A post-processing method for determining the control sequence of distribution application functions formulated using discrete load levels

A post-processing method for capacitor control distribution application functions is developed to identify: (i) why control devices change status between discrete load levels (for optimization purposes and/or to maintain feasibility); and (ii) when they must change to maintain feasibility. The method determines a capacitor control sequence under one-parameter load variations between discrete load levels and utilizes the load capability algorithm from a paper by K.N Miu and H.D. Chiang.