Wavelet Based Energy Extraction Method for Determining Power Quality Disturbances

Abstract

In this paper, energy of wavelet coefficients are used for determining power quality disturbances (PQD) which are important for power systems. These power quality disturbances are voltage with harmonics, transient and flicker. After analyzing energy coeffients based on wavelet transform, these PQD are compared with healty condition. 50 Hz pure sine is chosen as reference. These signals are generated by using MATLAB. Sampling frequency is 25.6 kHz. Energy distribution of detail coefficients are obtained by using 12 level Daubechies-4 discrete wavelet filter. Parseval theorem is applied to wavelet coefficients for obtaining energy distribution of detail coefficients of these relevant disturbances in different resolution levels. Satisfactory results are taken visually when examining energy distrubutions of these PQD. Also it is observed that these PQD can be distinguished visually when their amplitudes are increased. Energy coefficients of PQD and amplitude of PQD are in direct propotion.