Signal Generator EPOS 360 - A laboratory for power quality
- 15. September 2021 - Power source
In the real power supply environment, it is difficult to generate power quality events in order to analyze their characteristics and effects. Therefore, a system is needed with the ability to generate and output diverse three-phase signal waveforms.
With the software-based signal generator system EPOS 360, it is possible to realize an overall system with which three-phase power quality events can be simulated in a simple way.
Three-phase voltage and current signals with different signal disturbances can be generated with the EPOS operating software, such as voltage dips or interruptions, transient pulses and distortion of the voltage or current signal caused by the influence of higher order harmonic components.
Different monitors are available in the software for parameterization and the output of signals and test sequences.
TRANSIG-Monitor
The TRANSIG-Monitor module can be used to check the function of a DUT under real conditions. The TRANSIG-Monitor enables the graphical display and output of recordings and signal curves. Signal curves can be, for example, recordings of fault value acquisition systems or digital protection relays, which are available in the standardized COMTRADE format, or SigDef files with self-defined signals.
The functions of the TRANSIG monitor are:
- Loading of recordings in COMTRADE format or SigDef files.
- Assignment of the signals of the recording to the EPOS output signals.
- Scaling of the signals of the recordings.
- Transfer of the defined TRANSIG functions into a test plan.
Signal Editor
Another component of the EPOS operating software is the signal editor. The signal editor enables the definition, parameterization and calculation of any signal characteristics. The parameterization of the signals is done interactively on the screen. A signal duration can be set for each channel and each channel can in turn be divided into any number of time windows of different lengths. Within the time windows different function curves can be synthesized. It is possible to synthesize the function curves from a basic function, such as
- sine,
- rectangle,
- sawtooth,
- triangle,
- DC
and their additive or multiplicative superposition with one or more superposition functions.
Superpositions can be functions, such as
- sine,
- exponential functions,
- ramps,
- DC,
- impulse,
- harmonics,
- mathematical expressions.
In particular, the mathematical expressions in the overlays should be pointed out, since the creation of formulas offers a wide range of possibilities for signal generation. The overlay function "Expression" is used to create a curve using mathematical inputs.
Conclusion
The three-phase signal generator EPOS 360 offers the possibility to create different signal waveforms, to apply them to the test object and to analyze the effects. The overall EPOS 360 system with the EPOS operating software thus provides a useful mechanism to understand and explain network phenomena without much effort.
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