Research Article

Computational Techniques for Autonomous Microgrid Load Flow Analysis

Table 2

Comparison of bus voltages for different operating conditions of the 33-bus microgrid.

Bus number Basic backward forward sweep method: distribution system with no DG Newton Raphson method applied
to 33-bus autonomous microgrid
Backward forward sweep method applied to 33-bus autonomous microgrid Distributed slack bus based method applied to 33-bus autonomous microgrid
Summer demand voltage in p.u.Winter demand voltage in p.u.Summer demand voltage in p.u.Winter demand voltage in p.u.Summer demand voltage in p.u.Winter demand voltage in p.u.Summer demand
voltage in p.u.
Winter demand
voltage in p.u.

1110.99820.99790.99860.99830.99860.9983
20.99710.99640.99820.99790.99860.99830.99860.9983
30.98290.97921.0001.00001.00001.00001.00001.0000
40.97550.97010.99910.99960.99900.99950.99900.9752
50.96810.96110.99850.99960.99820.99940.99820.9751
60.94970.93860.99720.99990.99660.99930.99180.9750
70.94620.93430.99740.99940.99670.99880.99180.9744
80.94130.92840.99810.99910.99710.99840.99720.9740
90.93510.92081.00091.00101.00001.00021.00001.0000
100.92920.91360.99550.99460.99450.99370.99460.9935
110.92840.91260.99470.99360.99370.99270.99380.9930
120.92690.91070.99340.99200.99230.99100.99240.9908
130.92080.90330.98770.98520.98660.98420.98670.9840
140.91850.90050.98560.98280.98450.98160.98460.9814
150.91710.89880.98430.98120.98320.98000.98320.9798
160.91570.89710.98300.97970.98190.97850.98200.9783
170.91370.89460.98110.97750.98000.97620.98010.9760
180.91310.89380.98060.97680.97940.97550.97950.9753
190.99650.99580.99770.99730.99810.99760.99810.9977
200.99290.99150.99420.99300.99450.99330.99450.9934
210.99220.99060.99350.99220.99380.99250.99380.9925
220.99160.98990.99280.99140.99320.99170.99320.9918
230.97940.97490.99650.99580.99650.99580.99650.9958
240.97270.96690.99000.98810.98990.98790.98990.9879
250.96940.96280.98680.98420.98670.98400.98670.9840
260.94770.93620.99721.00050.99661.00000.99170.9756
270.94520.93310.99731.00160.99661.00100.99180.9767
280.93370.91910.99751.00620.99681.00530.99190.9811
290.92550.90910.99801.01020.99731.00910.99240.9850
300.92200.90470.99911.01330.99841.01210.99350.9881
310.91780.89961.00561.02521.00481.02381.00001.0000
320.91690.89851.00481.02421.00401.02280.99920.9990
330.91660.89811.00451.02391.00371.02250.99890.9987