LOAD FLOW STUDY

Newton Raphson

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 Newton Raphson Load flow Method
 A method of successive approximation using
Taylor’s expansion
 Consider the function: f(x) = c, where x is unknown
 Let x [0] be an initial estimate, then x [0] is a small deviation
from the correct solution
f (x [0] +  x [0] )= c

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  Expand the left-hand side into a Taylor’s series about x [0]
yeilds :-

 Assuming the error, x [0] , is small, the higher-order terms

are neglected, resulting in

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 Example
 Find the root of the equation:
f(x) = x3 - 6x2 + 9x - 4 = 0

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 Power flow equations
Pk=  | Ykj| | Vk|| Vj|cos (k - j - kj )

Qk=  | Ykj| | Vk|| Vj|sin (k - j - kj )

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 The Jacobian Matrix

 P/ |V| =
 P/  =
 Q/ |V| =
 Q/  =

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 Exercise
 Formation of Y matrix
 Formation of Jacobian matrix

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