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Convergence of the Z-Bus Method for Three-Phase Distribution Load-Flow with ZIP Loads

Optimization and Control 2017-05-10 v3 Systems and Control

Abstract

This paper derives a set of sufficient conditions guaranteeing that the load-flow problem in unbalanced three-phase distribution networks with wye and delta ZIP loads has a unique solution over a region that can be explicitly calculated from the network parameters. It is also proved that the well-known Z-Bus iterative method is a contraction over the defined region, and hence converges to the unique solution.

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@article{arxiv.1605.08511,
  title  = {Convergence of the Z-Bus Method for Three-Phase Distribution Load-Flow with ZIP Loads},
  author = {Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan and Nikolaos Gatsis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.08511},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

This article has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems