System and method for synchronized phasor measurement

1. A method for synchronized phasor measurement in a multiphase power system, the method comprising:

sampling voltage or current values;

computing a phasor and at least one time derivative of the phasor based on the sampled voltage or current values;

computing a synchronized phasor value based on the phasor and the at least one time derivative of the phasor, wherein computing the synchronized phasor value comprises compensating the phasor with the at least one time derivative of the phasor for effects of transients in magnitude or phase angle of the phasors; and

controlling or monitoring an electrical device based upon the synchronized phasor value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein sampling comprises sampling voltage or current values synchronously with respect to a global positioning system reference clock.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein sampling comprises sampling voltage or current values synchronously at a power system frequency.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein sampling comprises sampling voltage or current values at a frequency that is independent of a power system frequency and a reference clock frequency.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein computing the phasor comprises computing the phasor for an integer multiple of half a power system cycle.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one time derivative of the phasor comprises a first order time derivative, or a second order time derivative of the phasor.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising computing the synchronized phasor value based on difference between a sample time and a desired time.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the desired time is a reference clock time.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the desired time is after an actual sampling time or in between two actual sampling times to provide the synchronized phasor value.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein computing the synchronized phasor value comprises computing the synchronized phasor value without resampling the voltage or current values.

11. A method for synchronized phasor measurement in a multiphase power system, the method comprising:

sampling voltage or current values synchronously with respect to a global positioning system reference clock;

computing a phasor and at least one time derivative of the phasor based on the sampled voltage or current values;

computing a synchronized phasor value based on the phasor and the at least one time derivative of the phasor without resampling the voltage or current values, wherein computing the synchronized phasor value comprises compensating the phasor with the at least one time derivative of the phasor for effects of transients in magnitude or phase angle of the phasors; and

controlling or monitoring an electrical device based upon the synchronized phasor value.

12. A method for synchronized phasor measurement in a multiphase power system, the method comprising:

sampling voltage or current values synchronously at a power system frequency;

computing a phasor and at least one time derivative of the phasor based on the sampled voltage or current values;

computing a synchronized phasor value based on the phasor and the at least one time derivative of the phasor without resampling the voltage or current values, wherein computing the synchronized phasor value comprises compensating the phasor with the at least one time derivative of the phasor for effects of transients in magnitude or phase angle of the phasors; and

controlling or monitoring an electrical device based upon the synchronized phasor value.

13. A method for synchronized phasor measurement in a multiphase power system, the method comprising:

sampling voltage or current values at a frequency that is independent of a power system frequency and a reference clock frequency;

computing a phasor and at least one time derivative of the phasor based on the sampled voltage or current values;

computing a synchronized phasor value based on the phasor and the at least one time derivative of the phasor without resampling the voltage or current values, wherein computing the synchronized phasor value comprises compensating the phasor with the at least one time derivative of the phasor for effects of transients in magnitude or phase angle of the phasors; and

controlling or monitoring an electrical device based upon the synchronized phasor value.

14. A phasor measurement system, comprising:

acquisition circuitry for acquiring voltage or current values from a power line;

sampling circuitry for sampling the voltage or current values; and

processing circuitry for computing a phasor and at least one time derivative of the phasor based on the sampled voltage or current values and for computing a synchronized phasor value based on the phasor and the at least one time derivative of the phasor, wherein computing the synchronized phasor value comprises compensating the phasor with the at least one time derivative of the phasor for effects of transients in magnitude or phase angle of the phasors.

15. The phasor measurement system of claim 14 , further comprising a network interface in communication with other phasor measurement systems or a central control station.

16. The phasor measurement system of claim 14 , wherein the sampling circuitry samples the voltage or current values synchronously with respect to a global positioning system reference clock.

17. The phasor measurement system of claim 14 , wherein the sampling circuitry samples the voltage or current values synchronously at a power system frequency.

18. The phasor measurement system of claim 14 , wherein the sampling circuitry samples the voltage or current values at a frequency that is independent of a power system frequency and a reference clock frequency.

19. The phasor measurement system of claim 14 , wherein the processing circuitry compute the synchronized phasor value without resampling the voltage or current values.

20. A computer readable media, comprising:

code adapted to sample voltage or current values;

code adapted to compute a phasor and at least one time derivative of the phasor based on the sampled voltage or current values;

code adapted to compute a synchronized phasor value based on the phasor and the at least one time derivative of the phasor, wherein the code adapted to compute the synchronized phasor value comprises code adapted to compensate the phasor with the at least one time derivative of the phasor for effects of transients in magnitude or phase angle of the phasors; and

code adapted to control or monitor an electrical device based upon the synchronized phasor value.

21. A method for synchronized phasor measurement in a multiphase power system, the method comprising:

sampling voltage or current values;

computing a phasor and at least one time derivative of the phasor based on the sampled voltage or current values;

computing a synchronized phasor value based on the phasor, the at least one time derivative of the phasor, and a difference between a sample time and a desired time; and

controlling or monitoring an electrical device based upon the synchronized phasor value.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the desired time is a reference clock time.

23. The method of claim 21 , wherein the desired time is after an actual sampling time or in between two actual sampling times to provide the synchronized phasor value.