Fluxo de potência trifásico: um estudo comparativo e uma nova metodologia de solução

Abstract

This work presents a comparative study on convergence characteristics of some three-phase power flow methods, namely, conventional polar, conventional rectangular and current injection formulations. The polar and rectangular methodologies use the injected power equations written in terms of voltage polar and voltage rectangular coordinates, respectively. The current injection method employs the injected current equations expressed in function of voltage rectangular coordinates. The nonlinear equations associated with each method are solved iteratively through Newton-Raphson approach. Moreover, the strategy of keeping the Jacobian matrix constant throughout the iterative process is also investigated. On the other hand, this work also proposes a new methodology for solving threephase power flow problems subjected to poor initial conditions. This method is based on a particular convergence feature inherent in the power flow current injection formulation. It is simple and fast, ensuring the convergence of the iterative process. The results are quite satisfactory and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach on problems where standard three-phase power flow formulations fail to converge.