RT Journal Article T1 Identification of Both Distortion and Imbalance Sources in Electrical Installations: A Comparative Assessment A1 Sánchez Herrera, María Reyes A1 Clavijo Camacho, Jesús A1 Gómez Ruiz, Gabriel A1 Rodríguez Vázquez, Jesús A1 Clavijo Camacho, Jesús A1 Gómez Ruiz, Gabriel AB Electric power quality is becoming more critical with time because of the increasing use of electronic devices in all areas of society: in industry, in the household, etc. Many kinds of disturbances can be produced in the grid due to external or internal causes, such as, for example, switching operations. Among them, distortion and imbalance are long-term disturbances, which makes them very dangerous for electric equipment. In addition, the identification of the distortion and/or imbalance sources is quite difficult because they are instantaneously scattered by the grid. This paper presents a study of the algorithms published in the technical literature which identify distortion and imbalance sources in electrical installations and compares the results of applying them to a specific installation constituted by linear and non-linear, balanced and unbalanced loads, and a standard module to inject energy to the grid. Only two algorithms have been found in the review carried out and the results provided by both are presented and discussed. Neither of these algorithms is completely reliable, although one of them is more promising. PB MDPI SN 1996-1073 (electrónico) YR 2024 FD 2024-05 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23780 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23780 LA eng NO Sánchez-Herrera, R., Clavijo-Camacho, J., Gómez-Ruiz, G., & Vázquez, J. R. (2024). Identification of Both Distortion and Imbalance Sources in Electrical Installations: A Comparative Assessment. In Energies (Vol. 17, Issue 11, p. 2536). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17112536 NO This paper is framed in the project “Development of a system based on Industrial IoT forthe analysis of electrical power in power systems” funded by the European Commission (EU), theUniversity of Huelva (Q7150008F) and the Andalusia Government. The author Gabriel Gómez-Ruizis enjoying a FPU grant funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities for training of university teachingstaff in his PhD period. Additionally, the author Jesus Clavijo-Camacho is currently benefitingfrom an “INVESTIGO” research fellowship funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 14 jul 2026