EAAI Journal 2026 Journal Article
Classification and detection of direct current power quality disturbances for grid operation implications using deep learning models
- Hui Hwang Goh
- Haozhe Xu
- Dongdong Zhang
- Wei Dai
- Shen Yuong Wong
- Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan
- Kai Chen Goh
In direct current power systems, the introduction of new energy generation and non-linear loads can cause power quality disturbances, which can degrade power quality and jeopardise the system's functionality. Due to the dearth of research on direct current power quality disturbance standards, this paper identifies seven essential direct current power quality disturbances. This study proposes hybrid solutions for classifying direct current power quality disturbances based on deep learning. The method first augments the dataset with a generative adversarial network, then transforms the one-dimensional data into two-dimensional data using the Gramian angular field and finally feeds the data into a convolutional neural network based on the GoogleNet framework to identify and classify disturbances and introduces an attention mechanism to enhance the network's efficiency. The mathematical models are used to generate 50 disturbances for the training phase dataset, while the microgrid simulation system is sampled to produce the inference phase dataset. The proposed model attained 98. 66 % classification accuracy during the training phase and maintained classification accuracy of 98. 41 %, 98. 11 % and 97. 84 % despite 70 dB, 60 dB and 50 dB noise interference respectively. In addition, the classification precision of the inference phase is 92. 18 %. The experimental outcomes demonstrate that the proposed model has outstanding performance and real-time grid operation implications.