The purpose of this exercise is to initialize the simulator. This means initilize the state and potentially also some parameters not known exactly a priori.

Step 1: Download the following Matlab functions:

• getNetworkPars.m
• NetworkSimRun.m
• loadFlow.m
• ssTurbine.m
• ssLoad.m
• ssCapacitor.m

Also get the updated version of

• StateStructure.m

Step 2: Your job today is made easy, all you have to do is successfully compute a stable initial state. Do this by

1. open up NetworkSimRun and read the comments to get acquainted with the code
2. first attempt: try computing initial state using decic alone
3. second attempt: try computing initial state using both load flow and decic

Questions to answer:

1. Were residuals equal to zero for the decic method?
2. Were residuals equal to zero for the load flow method?
3. Did both methods compute a stable initial state?
4. What are the differences between the inputs to the decic and load flow methods?