Power Quality Disturbance Classification Using Wavelet Packet Transform and Back Propagation Algorithm

Abstract

This paper develops a real time solution for detecting the Power Quality events. Fourteen events are generated through experimental setup and the signals are acquired through a voltage Data Acquisition Card, NI DAQ-9225, controlled by a Virtual Instrument software package. The features extracted from the Wavelet Transformation are fed into the Back Propagation Neural Network for training. By the virtue of a Neural Network property, it gets self-adapted and self-learned aiding in automatic classification of Power Quality Events. A combination of Wavelet Transform technique and Neural Networks are employed to detect and characterize the Power Quality Disturbances. The result obtained shows the effectiveness of the Wavelet Packet Transform based Back Propagation algorithm in classifying the Power Quality Disturbances. The results produced by the proposed methodology based Back Propagation Algorithm is verified with the Power Quality Analyser.