No need to change code. Simply set the 'pf.radial.max_it' option to a value 
larger than the default 20.

   Ray


> On Jul 3, 2017, at 4:03 PM, Andrey Vieira <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Mr. Ray, thanks for the answer!
> But in addition to the runpf () function, in what other functions should 
> I make the change in the number of iterations?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> De: [email protected] 
> <[email protected]> em nome de Ray Zimmerman 
> <[email protected]>
> Enviado: segunda-feira, 3 de julho de 2017 19:56
> Para: MATPOWER discussion forum
> Assunto: Re: Non-Convergence of Load Flow in Reconfiguration / Restoration 
> Situations (via Optimization)
>  
> If you haven’t tried it, certainly try increasing the number of iterations 
> for the radial methods.
> 
>    Ray
> 
>> On Jul 3, 2017, at 3:15 PM, Andrey Vieira <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> for Reconfiguration/Restoration process, ie:
>> 
>> Occurrence of significant concentration of buses/Loads in a given healthy
>>  region (region that will receive some or all of the disconnected Loads)
>> Of the feeder (as shown below) via the relocation of disconnected loads 
>> (optimization process) due to the insulation of some faulty upstream faults
>> Of the off region.
>> 
>> Exemplifying Illustration:
>> 
>> I took the 33bw case as an example in three different load flow execution
>>  scenarios to exemplify my issue.
>> SITUATION A:
>> The case 33wb is illustrated below for a specific type of topology.
>> For this configuration, there was convergence for the 
>> 4 methods (Newton, PQSUM, ISUM and YSUM) evaluated.
>> 
>> <pastedImage.png>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Situation B:
>> Similarly, the case 33wb is illustrated below for another specific type 
>> of topology. For this new configuration, similar to the previous one, 
>> there was convergence for the 4 methods (Newton, PQSUM, ISUM
>>  and YSUM) evaluated.
>> <pastedImage.png>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Situation C:
>> For this new configuration, the 33wb case, shown below, presents a
>>  particular type of topology in which it has concentrated much load 
>> on the central feeder. The consequence of this was the non-convergence 
>> of all 4 methods (Newton, PQSUM, ISUM and YSUM) evaluated.
>> <pastedImage.png>
>> 
>> Note: This analysis was also performed for other feeders (case 84,
>>  case 85, case 135 and case70). It seems to me that in the act of network
>>  switching (each switching sequence is a possible solution), by 
>> concentrating Loads in a given region of the network, the possibility of
>>  non-convergence is high, regardless of the method used. I would like to
>>  know how to proceed with this problem. For the evolutionary algorithm 
>> I use needs to evaluate this configuration, even Knowing that such a 
>> solution is not feasible and possibly will be ruled out by the restriction
>>  criteria of the optimization that I have adopted. What to do? Increase the
>>  number of iterations? How to make convergence of power flow occur even for 
>> those absurd configurations?
> 

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