The Power Quality is defined as the quality of the electrical energy. Our dependency on and consumption of electrical energy in recent years has increased dramatically. The widespread use of electronic systems within production environments puts an extra burden on the power grid. Devices like inverters, switching power supplies and other power electronics are used more often. These devices may cause harmonic distortion on the power grid , thus reducing the quality of the electrical power.
Poor power quality may result in:
- Accelerated aging of materials and components,
- Energy losses due to higher harmonics and reactive power,
- Faults without a clear cause of network and computer systems,
- Breakdown of production and process systems.
Improving the power quality is able to avoid unnecessary costs caused by the aforementioned problems.
Beenen has the knowledge and expertise to make an accurate analysis of the quality of power supply and the associated power grid by using a power quality measurement tool.