scholarly journals The Influence of Power Network Disturbances on Short Delayed Estimation of Fundamental Frequency Based on IpDFT Method with GMSD Windows

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6465
Author(s):  
Józef Borkowski ◽  
Mirosław Szmajda ◽  
Janusz Mroczka

This paper presents an application of the IpDFT spectrum interpolation method to estimate the fundamental frequency of a power waveform. Zero-crossing method (ZC) with signal prefiltering was used as a reference method. Test models of disturbances were applied, based on real disturbances recorded in power networks, including voltage harmonics and interharmonics, transient overvoltages, frequency spikes, dips and noise. It was determined that the IpDFT method is characterized by much better dynamic parameters with better estimation precision. In an example, in the presence of interharmonics, the frequency estimation error was three times larger for the reference method than that for the IpDFT method. Furthermore, during the occurrence of fast transient overvoltages, the IpDFT method reached its original accuracy about three times faster than the ZC method. Finally, using IpDFT, it was possible to identify the type of disturbances: impulsive, step changes of frequency or voltage dips.

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2256
Author(s):  
Sang-Hee Kang ◽  
Woo-Seok Seo ◽  
Soon-Ryul Nam

In this paper, a frequency estimation method based on a revised three-level discrete Fourier transform (DFT) with an estimation delay reduction technique is proposed. First, the input signal passes through a sine filter twice to improve the ability to decrease the level of harmonics and inter-harmonics. Secondly, the second sine-filtered signal is decomposed into two orthogonal components by DFT with a hamming window to enhance the ability to suppress inter-harmonics. The frequency of the signal is derived using orthogonal components without a zero-crossing problem, which can cause numerical estimation error. This process causes the estimation delay of three cycles and three samples in total. Therefore, the estimation delay reduction technique compensating for the phase delay of the phasor is proposed. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, several frequency changes were considered when the test signals were generated according to the IEEE PMU Standards C37.118.1a-2014. The performance of the proposed method was also evaluated under dynamic and fault conditions in a five-bus transmission system modeled with PSCAD/EMTDC. The simulation results show that the proposed method accurately estimated the frequency of the signal.


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 5570
Author(s):  
Yiming Ding ◽  
Zhi Xiong ◽  
Wanling Li ◽  
Zhiguo Cao ◽  
Zhengchun Wang

The combination of biomechanics and inertial pedestrian navigation research provides a very promising approach for pedestrian positioning in environments where Global Positioning System (GPS) signal is unavailable. However, in practical applications such as fire rescue and indoor security, the inertial sensor-based pedestrian navigation system is facing various challenges, especially the step length estimation errors and heading drift in running and sprint. In this paper, a trinal-node, including two thigh-worn inertial measurement units (IMU) and one waist-worn IMU, based simultaneous localization and occupation grid mapping method is proposed. Specifically, the gait detection and segmentation are realized by the zero-crossing detection of the difference of thighs pitch angle. A piecewise function between the step length and the probability distribution of waist horizontal acceleration is established to achieve accurate step length estimation both in regular walking and drastic motions. In addition, the simultaneous localization and mapping method based on occupancy grids, which involves the historic trajectory to improve the pedestrian’s pose estimation is introduced. The experiments show that the proposed trinal-node pedestrian inertial odometer can identify and segment each gait cycle in the walking, running, and sprint. The average step length estimation error is no more than 3.58% of the total travel distance in the motion speed from 1.23 m/s to 3.92 m/s. In combination with the proposed simultaneous localization and mapping method based on the occupancy grid, the localization error is less than 5 m in a single-story building of 2643.2 m2.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 181359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samah Abo El Abass ◽  
Heba Elmansi

A green, sensitive and cost-effective method is introduced in this research for the determination of bambuterol and its main degradation product, terbutaline, simultaneously, relying on the synchronous spectrofluorimetric technique. First derivative synchronous spectrofluorimetric amplitude is measured at Δ λ = 20 nm, so bambuterol can be quantitated at 260 nm, and terbutaline can be measured at 290 nm, each at the zero crossing point of the other. The amplitude–concentration plots were linear over the concentration ranges of 0.2–6.0 µg ml −1 and 0.2–4.0 µg ml −1 for both bambuterol and terbutaline, respectively. Official guidelines were followed to calculate the validation parameters of the proposed method. The low values of limits of detection of 0.023, 0.056 µg ml −1 and limits of quantitation of 0.071, 0.169 µg ml −1 for bambuterol and terbutaline, respectively, point to the sensitivity of the method. Bambuterol is a prodrug for terbutaline, and the latter is considered its degradation product so the established method could be regarded as a stability-indicating one. Moreover, the proposed method was used for the analysis of bambuterol and terbutaline in their single ingredient preparations and the results revealed statistical agreement with the reference method. The suggested method, being a simple and low-cost procedure, is superior to the previously published methods which need more sophisticated techniques, longer analysis time and highly toxic solvents and reagents. It could be considered as an eco-friendly analytical procedure.


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