54 Chapter 3 Phasor Estimation at Off-Nominal Frequency Inputs
In Figure 3.2, the phasors X and X
*
are attenuated by complex gains P
and Q as shown in Figure 3.2(a). PX rotates in the anticlockwise direction
at an angular speed of (
ω
−
ω
0
) = Δ
ω
. The phasor QX
*
rotates in the clock-
wise direction at a speed (
ω
+
ω
0
), which is approximately equal to 2
ω
0
.
Figure 3.2(b) shows the resultant phasor, which is made of the two com-
ponents. The resultant phasor thus has a magnitude and phase angle varia-
tion at a frequency 2
ω
0
(approximately) superimposed on a monotonically
rotating component atΔ
ω
. The qualitative variation of the magnitude and
phase angle of the estimate of an off-nominal input signal is shown in
Figure 3.3.
Fig. 3.3 Magnitude and angle variation with time of phasor estimate of an off-
nominal signal.
Note that in Figure 3.3 the effect of the Q X
Q
term has been exaggerated in
order to illustrate the behavior of the estimate. As will be seen in the next
chapter, the actual effect is quite small when practical frequency excur-
sions are considered.
The constants P and Q are complex numbers, and their values depend
upon the deviation between the nominal frequency and the actual signal
frequency. This dependence is illustrated in Figures 3.4 and 3.5 for a
nominal frequency of 60 Hz, a frequency deviation in the range of ±5 Hz,
and a sampling rate of 24 samples per cycle.
Note that the maximum attenuation occurs at a deviation of 5 Hz from
nominal frequency, being around about 98.8%. For a 2-Hz deviation, the
attenuation is at 99.8%, which for practical cases can be completely disre-
garded. The phase angle error corresponds to about 3 degrees per Hz de-
viation, varying linearly in the ±5-Hz range. Remembering that the factor
P affects the principal term of the quantity being measured, the effect of
this factor can often be neglected. For the sake of completeness, the data
plotted in Figure 3.4 is also provided in Table 3.1.
(a)
(b)
t
t
X
r
΄
ωt
2
n
harmonic
|X|
|PX|
≈ 2
n
harmonic
│X
r
΄│