A Parameterization Technique for the Continuation Power Flow Developed from the Analysis of Power Flow Curves

Table 4

Performance of the PCPF for procedures P1 and P2.

Predictor	System	P1		P2			CPU ratio [%]
		IC	CPU time (p.u.)	IC	ACo	CPU time (p.u.)
Trivial	300	50	1.000	59	23	0.435	56.45
	638	86	1.000	147	18	0.509	49.13
	787	72	1.000	106	22	0.494	50.61
	904	115	1.000	126	46	0.413	58.73
	300^(1)	151	1.000	378	23	0.326	67.38
Tangent	300	40	1.000	47	18	0.421	57.87
	638	46	1.000	103	18	0.572	42.78
	787	53	1.000	93	16	0.485	51.46
	904	93	1.000	114	53	0.416	58.40

⁽¹⁾withoutreactivelimits, IC: iteration count, ACo: actualization count.