PQDIF

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Power Quality Data Interchange Format (PQDIF) is a binary file format specified in IEEE Std. 1159.3 [1] that is used to exchange voltage, current, power, and energy measurements between software applications with a focus on the power quality domain. [2]

PQDIF can be utilized by power quality meters, electric meters, desktop software applications, server software, and web servers. Users of PQDIF files include meter manufacturers, electric utility company engineers, [3] and commercial/industrial consumers of electric power.

PQDIF is defined in a "recommended practice" standard maintained by the IEEE PQDIF Task Force, [4] which is sponsored by the Transmission & Distribution Committee of the IEEE Power & Energy Society.

The file format is designed to represent all power quality phenomena identified in IEEE Std 1159, [5] which is a recommended practice on monitoring electric power quality. PQDIF can be used to represent other power related measurement data and is extensible to other data types as well. The recommended file format includes optional compression using zlib to help reduce disk space and transmission times. The utilization of Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID) to represent each element in the file permits the format to be extensible without the need for a central registration authority.

PQDIF allows storage of the following types of measurements: waveforms, time series value logs (rms voltage, rms current, real/reactive/apparent power, total harmonic distortion, harmonics, flicker, etc.), phasors, frequency spectrums, lightning strikes, histograms, cross-tabulations, and magnitude-duration summary tables for voltage sags, voltage swells, interruptions, voltage spikes and other rapid voltage changes. PQDIF allows storage of information related to the sources that recorded the data, including name, description, location, transducer settings, trigger settings, and more.

A single PQDIF file is a collection of PQDIF records consisting of a Container record, Data Source record, an optional Monitor Settings record, and one or more Observation records. In contrast, a PQDIF stream is a collection of PQDIF records streamed to a client using communication media such as a network connection. A stream presents records such that they are downloaded in the same order as they would be if read from a PQDIF file.

The specification for PQDIF was first published in IEEE Std 1159.3-2003, [6] which was reaffirmed in 2009. A second edition was approved and published by IEEE in 2019. [7] The physical structure of PQDIF remains unchanged between IEEE Std 1159.3-2003 and IEEE Std 1159.3-2019, making PQDIF both backward and forwards compatible.

The 2019 edition of IEEE Std 1159.3 includes an annex explaining the relationship of the PQDIF file format with the IEEE COMTRADE file format. [8] Another annex explains how to represent PQDIF files in XML files. [9] The 2019 edition also explains the relationship between PQDIF and IEC 61850.

An open source software library maintained by IEEE Standards Association for reading and writing PQDIF files called PQDIFNet is maintained in IEEE SA OPEN.

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References

  1. ↑ "1159.3-2019 - IEEE Recommended Practice for Power Quality Data Interchange Format (PQDIF)". standards.ieee.org. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  2. ↑ N., Rathina; Marimuthu, N (2009-12-09). "ENHANCING POWER QUALITY MONITORING USING WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL ENABLED MOBILE DEVICES" . Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  3. ↑ Veloso, P.; Lebre, A.; Melo, N. (2011). Development of the EDP's Power Quality monitoring programme. 11th International Conference on Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation. pp. 1–5. doi:10.1109/EPQU.2011.6128886. ISBN   978-1-4673-0378-1. S2CID   43647211.
  4. ↑ "IEEE 1159.3 PQDIF Task Force". grouper.ieee.org. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  5. ↑ "1159-2019 - IEEE Recommended Practice for Monitoring Electric Power Quality". standards.ieee.org. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  6. ↑ "1159.3-2003 - IEEE Recommended Practice for the Transfer of Power Quality Data". standards.ieee.org. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  7. ↑ Sabin, Daniel; Dabbs, William (2012-06-15). "Revision of IEEE Std 1159.3 PQDIF" (PDF). 23rd International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution. 1: 0253 – via CIRED.
  8. ↑ King, Jack; Gunther, Erich (2006). "COMTRADE / PQDIF Conversion". 2005/2006 Pes Td. pp. 359–364. doi:10.1109/TDC.2006.1668518. ISBN   0-7803-9194-2. S2CID   26958691.
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