the middle of January, 2013, with a duration of 35 days to 40
days. The measurements at the test sites M9 to M12 followed in May 2013. These were
repeated at the same test sites in July 2013, listed as M13 to M16, with a modified interval
time of measurement (60 s instead of 1 s) at M10 to M12, respectively M14 to M16. These
test sites (M9 to M12) are listed as M13 to M16, mainly as a means of differentiation. With a
choice of the measuring period, the opportunity was consciously taken to measure, on the one
hand, during the winter months and summer months and to measure, on the other hand, in a
time window with varying users' behaviour (work times and holidays about the turn of the
year). The background is to identify network parameter dependencies, specifically the
prevailing phase angle of harmonics, resulting from the users' behaviour and load structure.
As follows from Table 1, the 16 measurement sites are representative of a good cross section
of the public supply, and as follows from the more detailed data review, the analysis includes
a statistically meaningful sample set that can be extrapolated to the 220/230 V 50 Hz public
supply networks in general. No attempt is made to extrapolate the findings to other network
topologies, but given that the load structures are similar in 120 V 60 Hz networks, the findings
of this document can apply to some extent to those other networks as well.
The field measurements included exclusively the public low-voltage network at the terminals
of the local network transformers. Current and voltage were measured in each of the three
phases, and included magnitude and phase. The measurement window was 200 ms with a
sampling rate of 100 kS/s. The measurement repetition rate amounted to 1 min, except with
M10 to M12 where data were acquired with 1 s intervals. The measuring instruments used by
N-ERGIE recorded the harmonics up to the 50
th
order and the basic electrical parameters,
including phase angle information for current and voltage. The harmonic currents phase
angles
are measured with referenc
e to the zero crossing of the fundamental of the voltage
according to 61000-3-12 [3] (positive zero crossing).
In 4.2, a brief summary of the measurement results is presented, along with a summary
review of the potential future impact of technologies and societal developments. The data are
then analysed in detail, and technology and economic factors are analysed in more detail, to
further explain the summary findings.
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Numbers in square brackets refer to the Bibliography.