Problem 1: Chapter 2, PowerWorld Simulator (No 2.32 in 4th Edition OR No 2.

32 in
5th Edition)
In PowerWorld Simulator Problem 2.32 (see Figure 2.28) a 8 MW/4 Mvar load is supplied at 13.8 kV
through a feeder with an impedance of 1 þ j2 W. The load is compensated with a capacitor whose
output, Qcap, can be varied in 0.5 Mvar steps between 0 and 10.0 Mvar. What value of Qcap
minimizes the real power line losses? What value of Qcap minimizes the MVA power flow into the
feeder?

Source Voltage = 14,36 kV

One
Feeder Impedance = 1 + j2 Ohms

Power into Feeder at Source

8,34 MW
0,17 Mvar
8,34 MVA
13,80 kV
Feeder Losses = 0,337 MW
0,675 Mvar 8,0 MW
4,0 Mvar
4,5 Mvar

 4 Mvar minimizes the real power line losses

 4.5 Mvar minimizes the back power flow into the feeder.
Problem 2: Chapter 3: PowerWorld Simulator (No 3.60 in 4th Edition OR No 3.60 in 5th
Edition)
PowerWorld Simulator case Problem 3.60 duplicates Example 3.13 except that a resistance term of
0.06 per unit has been added to the transformer and 0.05 per unit to the transmission line. Since the
system is no longer lossless, a field showing the real power losses has also been added to the one-line.
With the LTC tap fixed at 1.05, plot the real power losses as the phase shift angle is varied from _10
to þ10 degrees. What value of phase shift minimizes the system losses?

345,00 kV 331,50 kV
280,8 MW 272,7 MW
42,8 Mvar 10,6 Mvar
517 MW slack

168 Mvar
500 MW
Phase Shifting Transformer 100 Mvar

235,7 MW 227,2 MW
124,8 Mvar 0,0 deg 89,2 Mvar
1,05000 tap

Total Real Power Losses: 16,605 MW

Total Reactive Power Losses: 67,844 Mvar

MW losses
30

25

20

15

10

0
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15

 Losses are minimum at 0 degrees = 16.606 MW (there can be a +/- 0.1 variation in this values
of the power flow solution tolerance).
Problem 3: Chapter 5: PowerWorld Simulator (No 5.65 and 5.66 in 4th Edition OR No 5.65 and
5.66 in 5th Edition)

Open PowerWorld Simulator case Example 5_10 with the series capacitive compensation at both ends
of the line in service. Graph the load bus voltage as a function of load real power (assuming unity
power factor at the load). What is the maximum amount of real power that can be transferred to the
load at unity power factor if we require the load voltage always be greater than 0.85 per unit?

765.0 kV 625.7 kV

3200 MW
slack
Four
1862 Mvar
YES YES 3200 MW
3200.0 MW
Line Angle Difference: -40.4 Deg 0 Mvar
1861.5 Mvar

Load bus voltage Load real power

(KV) (MW)
0 821.5
200 821.1
400 819.9
600 817.9
800 815.1
1000 811.4
1200 806.8
1400 801.1
1600 794.3
1800 786.2
2000 776.5
2200 765
2400 751.2
2600 734.1
2800 712.4
3000 682.1
 842.1

822.1

802.1
Load bus voltage (KV)

782.1

762.1

742.1

722.1

702.1

682.1
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Load real power (MW)

The maximum amount of real power which can be transferred to the load at unity pf with a bus
voltage greater than 0.85 pu is 3000 MW.
Problem 3: Chapter 5: PowerWorld Simulator (No 5.65 and 5.66 in 4th Edition OR No 5.65 and
5.66 in 5th Edition)

Open PowerWorld Simulator case Example 5_10 with the series capacitive compensation at both ends
of the line in service. With the reactive power load fixed at 500 Mvar, graph the load bus voltage as
the MW load is varied between 0 and 2600 MW in 200 MW increments. Then repeat with both of the
series compensation elements out of service.

765.0 kV 599.6 kV

2600 MW
slack
1668 Mvar
YES YES 2600 MW
2600.0 MW
Line Angle Difference: -33.3 Deg 500 Mvar
1668.3 Mvar

Load real power (MW) Load bus voltage (KV)

0 752.3
200 751.8
400 750.2
600 747.6
800 743.9
1000 738.9
1200 732.6
1400 724.7
1600 715
1800 703
2000 688.1
2200 669
2400 642.8
2600 599.6
 779.6

759.6

739.6
Load bus voltage (KV)

719.6

699.6

679.6

659.6

639.6

619.6

599.6
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Load real power (MW)

The maximum amount of real power which can be transferred to the load at unity pf with a bus
voltage greater than 0.85 pu is 3400 MW (3450 MW may be OK since pu voltage is 0.8985).
Problem 4: Chapter 6: PowerWorld Simulator
(No 6.37 in 4th Edition OR Example 6.10 in 5th Edition)

Using PowerWorld Simulator, determine the maximum mismatch after the first,
second, and third iterations for the Example 6.10 case using Gauss – Seidel. How
many iterations does it take to converge to a mismatch less than 0.5 MVA?

First iteration

Second iteration

1
Third iteration

It take 27 iteration to converge to a mismatch of less than 0.5MVA

2
Problem 6: Chapter 7: PowerWorld Simulator (No 7.24 in 4th Edition OR Example 7.24 in 5th
Edition)
PowerWorld Simulator case Problem 7_24 models the system shown in Figure 7.14 with all data on a
1000-MVA base. Using PowerWorld Simulator, determine the current supplied by each generator and
the per-unit bus voltage magnitudes at each bus for a fault at bus 2.

G1 5 1 2 3 7 G3
slack

1.050 pu 1.050 pu 1.050 pu 1.050 pu

1.050 pu

4 1.050 pu

6 1.050 pu

G2

For a fault at bus 2, generator 5 supplies 1.25 per unit current, generator 6 supplies 1.8315 pu, and
generator 7 supplies 1.75 pu. The per unit fault-on voltages are bus 1 = 0.25, bus 2 = 0, bus 3 = 0.35,
bus 4 = 0.3663, bus 5 = 0.55, bus 6 = 0.610, and bus 7 = 0.525.