LOAD FLOW ANALYSIS OF WEAKLY MESHED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Abstract

In this thesis, an attempt has been made to develop an algorithm for load flow solution of a weakly meshed (i.e. which contains a few loops) distribution system. In this algorithm, initially the original meshed network is converted into an equivalent radial network by breaking it at appropriate places. The effect of the mesh configuration is taken into account by suitable amount of complex power injections at appropriate buses in the radial network. Finally, the radial network is solved through standard forward/backward sweep algorithm to obtain the load flow solution of the original meshed network. The developed algorithm has been tested on two sample weakly meshed distribution systems.