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Forward Sweeping Method for Solving Radial Distribution Networks

Abstract

Practical rural distribution feeders have failed to converge while using NR and FDLF methods. Therefore, a new load flow technique for radial distribution networks by using node and branch numbering scheme will be developed. In the forward sweep, the voltage at each downstream bus is then updated by the real and imaginary components of the calculated bus voltages. The procedure stops after the mismatch of the calculated and specified Voltages at the substation is less than a convergence tolerance. A Forward sweeping method for solving radial distribution networks will be implemented. Thus, computationally, the proposed method will be a very efficient and requires less computer memory storage as all data is stored in vector form. The load flow will be run in MATLAB for solving the equations.

A. Appa Rao, M. Win Babu, K.S. Linga Murthy

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