Comparison of a non-parametric and parametric method for interharmonic estimation in PV systems

A comparative analysis of 'Desynchronized processing technique' (non-parametric) and `Sliding window ESPRIT method' (parametric) for interharmonic estimation in PV systems is carried out. Both methods were applied to field measurements and semi-measured signals to test their feasibility under different conditions. In Desynchronized processing technique, in the second stage of estimation, a Short-term Fourier transform was used to address the time-varying nature of interharmonics. In Sliding window ESPRIT method, the signal subspace dimension was fixed in all analysed cases. An adaptive algorithm was used to find the best rank of the Hankel matrix and apt order of the filter to ensure stability. A set of critical parameters affecting the performance of these methods in interharmonic estimation are identified. This paper emphasizes the significance of using appropriate methods for accurate interharmonic estimation and also demonstrates through the illustrated results that different inferences can be drawn for the same measurements analysed using different methods.