TET4115 Power System Analysis

Faculty of Information Technology,

Mathematics and Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical Power Engineering
Assignment 3 Power flow
Electric Power Systems group
Address: 7491 Trondheim Announced: Deadline:
Phone: 735 94215
12.09.2011 26.09.2010
Fax: 735 94279

The figure below shows the one line diagram of a simple power system.

Generators are connected at buses and while loads are indicated at all four buses. Base
values for the transmission system are 100 MVA, 230 kV. The line data in the table give per
unit series impedances and line charging susceptances for the nominal equivalents of the
four lines identified by the buses at which they terminate. The bus data in the table list values
for P, Q, and V at each bus. The Q values of load are calculated from the corresponding P
values assuming a power factor of 0.85 and presented in the table for bus data.

Fig 1. One line diagram of the 4 bus case (case4gs)

TASKS:
1. Run base case power flow:

Run Power flow for case4gs.m in MATPOWER using the function runpf.
(Pgen, Qgen, U and at all buses) Indicate the solution in a one-line diagram as in Fig 1.

2. Edit base case and re-run power flow:

Reduce generation at bus at to 200 MW. Set the maximum active power (Pmax)
to 600 MW and maximum reactive power (Qmax) of both the buses and to
200MVAR. Again run the power flow. Indicate the solution in the one-line diagram
as in Task 1 and comment on the reactive power generation.
 3. U-P curves:

Consider the network in the base case. Change the load at bus in steps of 50
MW from 100 MW to 400-500 MW and draw the voltage versus load power curve
for node 2. (Adjust the reactive load accordingly to maintain a power factor of
0.85.)

4. Enforce Q limits:

Consider the case mentioned in Task 2. Set the maximum allowable Q (Qmax) for
both generators at buses and to 200 MVAr. Set up the power flow solution
to enforce Q limits (See help mpoption). Increase loads as in Task 3 and draw
voltage versus load power curve for node when Q limits are enforced.
Comment on the difference.

5. Reactive compensation:

Consider the network in the base case. Explore the effect of adding a capacitor
bank at bus . Find the optimal size of capacitor bank (that minimize system
losses) when the load at bus is 300 MW.

6. Grid reinforcement:

Consider the network in the base case. Connect a new line between buses and
or and and explore the effect on power flow and the bus voltages.
Assume the line data for this new line same as that of line between buses and
.

Note: Download and install MATPOWER. Use the function runpf to run the power flow.
You can learn how to use runpf by typing help runpf in MATLAB command
window. The changes can be made in the MATLAB file case4gs.m to include the
loads and lines.

Other useful help:

help caseformat
help mpoption

NB! A user manual can be found in the Matpower folder, under docs. This manual has
more details regarding how the different components are model in Matpower.