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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Foroozan Ghassemi, London, GB;
Electric Power Research Limited, Belfast, GB;
Abstract
An electric power meter measures the value of an electrical power parameter, e.g., Universal Apparent Power or Universal Power Factor, of an electrical power signal in the time domain by: calculating a first instantaneous power component as the product of an instantaneous voltage signal and an instantaneous current signal of the electrical power signal, carrying out a relative phase shift between the instantaneous voltage signal and the instantaneous current signal; and calculating a second instantaneous power component as the product of the relatively phase-shifted instantaneous voltage and instantaneous current signals. The first and second instantaneous power components are then RMS averaged to determine their respective magnitudes. Both of the calculated magnitudes are then used to determine the value of the electrical power parameter. The method can alternatively be implemented in the frequency domain to produce equivalent measurement values.