A Calculation Method for Three-Phase Power Flow in Micro-Grid Based on Smooth Function

Abstract

The existing three-phase imbalanced power flow calculation models for isolated micro-grid do not consider the non-smooth constraints such as voltage control limits and dead zone characteristics, which makes the power flow calculation results cannot meet the actual model constraints. In this paper, a more robust projected Levenberg-Marquardt (PLM) method is used to solve the problem after the non-smooth constraints are converted into smooth functions, which can reduce the model dependence on the initial values and solve the convergence problem caused by non-smooth constraints. The numerical experiments of micro-grid show that considering the non-smooth constraints can effectively improve the accuracy of power flow calculation. In addition, the PLM method has better convergence dealing with non-smooth constraints even poor initial value settings.