The need for accurate and reliable power measurement is greater than ever before. As the demands of society and its reliance on advanced technology continue to grow, so energy consumption is increasing at a rate that is unsustainable without a significant shift to alternative energy sources – which themselves require the use of new power electronic technology in the form of high-frequency inverters.
My article, published in Electronic Product News (EPN), which has just closed after 40 years and will be sadly missed, describes how the Yokogawa WT1800 power analyser addresses the measurement challenges of new energy efficient technologies where factors such as energy usage and the quality of power waveforms need to be evaluated.