Research Article

Computational Techniques for Autonomous Microgrid Load Flow Analysis

Table 3

Comparison of real and reactive power losses in the 33-bus microgrid.

Losses Basic backward forward sweep method: distribution system with
no DG
Newton Raphson method applied to 33-bus autonomous microgrid Distributed slack bus based method applied to 33-bus autonomous
microgrid
Modified backward forward sweep method applied to 33-bus autonomous
microgrid
Summer demandWinter demandSummer demandWinter demandSummer demandWinter demandSummer demandWinter demand

Real power losses in kW202.68301.4523.5245.127.6252.2727.5451.14
Reactive power losses in kVAr135.14201.118.2136.321.5742.5521.541.54