Open AccessAdaptive master–slave unscented Kalman filter for grid voltage frequency estimation
Author(s) -
Muñoz Juan P.,
Magaña Mario E.,
CotillaSanchez Eduardo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
iet signal processing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1751-9683
pISSN - 1751-9675
DOI - 10.1049/iet-spr.2016.0199
Subject(s) - control theory (sociology) , kalman filter , computer science , noise (video) , filter (signal processing) , synchronism , frequency deviation , automatic frequency control , telecommunications , artificial intelligence , control (management) , asynchronous communication , image (mathematics) , computer vision
The frequency of the grid voltage is a time‐varying parameter caused by mismatches between power generation and power consumption. In fact, the fundamental frequency decreases when large loads are connected to the system or when a large generation source goes offline. The opposite holds true for an increase in the fundamental frequency, e.g. when generation exceeds consumption. Hence, in order to protect a power system against loss of synchronism, under‐frequency relaying, and power system stabilisation, accurate frequency estimation is necessary. This study proposes an adaptive algorithm based on a master–slave unscented Kalman filter (UKF) configuration to estimate both the voltage frequency and the measurement noise. Specifically, the master UKF uses the strong tracking filter condition to improve tracking accuracy, speed of convergence, and to desensitise the filter from initial conditions. The slave UKF uses the master UKF innovation to estimate the measurement noise covariance. The proposed approach addresses the tracking weaknesses of other frequency estimation algorithms when the frequency of the grid voltage waveform changes abruptly. Algorithm performance is measured through computer simulation.