Dithering-based Current and Voltage Parameter Estimation for Industrial Power Systems
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25729/esr.2026.02.0016Keywords:
Dithering, parameter estimation of currents and voltages, industrial power systems, digital signal processingAbstract
The estimation of current and voltage parameters under power quality deviations from standard values is highly relevant in industrial power systems and is essential for designing protection, automation, and control infrastructure at power facilities. An extensive body of research focuses on the digital processing of power-frequency signals in the presence of interference. Computational digital signal processing algorithms typically rely on the discrete Fourier transform. While this approach delivers high accuracy for current and voltage parameter estimation at the frequency of 50 Hz, it generates erroneous estimates when the sampling rate is asynchronous with the fundamental (power) frequency. This study introduces robust digital signal processing algorithms for currents and voltages under deviations in power quality parameters from their standard (nominal) values. The signal processing and parameter estimation utilize dithered low-bit quantization, which employs specific stochastic signals to ensure accurate and reliable signal processing. The superior performance of the proposed dithering-based algorithms for power-frequency signal processing is validated by simulation results.
References
R. M. Petrova, E. I. Gracheva, “Assessment of reliability P. F. Ribeiro, C. A. Duque, P. M. da Silveira, A. S. Cerqueira, Power Systems Signal Processing for Smart Grids. Moscow, Russia: Tekhnosfera, 2020, 417 p. (In Russian)
A. L. Kulikov, P. V. Ilyushin, G. Y. Vagin, A. A. Sevostyanov, “Refinement of accuracy requirements for digital signal processing of currents and voltages in active industrial power systems,” Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk. Energ., no. 1, pp. 26–38, 2021. (In Russian)
M. Bertocco, G. Frigo, C. Narduzzi, F. Tramarin, “Resolution enhancement by compressive sensing in power quality and phasor measurement,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 63, pp. 2358–2367, 2014.
I. Sinclair, Introduction to Digital Audio Engineering. Moscow, USSR: Energoatomizdat, 1990, 80 p. (In Russian)
J. Vanderkooy, S. P. Lipshitz, “Dither in digital audio,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 966–975, 1987.
G. Franchini, R. Cavicchioli, J. C. Hu, “Automatic stochastic dithering techniques on GPU: Image quality and processing time improved,” Adv. Sci. Technol. Eng. Syst. J., vol. 5, no. 6. pp. 652–663, 2020.
T. Helland, “Image dithering: Eleven algorithms and source code.” [Online]. Available: http://www.tannerhelland.com/4660/dithering-eleven-algorithms-source-code/. Accessed on: Mar. 09, 2026.
B. Widrow, I. Kollár, Quantization noise. Roundoff Error in Digital Computation, Signal Processing, Control, and Communications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 781 р.
S. P. Lipshitz, R. A. Wannamaker, J. Vanderkooy, “Quantization and dither: A theoretical survey,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 355–375, 1992.
R. A. Wannamaker, S. P. Lipshitz, J. Vanderkooy, J. N. Wright, “A theory of nonsubtractive dither,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 499–516, 2000.
D. Petri, “Dither signals and quantization,” Measurement, vol. 19, no. 3–4, pp. 147–157, 1996.
Y. C. Jeng, P. B. Crosby, “Sinewave parameter estimation algorithm with application to waveform digitizer effective bits measurement,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 529–532, 1988.
A. L. Kulikov, P. V. Ilyushin, “The statistical methods for estimation of emergency operating parameters for load centers with distributed generation,” Elektrichestvo, no. 5, pp. 4–11, 2019. (In Russian)
Radio-Electronic Systems: Design Fundamentals and Theory: A Handbook, Y. D. Shirman, Ed., 2nd ed. Moscow, Russia: Radiotekhnika, 2007, 512 p. (In Russian)
S. L. Marple, Jr., Digital Spectral Analysis: With Applications. Moscow, USSR: Mir, 1990, 584 p. (in Russian)
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Energy Systems Research

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
