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These current injections for representing line charging, which should be added to the respective
compensation current injections at nodes p and q, are given by
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2.3 Distribution System Load Model
Constant Power: Real and reactive power injections at the node are kept constant. This load
corresponds to the traditional PQ approximation in single-phase analysis.
Constant Impedance: These types of loads are useful to model large industrial loads. The impedance
of the load is calculated by the specified real and reactive power at nominal voltage and is kept
constant.
Constant Current: The magnitude of the load current is calculated by the specified real and reactive
power at nominal voltage and is kept constant.
2.3.1 Distributed load model
Sometimes the primary feeder supplies loads through distribution transformers tapped at various
locations along line section. If every load point is modeled as a node then there are a large number of
nodes in the system. So these loads are represented as lumped loads. At one fourth length of line from
sending node, where two thirds of the load is connected. For this a dummy node is created. One third
loads is connected at the receiving node.
In the unbalanced distribution system, loads can be uniformly distributed along a line. When the loads
are uniformly distributed it is not necessary to model each and every load in order to determine the
voltage drop from the source end to the last loads.
2.4 Capacitor model
Shunt capacitor banks are commonly used in distribution systems to help in voltage regulation and to
provide reactive power support. The capacitor banks are modeled as constant susceptances connected
in either star or delta. Similar to the load model, all capacitor banks are modeled as three-phase banks
with the currents of the missing phases set to zero for single-phase and two-phase banks.
2.5 Transformer modeling
Three-phase transformer is represented by two blocks shown in Figure 3. One block represents the per
unit leakage admittance matrix
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Figure 3. General Three-phase Transformer Model
Now that
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side can be determined by
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neutral voltages so that the forward/backward sweep procedure can continued.
III. FORWARD - BACKWARD SWEEP (FBS) LOAD FLOW METHOD
3.1 Backward Sweep:
The purpose of the backward sweep is to update branch currents in each section, by considering the
previous iteration voltages at each node. During backward propagation voltage values are held
constant at the values obtained in the forward path and updated branch currents are transmitted
backward along the feeder using backward path. Backward sweep starts from extreme end branch and
proceeds along the forward path.
Figure 4.Single phase line section with load connected at node q between phase a& neutral n.
Figure 4 shows phase a of a three-phase system where lines between nodes p and q feed the node q
and all the other lines connecting node q draw current from line between node p and q.
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During this propagation different load currents and capacitor currents (if exist) are calculated using
mathematical models of loads and capacitors presented in section 2.1.
The line charging currents of all the branches are added to the load current. Figure 5 shown a branch
j of the distribution network, connected between two nodes p and q and M sub-laterals are connected
to it. The parent branch current feeds the load at the
th
q node and the sub-laterals connected to the
parent branch. This current can be calculated using Eqn. (10).
Figure 5. Branch j of distribution network connected to M sub-laterals
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If capacitor bank is placed at the receiving end of the branch then capacitor current should also be
included. Table 1. shows a mathematical Models of different loads(star & delta connected) which
gives constant power, constant impedance and constant current. Another advantage of the proposed
method is all the data is stored in vector form, thus saving an amount of computer memory. The
proposed method finds extensive use in network reconfiguration, capacitor placement and voltage
regulator placement studies.
Table 1. Mathematical Models of different loads
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3.2 Forward Sweep
The purpose of the forward sweep is to calculate the voltages at each node starting from the source
node. The source node voltage is set as 1.0 per unit and other node voltages are calculated as
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These calculations will be carried out till the voltage at each bus is within the specified limits.
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3.3 Forward Backward sweep method algorithm
Step 1: Read input data regarding the unbalanced radial distribution system.
Step 2: Determine forward Backward propagation paths.
Step 3: Initialize the voltage magnitude at all nodes as 1 p.u and voltage angles to be 0
0
, -120
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Step 4: Determine forward Backward propagation paths.
Step 5: Initialize the voltage magnitude at all nodes as 1 p.u and voltage angles to be 0
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for phase A, phase B and phase C respectively.
Step 6: Set iteration count k=1 and = 0.0001
Step 7: Calculate load currents and capacitor currents(if exist) at all nodes.
Step 8: Calculate the branch currents using eqn. (10) in the backward sweep.
Step 9: Calculate node voltages using eqn. (11) in the forward sweep
Step10: Check for the convergence, if the difference between the voltage magnitudes in two
consecutive iterations is less than
then go to step 9 else set k=k+1 and go to step 5.
Step11: Calculate real and reactive power loss in each branch.
Step12: Print voltages and power losses at each node.
Step13: Stop.
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IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This method computes the power flow solution for its given radial network with its loadings
and illustrated with 19 node test system of unbalanced radial distribution system. The outcome
of this paper is to apply load flow data for capacitor placement, network reconfiguration, voltage
regulator placement etc. in URDS are very useful.
4.1 Example 1
A 19 node unbalanced radial distribution system is shown in Figure 6. The line and load data are
given in [23]. For the load flow the base voltage and base MVA are chosen as 11 kV and 1000 kVA
respectively.
Table2: Voltage and Phase angles of 19 node URDS
Figure 6. Single line diagram of 19 node URDS
Node
No.
Existing method [23] Proposed method
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1 1.0000 0.00 1.0000 -120.06 1.0000 120.06 1.0000 0.00 1.0000 -120.00 1.0000 120.00
2 0.9875 0.01 0.9891 -120.04 0.9880 120.11 0.9874 0.01 0.9890 -119.98 0.9878 120.05
3 0.9854 0.00 0.9887 -120.04 0.9863 120.14 0.9854 0.00 0.9885 -119.98 0.9862 120.06
4 0.9824 0.03 0.9839 -120.02 0.9830 120.12 0.9823 0.03 0.9838 -119.97 0.9829 120.06
5 0.9820 0.03 0.9837 -120.03 0.9828 120.12 0.9820 0.03 0.9836 -119.97 0.9826 120.07
6 0.9793 0.04 0.9808 -120.02 0.9801 120.13 0.9791 0.04 0.9805 -119.96 0.9799 120.07
7 0.9786 0.04 0.9803 -120.02 0.9796 120.13 0.9786 0.04 0.9801 -119.96 0.9794 120.08
8 0.9728 0.06 0.9738 -120.00 0.9735 120.14 0.9727 0.06 0.9737 -119.94 0.9733 120.08
9 0.9659 0.08 0.9660 -119.97 0.9657 120.14 0.9657 0.08 0.9658 -119.91 0.9656 120.09
10 0.9560 0.10 0.9555 -119.93 0.9550 120.16 0.9562 0.09 0.9552 -119.86 0.9548 120.09
11 0.9550 0.10 0.9543 -119.92 0.9533 120.17 0.9548 0.10 0.9543 -119.86 0.9533 120.10
12 0.9548 0.11 0.9538 -119.92 0.9536 120.16 0.9547 0.11 0.9536 -119.87 0.9535 120.10
13 0.9544 0.10 0.9534 -119.90 0.9521 120.17 0.9544 0.10 0.9535 -119.85 0.9521 120.11
14 0.9545 0.10 0.9539 -119.91 0.9528 120.17 0.9543 0.10 0.9537 -119.86 0.9528 120.11
15 0.9526 0.11 0.9510 -119.91 0.9512 120.15 0.9526 0.11 0.9510 -119.83 0.9511 120.12
16 0.9535 0.13 0.9514 -119.91 0.9522 120.15 0.9533 0.13 0.9514 -119.86 0.9521 120.10
17 0.9536 0.10 0.9533 -119.91 0.9522 120.16 0.9534 0.10 0.9531 -119.90 0.9519 120.11
18 0.9537 0.10 0.9531 -119.92 0.9522 120.16 0.9536 0.10 0.9530 -119.82 0.9520 120.10
19 0.9516 0.13 0.9498 -119.91 0.9505 120.16 0.9515 0.13 0.9496 -119.86 0.9503 120.10
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Table3: Active and Reactive Power flows of 19 node URDS
Table4: Summary of test results of 19 node URDS
Voltage profile with comparison of the proposed method with existing method and active and reactive
Power flows of 19 node URDS are given in table 2 and 3. Voltage variation is given in table 2, which
gives better magnitudes are obtained in proposed method. The active power flow gives higher power
flow capacity with proposed method shown in Table 3. The Table 4 gives summary of test results for
19 node unbalanced radial distribution systems. From table 4 it has been observed that the minimum
voltage in phases A, B, C is 0.9515, 0.9496 and 0.9502 at node 19. The maximum percentage voltage
regulation in phases A, B and C are 4.82%, 5.01% and 4.93%. The total active power loss in phases of
A, B and C are 4.34, 4.42 and 4.54 kW and the total reactive power loss in phases of A, B and C are
1.95,1.90 and 1.94 kVA respectively. The real power losses in phases A, B and C are 3.64%, 3.96%
and 3.78% and the reactive power losses are 3.32%, 3.34% and 3.33% of their total loads. The
solution is converged in 4 iterations and time taken is 0.00645 seconds for 19 node URDS. The
proposed method is capable of solving for systems with many feeders emanating from grid substation
with large number of nodes compared with the existing method [23] and results are found satisfactory.
V. CONCLUSIONS
In this paper, a simple algorithm has been presented to solve power flow and load modeling i.e
distribution system line model, line shunt admittance model, Distributed load model, capacitor model
and transformer modeling of unbalanced radial distribution networks. The proposed method has good
Description Phase A Phase B Phase C
Minimum Voltage 0.9515 0.9496 0.9503
Max. Voltage regulation (%) 4.82 5.01 4.93
Total Active Power Loss (kW) 4.34 4.42 4.54
Total Reactive Power Loss (kVAr) 1.95 1.90 1.94
Total Active Power Demand (kW) 126.32 116.14 123.17
Total Reactive Power Demand (kVAr) 61.12 56.13 59.65
Total Feeder Capacity (kVA) 140.23 129.21 136.67
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convergence property for practical distribution networks with practical R/X ratio. Computationally,
this method is extremely efficient; as it solves simple algebraic recursive equations for voltage
phasers and another advantage is all the data is stored in vector form, thus saving computer memory.
The Forward-Backward Sweep (FBS) algorithm is capable of solving for systems with many feeders
emanating from grid substation with large number of nodes and branches. A computer program has
been developed using MATLAB and results are presented for typical network of 19-node URDS.
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Authors
P.UMAPATHI REDDY: He Received B.E from Andra University and M.Tech.,(Electrical
Power Systems) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, India in 1998
and 2004 respectively, Now he is pursuing Ph.D. degree. Currently he is with Department of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati,
India. His research interest includes Power distribution Systems and Power System operation
and control. He is Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education.
S.Sivanaga Raju: He received B.E from Andra University and M.Tech.degree in 2000 from
IIT, Kharagpur and did his Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,
Anantapur, India in 2004. He is presently working as Associate professor in J.N.T.U.College
of Engineering Kakinada,(Autonomous) Kakinada, Andrapradesh, India. He received two
national awards (Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya memorial Prize and best paper prize award
from the Institute of Engineers (India) for the year 2003-04. He is referee for IEEE journals.
He has around 75 National and International journals in his credit. His research interest
includes Power distribution Automation and Power System operation and control.
P. Sangameswara Raju: He is presently working as professor in S.V.U. College
Engineering, Tirupati. Obtained his diploma and B.Tech in electrical Engineering, M.Tech in
power system operation and control and Ph.d in S. V. University, Tirupati. is areas of interest
are power system operation, planning and application of fuzzy logic to power system,
application of power system like non-linear controllers.