Three phase fast decoupled power flow for emerging Distribution Systems

This paper proposes the application of the complex normalization procedure to the decoupled three phase power flow algorithm. The main objective is to extend the well-known efficiency of the Fast Decoupled Power Flow (FDPF) method when applied to Transmission Systems to Distribution Systems analysis. The achieved results indicate that the proposed approach makes FDPF a very effective tool to three-phase power flow analysis in the emerging scenario of distribution systems even in presence of high R/X ratio lines.