Application of novel discrete differential operator of periodic function to study electromechanical interactions

This paper investigates an algorithm for finding steady-states in electromechanical systems for the cases of their periodic nature. The algorithm enables to specify the steady-state solution identified directly in time domain. The basis for such an algorithm is a discrete differential operator that specifies the values of the first derivative of the periodic function in the selected set of points on the basis of the values of that function in the same set of points. It creates algebraic equations describing the steady-state solution for the nonlinear differential equations describing electromechanical systems. In this paper, the direct time-domain approach is tested for the simple converter considering. The algorithm used in this paper is competitive with respect to the one known in literature an approach based on the harmonic balance method operated in frequency domain.