Dear Dr Ray,
Thank you very much. Yes I was referring to radial network. 
By 'the total MVA flow' I am referring to MVA flow between any 2 nodes(say, i & 
j).
I am trying to compute what will be the MVA flow through the branch given the 
branches values of PF, QF and PT, QT injections from the power flow results. 

Idris 

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>Sent: 26 May 2011 17:32
>To: MATPOWER discussion forum
>Subject: Re: total MVA flow in a branch
>
>I think you have to define "the total MVA flow in a branch". In the
>standard branch model used in MATPOWER, there are losses in the branch,
>so the flow at one end and the flow at the other are not equal, so there
>isn't a single value of MVA flow that is *the* flow. The OPF flow limits
>are based on the max of the two. Or you might want to use the average,
>but certainly not the sum.
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by the "first branch" and the "source",
>unless you are referring to a radial system with a single generator. In
>that case, the P and Q flows at the end of the line connected to the
>source should match the generation at the source (assuming there are no
>shunt elements and loads at that bus).
>
>
>--
>Ray Zimmerman
>Senior Research Associate
>211 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
>phone: (607) 255-9645
>
>
>
>On May 26, 2011, at 6:04 AM, Idris Musa wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>> How do I compute the total MVA flow in a branch?
>> if
>>
>> MVA_flow_from = sqrt(results.branch(:, PF).^2 + results.branch(:,
>QF).^2);
>>
>> and
>>
>> MVA_flow_to   = sqrt(results.branch(:, PT).^2 + results.branch(:,
>QT).^2);
>>
>> Can I add the 2 results above directly to give me the total flow in a
>branch? If Yes then I expect that sum of the MVA flow in the first
>branch when I run power flow should reflect the total generation from
>the source. Else how do I go about it.
>> I would glad if someone could put me through.
>> Many thanks
>> Idris
>>
>>
>>
>
>



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