Multi-Stage Holomorphic Embedding Method for Calculating the Power-Voltage Curve

The recently proposed non-iterative load flow method, called the holomorphic embedding method, may encounter the precision issue, i.e., the nontrivial round-off errors caused by the limited digits used in computing the power-voltage (P-V) curve for a heavily loaded power system. This letter proposes a multi-stage scheme to solve such a precision issue and calculate an accurate P-V curve. The scheme is verified on the New England 39-bus power system and benchmarked with the result from the traditional continuation power flow method.