Inter- and sub-harmonics estimation: Treatise on raptor-inspired Harris Hawks collective wisdom

Abstract

In contemporary power systems, harmonics as undesired electrical phenomena, have drawn considerable attention of the research community investigating in design and development of optimal electrical networks. Harmonics affect the power electronics devices with a number of negative impacts, including higher power losses, worse power quality, and interference with other delicate grid connected equipment. An objective function of inter- and sub-harmonics is constructed for joint estimation of amplitude and phase with known frequency. Accurate estimation of the harmonics model is carried out with stupendous knacks of raptor-inspired Harris Hawks optimization algorithm (HHOA), a revolutionary population-based, nature-motivated optimization approach. The primary sources of inspiration for HHOA are Harris Hawks cooperative demeanor and surprise pounce chasing style in nature. The HHOA’s performance is assessed for harmonics parameter estimation with several noise conditions, differing particle sizes and iterations. The proposed HHOA-based estimation technique provides accurate, convergent and robust performance for harmonics estimation. The reliable level of fitness is achieved consistently in the range of 10−3 to 10−10, an evidence of valuable precision, stability and robustness of the proposed algorithm.