A High-Speed Master-Slave ADALINE for Accurate Power System Harmonic and Inter-Harmonic Estimation

This paper presents a unique two-fold adaptive linear neural network (ADALINE) for fast and accurate measurement of fundamental, harmonics, sub-harmonics, inter-harmonics and decaying DC components of a distorted current signal with additive noise. The preceding parallel approach is termed as Master-Slave ADALINE (MS ADALINE). The Slave-ADALINE adopts least mean square (LMS) algorithm with a fixed and large step-size for weight vector adjustment. During the training interval or transients, this filter performs a significant role. On the other hand, the Master-ADALINE uses a variable step-size LMS algorithm for achieving a small steady-state error. At the end of each iteration, the local averages of the squared errors of both the ADALINE & x2019;s are calculated and weights of the Master-ADALINE are updated accordingly. The amplitudes and phases of desired frequency components can be worked out from Master-ADALINE & x2019;s weights. The proposed architecture improves the convergence speed by establishing an independent control action between the steady-state error and the speed of convergence. The simulation results of this method under various operating situations are analyzed and compared with single fold ADALINE structure that obeys dynamic step-size LMS (DSSLMS) adaptation rule. Eventually, a scaled laboratory prototype has been developed for the validation of the proposed technique in real-time utilization. This innovative research finding makes the power system smart and precise.