An Efficient Method for Load Flow Solution of Radial Distribution Networks

This paper reports a new and accurate method for load flow solution of radial distribution networks with minimum data preparation. The node and branch numbering need not to be sequential like other available methods. The proposed method does not need sending node, receiving node and branch numbers if these are sequential. The proposed method uses the simple equation to compute the voltage magnitude and has the capability to handle composite load modelling. The proposed method uses the set of nodes of feeder, lateral(s) and sub lateral(s). The effectiveness of the proposed method is compared with other methods using two examples. The detailed load flow results for different kind of load modellings are also presented. Keywords—Load flow, Feeder, Lateral, Power, Voltage, Composite, Exponential