Power Quality Assessment from the LIMPET Wave-Power Station

摘要

This paper describes the development and testing of a software based flickermeter used in order to assess the supply quality from the LIMPET (Heath, 1999) wave-power station on Islay. It describes the phenomenon of voltage flicker and the effect that a wave-power station has on this quantity. The paper also explains techniques developed in order to improve flickermeter performance when used with pre-recorded data. Finally the paper will present flicker results from preliminary data collected from the LIMPET station and will show that the device is operating well within acceptable limits.