Power Quality.

Chapter 10 discusses the main aspects of power quality affecting, or affected by, deregulation and restructuring. With this aim PQ issues are divided into those following disturbances, i.e. transients (impulsive and oscillatory), voltage sags, swells and short interruptions, and issues relating to the steady (or quasi steady) state condition (harmonics and interharmonic) waveform distortion. The potential of power electronic devices to mitigate PQ problems is discussed with particular regard to equipment (such as dispersed generation) likely to be increased in the deregulated environment. Consideration is given to disturbance assessment and to the special needs of monitoring equipment and standards following deregulation [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]