Inter-Harmonic Identification using Group-Harmonic Weighting Approach Based on the FFT

The fast Fourier transform (FFT) is still a widely-used tool for analyzing and measuring both stationary and transient signals with power system harmonics in power systems. However, the misapplications of FFT can lead to incorrect results caused by some problems such as aliasing effect, spectral leakage and picket-fence effect. A strategy of group-harmonic weighting distribution is proposed for system-wide inter-harmonic evaluation in power systems. The proposed algorithm can restore the dispersing spectral leakage energy caused by the fast Fourier transform (FFT), and calculate the power distribution proportion around the adjacent frequencies at each harmonic to determine the inter-harmonic frequency. Therefore, not only high-precision in integer harmonic measurement by the FFT can be retained, but also the inter-harmonics can be identified accurately, particularly under system frequency drift. The numerical examples are presented to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm.

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