Multiclass transient event classification in hybrid distribution network based on co-training of fine KNN and ensemble KNN classifier

A new machine learning-based method to classify the different transient events in distributed generation (DG) system has been proposed in this article. An existing hybrid DG-based network which consists of three microgrids (MGs), i.e. thermal, wind, and solar power, is used as test network to create transient conditions for both the islanding and grid-connected circumstances. The transient case studies include the symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault at distribution line, intentional islanding, variation of power demand, switching of capacitor bank, addition of nonlinear load, motor starting condition, etc. This recommended methodology starts with generating the sampled voltage signals of three different phases of different locations, and each signal has been decomposed using discrete wavelet transform. The significant features are extracted from the computed energy values of detailed wavelet coefficient for co-training of fine K-nearest neighbor (KNN) and ensemble KNN classification in the following stage. The results and the performance indices of the trained classifiers prove that the proposed method has been detected and classified all the transient events with 98% accuracy. Such type of multiple transient event classification in MG by a single algorithm is truly beneficial with respect to the power quality issues of modern power system.