A floating threshold quantization algorithm to suppressmixing interferences in partial discharge

Due to the obvious difference of energy distribution frequencies from partial discharge (PD) signal and its mixing interferences (white noise and narrow brand), we uses the characteristic that node decomposition coefficients of wavelet packet transform can effectively show the energy change of signals to build up a floating threshold quantization algorithm (FTQA) varying with the noise energy of PD decomposition coefficients. It makes the node thresholds under the optimal base various with the noise strength in decomposition coefficients to self adaptively reality the choice of optimal threshold to finely partition PD decomposition coefficients. For simulated and real PD signals with mixing interferences, the conditional global threshold quantization algorithm (GTQA) and the proposed floating threshold quantization algorithm are employed to suppress the mixing interferences in PD signals and compared, and the results show that the proposed algorithm has the stronger suppression ability to mixing interference on PD signal and keeps perfect PD waveform via suppression.