Technical Features Of The Network Quality - Siemens SENTRON PAC4220 Manual

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2.6 Technical features of the network quality
2.6

Technical features of the network quality

The PAC4220 supplies the following measured variables for evaluating network quality:
• Harmonics up to the 64th harmonic
• THD for voltage and current:
• Displacement angle φ
• Cosine of the displacement angle φ
• Phase angle U
• Unbalance voltage and unbalance current
Measurement of 1st to 64th harmonics for voltage and current
Harmonics are mainly caused by equipment with a non-linear characteristic, such as
fluorescent lamps, transformers and frequency converters. They are integer multiples of a
fundamental.
The PAC4220 can calculate odd (3rd to 63rd) or all (1st to 64th) integer voltage and current
harmonics and display them as a bar diagram on the display.
It is also possible to read out the data using a Modbus command.
The Modbus table can be found in chapter Readout of harmonic components of all
harmonics with function codes 0x03 and 0x04 (Page 126).
Harmonics referred to the root-mean-square value
The fundamental of the voltage is specified in volts (V) rather than percent (%). The harmonics
of the voltage referred to the root-mean-square value (rms) can be calculated from this
information in the software.
THD
The THD (total harmonic distortion) is used to describe the distortion of the electrical signal. It
indicates the ratio of the harmonic content to the fundamental in percent.
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