A Modified Demodulation Technique for Single-Phase Grid Voltage Fundamental Parameter Estimation

This paper proposes a modified demodulation technique to provide accurate estimation of the single-phase grid voltage fundamental amplitude, frequency, and phase angle under distorted grid conditions. A quadrature oscillator is combined with a demodulation technique for rejecting oscillations at second harmonic generated by the demodulation of the fundamental voltage component; thus, it can provide more accurate estimation, as compared to a conventional one, using same-order and cutoff-frequency-based infinite-impulse-response low-pass filters after the demodulation stage. It also does not require a separate frequency estimation algorithm for adaptive demodulation as the frequency is obtained from the estimated initial phase by using a differentiation operation and an integral controller. The technique is relatively simple and can also reject the negative effects caused by harmonics under a wide range of fundamental frequency variation as specified by the standard requirements. When compared with a quadrature phase-locked loop technique, the proposed one provides improved estimation of the fundamental voltage parameters. The performance of the proposed technique is verified using both simulation and experimental results.