Identification of Electromechanical Modes Based on the Digital Taylor-Fourier Transform

The digital Taylor-Fourier transform (DTFT) is used to identify low-frequency electromechanical modes in power systems. The identification process is based on the time-frequency analysis of nonlinear signals that arise after a large disturbance. The DTFT creates a signal decomposition, from which mono-component signals are extracted by spectral analysis using a filter bank. This analysis is accomplished through sliding-window data, which is updated each sample, yielding estimates of the reconstructed signal and providing information of its instantaneous damping and frequency. Results demonstrate the applicability of the proposition.