Detection of power quality disturbances in the utility grid using stockwell transform

Recently the open-access and competitive market power policy has been adopted by the utilities. Now, the electricity consumers are in a position to demand and expect a higher quality of service. The utilities and power providers have to provide a high quality of service to remain competitive as well as to retain or attract the customers. To achieve this goal an efficient power quality (PQ) monitoring and analysis system is required. This paper presents an S-transform based technique for the detection of power system operational events and power quality disturbances associated with these events. The power quality disturbances associated with the power system operational events such as switching on and off the loads, switching on and off the capacitor banks, tripping and reclosing the transmission lines, outage of the generator and utility network has been investigated effectively. The detailed simulation study of power quality disturbances has been carried out in MATLAB/Simulink environment.