Assessment of Diagnostic Capabilities of Methods of Recreation of Voltage Fluctuations

Voltage fluctuations are one of the most common low-frequency disturbances of power quality. Diagnostics of these disturbances are a complex process because voltage fluctuations affect different loads in different ways. Therefore, there is no measure of power quality that allows for the complementary assessment of severity of this disturbance, allows for the identification of sources of voltage fluctuations, and post-factum investigation of their effects. Among the currently used measures of voltage fluctuations, voltage fluctuation indices have the greatest diagnostic capabilities. Many preliminary studies also show the potential possibility of recreation of voltage fluctuations, including: based on voltage fluctuation indices. This paper presents the results of research on methods for recreating voltage fluctuations from voltage fluctuation indices. The research carried out included a set of data obtained in a real power grid. Moreover, the impact of the discrimination period on the accuracy of recreation of voltage fluctuations has been assessed. The presented research results show, on the one hand, the usefulness of voltage fluctuation indices in the process of recreation of voltage fluctuations and, on the other hand, further challenges in the recreation of voltage fluctuations.