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Tutorial - Power Flow Analysis

The document provides a tutorial on how to perform power flow analysis in EasyPower. It describes how to open a sample power system file, run power flow calculations, view results such as losses and voltage drops, analyze the impact of motor starting, make temporary changes to equipment data, and generate text reports of the power flow solution. The tutorial demonstrates EasyPower's robust current injection method and sparsity techniques for steady-state power flow analysis.

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Tutorial - Power Flow Analysis

The document provides a tutorial on how to perform power flow analysis in EasyPower. It describes how to open a sample power system file, run power flow calculations, view results such as losses and voltage drops, analyze the impact of motor starting, make temporary changes to equipment data, and generate text reports of the power flow solution. The tutorial demonstrates EasyPower's robust current injection method and sparsity techniques for steady-state power flow analysis.

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TutorialPowerFlowAnalysis

Inthistutorial,youwillbeshownhowtouseseveralofEasyPowerspowerlowanalysisfeatures.EasyPowerusesthemost
robustandaccuratealgorithmeverdeveloped:theCurrentInjectionMethod.Theprogramalsousesthelatestinsparsity
algorithmtechniquestoindthesteadystatepowerlowconditionsofanoperatingpowersystem.

PowerFlowFocus
Toperformpowerlowanalysis,youmustbeinthePowerFlowfocus.
1.FromtheFilemenu,clickOpenFile.
Tip:IfyouareviewingtheStartPage,youcanclickOpenOnelineinstead.
2.OpentheSimple.dezileinyourSamplesdirectory.
3.Click

Maximizeontheonelinewindow,ifneeded,toillthesessionwindowwiththeoneline.

4.Click
PowerFlowintheHometabtoopenthePowerFlowfocus.ThePowerFlowtabcontainsbuttonsthat
areusedinpowerlowcalculations.

RunningPowerFlowAnalysis
1.Click
Solve.EasyPowerdisplaysthepowerlowanalysisofthissmallsystem.Themegavarlowsareshown
insideparenthesesandthemegawattlowsarenotinparentheses.Theperunitvoltagesandpoweranglesofeach
busaredisplayedatafortyivedegreeangle(seeigurebelow).

Figure1:PowerFlowAnalysis
The
Overloadsbuttonisselectedbydefault.Equipmentitemsthatareoverloadedarehighlightedred.Sinceno
equipmentinSimple.dezisoverloaded,nothingishighlighted.

Note:EasyPoweralsohighlightsitemsthatarewithin10%ofoverload.Thisoverloadthresholdcanbe
adjustedinthePFOptionsdialogbox.
2.Click

Losses.ThekWandkVARlossesinthetransformerandcablearedisplayed(seeigurebelow).

Figure2:PowerFlowWithLossesDisplayed
3.Click
VoltageDrop.Thevoltagedroppercentagesacrossthetransformerandcablearedisplayed(seeigure
below).

Figure3:PowerFlowWithPercentVoltageDropsDisplayed

ImpactMotorStarting
Afterrunningpowerlow,theeffectofoneormoremotorsstartinginyoursystemcanbeanalyzed.EasyPowercomputes
thesystemimpactofastartingmotoratthetimewhenthemotoractsasalockedrotor.
1.Doubleclickonthemotor.ATemporaryMotorDatadialogsimilartotheoneshownintheigurebelowis
displayed.

Figure4:TemporaryMotorDataDialogBox
2.ChangetheScalingFactorto0%.Thisindicatesthatthemotorisnotcurrentlyrunning.
3.SelecttheStartMotorcheckbox.
4.ClickOK.
5.Click
power.

Solve.Thisestablishesyourbasecasepowerlowbeforeyourmotorstarts.Noticethemotorisdrawingno

6.Click

SolveMotor.Themotorstartingresultsdisplayonyouroneline.

Noticethebusesturnred.TheirbusvoltagesarebelowtheBusUndervoltageThreshold.(TheBusUndervoltage
Thresholddefaultstowithin5%ofunity.ThiscanbeadjustedintheTools>PowerFlowOptionsdialogboxonthe
Controltab.)Inbothpowerlowandmotorstartinganalysis,youcanquicklyspotvoltageproblemsinlargesystems
bylookingforredbuses.

Figure5:MotorStartingAnalysis

TemporarilyChangingEquipmentData
Forfastcontingencystudyingandwhatifchecking,youcanrunpowerlowsaftermakingtemporarychangestothe
equipmentdata.AllmodiicationsmadetoequipmentdatawhileinthePowerFlowfocusaretemporary.Thechangesdo

notaffectveriieddataenteredin
DatabaseEditfocus.Generators,utilities,transformers,motors,loads,capacitors,
andshuntscanallbetemporarilyedited.
1.Doubleclickonthemotoragain.
2.CleartheStartMotorcheckbox,changetheScalingFactorto120%,andthenclickOK.
3.Click

Solve.

Figure6:MotorWith120%ScalingFactor
Noticethatthe120%motorloadshownisgreaterthanthe100%motorload.Changingthescalingfactorofamotorletsyou
testdifferentloadingscenarioswithoutchangingtheactualmotorspeciications.
Note:YoucanquicklyscalemultiplemotorsandloadsbyclickingChangeScalingFactorinthePowerFlowtab.
Thechangesareappliedtothemotorsandloadsonyouronelinethatareselectedgreen.Thisprovidesafastand
easywaytocheckpeakloadingconditions,lightloadingconditions,futureadditions,andotherfactorsprevalenttoa
powersystem.

DisplayOptions
Click

PFOptionsinthePowerFlowtab,andthenselecttheOnelineOutputtab.

Observethedifferentonelineoptionsavailable.
ThebranchlowsontheonelineincludeMWandMVAR,kVAandPowerFactor,CurrentinAmps,andsoon.
ThebusvoltagesdisplayeitherPerunit,kV(LL),orV(LL)units.
UnitsaredisplayedontheonelinebyselectingtheShowUnitscheckbox.

TextReports
1.WhilestillviewingthePowerFlowOptions,selectTextOutput.Adialogboxsimilartotheoneshownbelowis
displayed.
2.SelecttheCreateDetailReportcheckbox,andthenselectIEEE/WSCCFormat.
3.SelecttheSystemSummarycheckbox.
4.ClickOK.
5.Click

Solve.

Figure7:PowerFlowTextOutputDialogBox
6. Twopowerlowtextreportwindowsarecreated.YoucanviewthesereportsbyselectingeitherthePowerFlow
SummaryorPowerFlowDetailreportfromthe

Windowbutton.

Tip:Youcanalsodoubleclickonthewindowiconscreatedinthelowerleftcorner.

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