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NIST Program for Traceable Power and Energy Measurements Under Non-Sinusoidal Waveform Conditions
Published
Author(s)
Gerard N. Stenbakken, Thomas L. Nelson, Bryan C. Waltrip, David I. Bergman
Abstract
In response to industry requests to have calibration services for distorted power instrumentation, NIST is developing a new sampling system to provide this calibration service. This effort is aimed at allowing calibration of instruments that will make measurement in accordance with the IEEE trial use Standard 1459-2000 on power measurements in distorted and unbalanced conditions. The system will make use of several NIST developed instruments and sensors.
calibration systems, distorted power, harmonic analysis, international comparison, sampling system
Citation
Stenbakken, G.
, Nelson, T.
, Waltrip, B.
and Bergman, D.
(2003),
NIST Program for Traceable Power and Energy Measurements Under Non-Sinusoidal Waveform Conditions, Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, Toronto, 1, CA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=31260
(Accessed October 2, 2025)