A Fast Recursive Algorithm For Spectrum Tracking in Power Grid Systems

Published

March 8, 2018

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

Abstract

A major challenge for future wide area measurement systems is how to efficiently monitor and control the power system, which requires accurate and real-time tracking of the phase, frequency, and Power Factor (PF) of the system. The presence of inter and sub harmonics, especially in a distribution system caused by widely used non-linear power loads, rectifiers, and inverters, will distort estimation of phase/frequency and make it difficult to track the voltage, current and frequency variations. In this paper we present a new approach to identify and track the harmonics, sub-harmonics and inter-harmonics, as well as observe their impact on the power system. We propose a two-stage processing approach that consists of a subspace-based estimation method to detect and identify all harmonic components, followed by a low-complexity fast tracking algorithm to monitor frequency variations of voltage and current signals in real-time with great accuracy. The simulation results show that the proposed approach can provide highly reliable estimation and fast tracking of the harmonic components, while avoiding the impact of time variance.

Citation

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2018.2813881

Keywords

Smart Grid, Frequency Estimation and Tracking, Harmonic, Sub-harmonic, Inter-Harmonic, Subspace.

Citation

Gharavi, H. (2018), A Fast Recursive Algorithm For Spectrum Tracking in Power Grid Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2018.2813881 (Accessed September 15, 2024)