Distributed continuation power flow method for integrated transmission and active distribution network

Abstract

As the integration of distributed generations (DGs) transforms the traditional distribution network into the active distribution network, voltage stability assessments (VSA) of transmission grid and distribution grid are not suitable to be studied separately. This paper presents a distributed continuation power flow method for VSA of global transmission and distribution grid. Two different parameterization schemes are adopted to guarantee the coherence of load growth in transmission and distribution grids. In the correction step, the boundary bus voltage, load parameter and equivalent power are communicated between the transmission and distribution control centers to realize the distributed computation of load margin. The optimal multiplier technique is used to improve the convergence of the proposed method. The three-phase unbalanced characteristic of distribution networks and the reactive capability limits of DGs are considered. Simulation results on two integrated transmission and distribution test systems show that the proposed method is effective.