Review on Comparative Analysis of Load Flow Calculation Methods

The active and reactive power flow between the generating plant and the load is analyzed in a three phase power system throughout several networks, buses, and branches. Power flow studies provide a systematically organized approach for the computation under steady state condition of different bus voltages, their phase angle, as well as active and reactive power flows among different generators, loads and branches. An analysis of power flow consists of determining the magnitude and angle at each busbar until power mismatches are insignificant at an equilibrium in active and reactive power. There are several commonly used methods for solving transmission power flow problems, including Gauss-Seidel (G-S), Newton power flow (N-R), and Fast Decoupled Load Flow (FDLF).