Power System Load Flow Analysis breaks down the complexities of load flow analysis into a series of short, focused chapters. It develops each of the major algorithms used, covering the handling of generators and transformers in the analysis process, and details how these algorithms can be deployed in powerful software.

Power System Load Flow Analysis provides the reader with all the tools necessary to predict load usage and prevent overloads, blackouts, and brownouts.

Contents

1. System Representation
2. The Load Flow Problem
3. Reference System
4. Jacobi Method
5. Gauss-Seidel Method
6. Z-Matrix Methods
7. Newton-Raphson Methods
8. Newton-Raphson Method Using Cartesian Coordinates
9. Newton-Raphson Method Using Polar Coordinates
10. Fast Decoupled Method
11. DC Load Flow
12. Voltage Control: Generators
13. Voltage Control: On-Load Tap-Changing (OLTC) Transformers
14. Results Output
15. Solution Difficulties

Index

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