Abstract

This paper reports the effect of electrical power quality on textile industry. For this purpose power quality measurements have been done for six months in two different sector of textile industry. All parameters affecting the power quality have been measured by using ION 7650 Power Analyzer according to the EN 50160 standard. Because of textile industries have high technology machines including electronic control cards and driver controlled motors, poor power quality may damage the system and causes production failure. Measurements showed that the losses caused by electrical power quality were significantly high, being around 15% of the annual net profit of the textile industry.

Key words: Power quality, power quality metering, textile industry.