Novel Load Flow Algorithm for Multi-Phase Balanced/ Unbalanced Radial Distribution Systems

Abstract

ABSTRACT:In this work, distribution system load flow analysis is formulated and tested for fundamental steady-state and harmonics power flow. For the steady-state analysis, a novel power flow formulation method for the general multiphase balanced and/or unbalanced radial distribution systems is presented. The special topology of the power distribution system has been fully exploited to facilitate obtaining a direct solution using the graph theory. Only one developed matrix used in conjunction with simple standard formulation is enough to obtain the power flow solution. This matrix is the branch-path incident matrix. A feature of using this method is that it significantly reduces the number of power flow equations, as compared to conventional methods, hence very low computation time and memory storage. The presence of nonlinear loads in the power system causes the circulation of harmonics currents in the system, leading to harmonics voltage drops. The harmonics flow analysis in this paper, uses the network techniques in conjunction with graph theory resulting in a powerful algorithm for nonlinear load flow analysis. Six pulse converters model were used to represent the nonlinear load. Two MATLAB programs have been built and used to solve for the load flow solution of standard test systems in both steady-state and harmonics cases. The results of the distribution system cases studies are presented and shows a very good resemblance with a standard results.

An Efficient Mathematical Model for Distribution System Reconfiguration Using AMPL

“…after reconfiguration). Accordingly, it can be concluded that the proposed MICP model is more efficient than approach presented in [90] and faster than GA.…”

“…Moreover, Fig. 7 and 8 show that the system voltage is improved considerably after reconfiguration by the proposed model compared to the base case and the model presented in [90] (e.g. the minimum voltage of the system at bus 7 has been increased from 0.9966 p.u.…”

“…From Table II, it can be seen that the proposed model and DCGA were able to reduce active power losses by 47.84% compared to the model used in [90]. Also, the proposed reconfiguration framework could reach the optimal solution much faster than model presented in [90]. Figure 9 shows that GA approaches the optimal configuration after three iterations.…”

“…The feeder is connected to the AL-Mansoor substation, which has a nominal (base) voltage of 11.1 kV and a capacity of 2250 kVA. The relevant data have been given in [90]. The maximum current capacity of each branch is assumed to be 500 A.…”

“…The voltage profiles before reconfiguration (base case) and after reconfiguration by the proposed optimal switching method are shown in Fig. 7 and the respective results obtained by [90] are depicted in Fig. 8.…”