Type: Review

Improving IEC flickermeter for implementation by an ARM microcontroller-based digital system

Journal: Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control (14770369)Year: May 2013Volume: 35Issue: Pages: 342 - 352

Moallem P.^a Zargari A.Kiyoumarsi A.^a

a :University of Isfahan - IRAN(IR) - Isfahan

DOI:10.1177/0142331212439598Language: English

Abstract

The IEC 61000-4-15 flickermeter has been widely accepted as an international standard for flicker severity measurement. In this paper, the implementation of an improved IEC flickermeter by an ARM microcontroller-based digital system with low cost and simple proposed prototype hardware is presented. The improvements include replacing a band-pass filter with a more appropriate filter and considering the model of various lamps. The operation of the improved flickermeter is evaluated in a simulated power system in Simulink of MATLAB software with its flicker source an arc furnace. Finally, a manipulated hardware for implementation of the improved flickermeter is proposed based on ARM microcontroller, and its performance is evaluated with some real-time experimental measurements. © The Author(s) 2012.