A Novel Simultaneous Fault Computation Algorithm for Any Asymmetric and Multiconductor Power System: SFPD

The paper presents SFPD, the new open algorithm developed by the University of Padova (PD in the acronym) for computing the steady-state regime due to any number of simultaneous faults (SF at the beginning of the acronym) both short circuits and open conductors. The algorithm does not have simplified hypotheses, since it benefits from the pre-fault regime based on PFPD_MCA (power flow by University of Padova with multiconductor cell analysis), a multiconductor power flow (developed and published by the first author) which takes into account both the active conductors (i.e., the phases subjected to the impressed voltages) and the passive conductors (i.e., the interfered metallic conductors, namely earth wires of overhead lines, metallic screens and armors of land and submarine cables, enclosures of gas insulated lines, return and earth wires of 2 × 25 kV AC high-speed railway supply system, etc.). Different types of faults are considered, and where they occur (also along the lines), by means of a suitable admittance matrix in phase frame of reference and embedded inside the overall network bus admittance matrix. Some comparisons with simplified approaches are presented in order to demonstrate the power of the method. Eventually, application to the real Italian network is comprehensively shown.