Optimal Power Systems

Fast-Decoupled Power Flow

DC Power Flow

Fall 2020

Ayman Faza, PhD

Princess Sumaya University of Technology
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 The fast-decoupled power flow solution is a simplified version of the Newton-Raphson power flow solution:

Recall, in the Newton-Raphson method:

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  is observed that:
It
1. Real Power is very little influenced by changes in the voltage magnitude

2. Reactive Power is very little influenced by changes in phase angle:

Therefore, the main equation in the newton-Raphson method can be simplified into two smaller equations:

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 , where contains the elements

, where contains the elements

 
Recall, for the off-diagonal elements:

Further simplifications can be made by noting the following:

Angular differences between and are typically very small; therefore,

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Also,
Line susceptances are typically larger than line conductances ; therefore,

Using the identity:

Where

Given that

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 For diagonal elements:

Approximation:
is typically smaller than

Therefore,

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 Result:

The once complicated jacobian matrix and main newton-Raphson equation, become as follows:

Similarly,

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Note that since all voltages are typically around 1 per unit, then and matrices can be further simplified by
setting all voltages to 1.

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Thank You