Optimal pivot strategies for load-flow calculation

• Published in: International journal of electrical power & energy systems Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 66 - 82
• Main Author: Wendel, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.04.1987; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electrical power engineering; Exact sciences and technology; load flow; network analysis; Operation. Load control. Reliability; Power networks and lines; power system element modelling; power system element modelling; load flow; network analysis; Power system load; Electrical network; Calculating method; Optimization; Load flow

The determination of optimal sequences of pivots for a matrix M is a well-known but open problem in load-flow calculation. Optimal means that the system Mx = b can be solved by Gauss's algorithm, where the number of arithmetic operations is minimal; the space to store the triangular factors of...