This article presents and discusses the structure, principle of operation, and operational properties of a newly developed interference level detector (ILD) designed to measure conducted supraharmonic disturbances (1-150 kHz) in the power grid and to assess the effectiveness of narrow-band Power Line Communication (PLC) transmission, especially in the PRIME technology. The usability assessment was made on the basis of the validation and the results of tests carried out in a low-voltage network with non-linear loads. Appropriate practical conclusions were then formulated.
Keywords: Rogowski coil; interference level detector; narrow-band PLC transmission; supraharmonics.