Power system harmonic analysis using the Kalman filter

This paper explores the practical application of the Kalman filter to the analysis of harmonic levels in power systems. The merits and limitations of different possible implementations are investigated and the effect of fundamental frequency variation is examined. The tuning of the Kalman filter for desired dynamic response is discussed and an adaptive tuning algorithm derived for the improved convergence of nonlinear models. The effectiveness of the resulting schemes are tested under a variety of typical power system operating conditions.