Power Quality and Electromagnetic Compatibility-Syncretism or Dichotomy?

Abstract

This approach intends to highlight both the dichotomy and the syncretism between two fundamental concepts in electrical systems, namely power quality, and electromagnetic compatibility. The author presents a new sort of syncretism, that is uniting parts of the two concepts in a new manner, supported by experiments. That is why the syncretism the author is seeking for does not mean mainly the unity in terms used in different standards which is clearly a shallow one, but in the physical phenomena involved and in the strong interconnection linking the two concepts. The terminology used in the paper is that of the standard IEC 60050-161 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary and of the IEEE Std 1100 ™ - 2005, IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment.