Selection of a suitable mother wavelet for analyzing power system fault transients

In the literature, wavelet techniques are proposed for the analysis of power system transients. Many mother wavelets have been used for this analysis such as Haar, Daubechies (db), Symlets, and Coiflets. This paper describes a strategy to choose a suitable mother wavelet for this analysis. It also shows the deviation between Matlab and theoretical (mathematically calculated) db-wavelets when they are used for the analysis of power system transient. The simulation study is carried out using PSCAD simulation program and Matlab wavelet toolbox. The simulation results show that the theoretical db wavelet is more suitable for analyzing power system fault transients than the Matlab db wavelet.