Power quality monitoring and assessment of the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC) building,UPLB.

Date

4-2013

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Major Course

Major in Power Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Catriz, Roderick L.

Committee Member

Corpuz, Jayson G. Marqueses, Raymond Joseph A. Layega, Athena P.

Abstract

This study monitored and assessed the Power Quality (PQ) of electricity utilized by the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center(AMTEC) inside the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). The AMTEC building is considered as one of the most diverse building in terms of types of loads namely, traditional and non-linear loads. Results of the study revealed that, out of the four PQ parameters monitored and assessed , the building failed three of the national standards set by the Philippine Distribution Code and Philippine Grid Code. Specifically, the building failed the following: System Frequency Deviation Standard with a frequency value over and under the limits set, Voltage VAriation Standard with a voltage magnitude of less than 95% of the nominal value for a period more than half a cycle and less than one minute, and Voltage Fluctuation and Flicker Severity Standard with a fluctuations reaching a high of 6.05% and flicker severity as high as 2.01 unit. The only parameter that passed the national standard is the Voltage Unbalance with 2.01% as the highest value. The study also traced that the problems originate inside and outside the building considered. With this result, it can be concluded that the AMTEC building utilizes poor quality of electricity and the problem may be abundant in the whole UPLB distribution system.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology

Call Number

LG 993.5 2013 E64 A84

Document Type

Thesis

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