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AbstractIgnoring mutual coupling in three-phase load-flow anced networks demands for as fast as possible load-flow sub-
computations saves a lot of computational effort but provides routines.
inaccurate results for many applications. In this paper, the effect As discussed in [23], most voltage and current imbalance is
of mutual coupling is taken into account through equivalent
branch voltage sources or bus current injections. This simple idea due to unbalanced loading, the network asymmetry being much
allows accurate enough solutions to be obtained, while much of less important. Partly because of this, ignoring mutual coupling
the computational saving associated with decoupled load flows and running three separate single-phase load flows usually pro-
is retained. Experiments on several unbalanced networks are vides satisfactory results. This strategy is, however, unaccept-
reported showing the performance of the proposed idea when able when exact solutions are sought.
applied to distribution load flows based on the forward/backward
tree sweeps. In this paper, a methodology is presented from which sev-
eral phase-decoupled distribution load-flow schemes can be de-
Index TermsDistribution networks, three-phase load flow, un- veloped. The basic idea lies in modeling the effect of mutual
balanced loads.
coupling as branch voltage sources or additional bus injections,
rather than neglecting it. This makes phase decoupling compat-
I. INTRODUCTION ible with accurate results but still much less expensive than full
three-phase computations.
B OTH at operational and planning stages, the load-flow
tool constitutes the cornerstone of many important ap-
plications. Efficient and reliable load-flow solutions, such as
The paper is organized as follows. Section II briefly reviews
electrical models associated with distribution feeders and the
the NewtonRaphson [1] and the fast decoupled load flow two major categories of load-flow methods. Section III presents
[2], have been widely used in transmission systems. It has the proposed idea and discusses possible ways of applying it
long been known, however, that these techniques may present to existing load flows. Finally, test results are provided in Sec-
convergence problems when applied to certain distribution net- tion IV.
works, owing to their distinctive features (higher ratios,
radial or weakly meshed topology, high ratio of long-to-short II. BACKGROUND
line reactance for lines incident to the same bus). Distribution systems consist of unbalanced three-phase
Consequently, load-flow techniques specially designed for feeders from which two- and single-phase laterals are usually
distribution networks have been developed. References [3][15] tapped off. In this situation, one-line equivalent models do not
constitute examples of such load-flow methods intended for ra- constitute accurate representations.
dial networks. Most of them take full advantage of the radial The impedances for overhead and underground lines can be
topology to save computation time. Some of these techniques calculated in a very accurate form using Carsons equations.
are also suitable for weakly meshed cases [4][9], [12][15], Carsons original equations can be reduced to a much simpler
and/or voltage-dependent loads [4], [5], [9], [10], [12][14]. and easy to use form, known as modified Carsons equations,
Most published methods are suitable to perform three-phase with no significant loss of accuracy [24]. When modified
simulations. This is of interest particularly in the U.S., where Carsons equations are used, a 4 4 primitive impedance
many single-phase laterals and service transformers exist, but matrix results for an overhead four-wire grounded-wye line
also in those cases where balanced networks feed significantly section. In the same way, for an underground grounded-wye
unbalanced loads. In addition to the increased data and model line segment consisting of three concentric neutral cables, a
complexity, three-phase load flows involve much more com- 6 6 matrix will result [24].
putational effort than three single-phase load flows. This com- For most applications, the primitive impedance matrix needs
putational effort becomes critical when the load flow is run to be reduced to a 3 3 phase-frame matrix consisting of the
many times, as happens, for instance, in service restoration [16], self- and mutual-equivalent impedances for the three phases (see
feeder reconfiguration [17], [18], phase balancing [19], [20], Fig. 1). A standard method to do that is the Krons reduction
volt/var control [21], optimal location of capacitors [22], etc. [25]. In this case, the assumption is made that the line has a
The application of such complex optimization tools to unbal- multigrounded neutral. So, the final form of the Krons reduc-
tion technique allows relating bus voltages with branch currents
by means of the following equation:
Manuscript received June 12, 2003.
E. R. Ramos and A. G. Expsito are with the Electrical Engineering De-
partment, University of Sevilla, Sevilla 41092, Spain (e-mail: eromero@us.es;
age@us.es).
G. . Cordero is with REE, Madrid, Spain (e-mail: galvarez@ree.es).
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TPWRS.2003.821624
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TABLE I
NUMBER OF ITERATIONS, COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY, AND RELATIVE ERRORS
TABLE II
LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE POWER MISMATCH VECTOR
FOR THE 1007-BUS SYSTEM
TABLE III
LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE POWER MISMATCH VECTOR
FOR THE 13-BUS SYSTEM
Fig. 8. Voltage magnitude profile along the lateral leading to the terminal bus
1028 (phase b) for the 1007-bus system.
TABLE IV
NUMBER OF ITERATIONS, COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND RELATIVE ERRORS FOR THE 1007-BUS SYSTEM AND DIFFERENT LOAD FACTORS
metrical branch sections but the loading level is not as high TABLE V
as in the previous cases. LOADS (kW AND kVAR) FOR THE 10-NODE SYSTEM
A 13.8-kV, 1007-node real system whose one-line dia-
gram is shown in Fig. 7.
Table I collects the most important figures obtained when
solving the above networks on a 933-MHz, 128-Mb PC. For the
exact method, both the number of iterations and absolute execu-
tion times are provided. For the approximate methods, from left
to right, the number of iterations, relative computational saving
and largest voltage magnitude error are given. Relative compu-
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