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Simulating a Power System

Presented by

Prof. Tyrone Fernando

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EECE),

University of Western Australia (UWA)
1. Motivations
In an actual power system, it is important to ensure the following aspects
under disturbances:
a. Voltage magnitudes of each bus-bar must be maintained at their nominal
values.
b. Frequencies of voltage and current signals must be maintained at their
nominal values.
c. Low-frequency oscillations existing in these voltage and current signals must
be minimized.
d. Eliminate sub-synchronous resonance to protect the shafts.
e. Maintain tie-line power at scheduled values.
f. …
1. Motivations
The dynamic simulation of power systems contributes to

a. Dynamic estimation of variables in power systems;

b. Controller designs to realize a range of control purposes;
c. Renewable energy source integration;
d. Optimization of operating reserve planning;
e. …
1. Motivations
Name a few published research work using such simulation platform.

Published in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

1. Motivations
Name a few published research work using such simulation platform.

Published in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

1. Motivations

For full publication list, see our Power And Clean Energy (PACE) research
group official website.

http://pace.ee.uwa.edu.au/
2. Comparison between a standard electric circuit and
a power system
• A power system is nothing but an electric circuit.
• Comparing to an electric circuit, a different set of data is provided in
power system studies.
2. Comparison between a standard electric circuit and
a power system
Given the information of the power sources and impedances in a power system,
we are able to find the voltage magnitudes and phase angles of all the nodes, and
also current magnitudes and phase angles of all branches, by simply using the KCL.
• For instance consider bus-bar NO.1.

• According to Kirchhoff current law,

𝑰𝟏 = 𝑰𝟏𝟐 + 𝑰𝟏𝟑 ,
Then
𝑰∗𝟏 = 𝑰∗𝟏𝟐 + 𝑰∗𝟏𝟑 ,
𝑽𝟏 𝑰∗𝟏 = 𝑽𝟏 (𝑰∗𝟏𝟐 + 𝑰∗𝟏𝟑 ),
𝑽𝟏 𝑰∗𝟏 = 𝑽𝟏 𝑰∗𝟏𝟐 + 𝑽𝟏 𝑰∗𝟏𝟑 ,
𝑃1 = 𝑃12 + 𝑃13
3. Data set for power system analysis

Bus data sets

1. Bus-bars
• Generator bus
• The active power injected by a generator into a generator
bus-bar the voltage magnitude of the generator bus-bar are
specified.
• Load bus
• The active power consumed by the load and the reactive
power either provided or consumed by the load are specified.
• Swing bus
• The voltage magnitude and phase angle are specified.

2. Network
Impedance values of transmission lines
4. Solving power flow with MATPOWER
• MATPOWER is a package of MATLAB® M-files for solving power flow and
optimal power flow problems. It is intended as a simulation tool for researchers
and educators that is easy to use and modify.

• All information can be found on http://www.pserc.cornell.edu/matpower/

• Consider an IEEE 9-bus test system

4. Solving power flow with MATPOWER

𝜋 model of transmission lines

4. Solving power flow with MATPOWER

Type 1: P-Q bus (load bus)

Type 2: P-V bus (generator bus)
Type 3: Swing bus (Slack bus)
4. Solving power flow with MATPOWER
4. Solving power flow with MATPOWER
• Simple procedures of using MATPOWER (9 bus, 3 generator system)
• case9.m
• Input generator data, bus data, transmission data

• In MATLAB command window

• Simply runpf(case 9), the result is shown here.
• For the options used in the function, see the webpage.
• The outcome shows the method it used to calculate power-
flow, convergence time, generator data and branch data.
4. Solving power flow with MATPOWER
• Runpf (case9_Sauer) gives us

Specified values

Calculation results
4. Solving power flow with MATPOWER
• Runpf (case9_Sauer) also gives us

Branch Charging 140.5 Mvar

Active power balance: 𝑃𝑔𝑒𝑛 = 𝑃𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠 + 𝑃𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 , i.e., 319.64 ≈ 4.61 + 315𝑀𝑊
Reactive power balance: 𝑄𝑔𝑒𝑛 = 𝑄𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠 + 𝑄𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 , i.e., 22.84 ≈ 115 + 48.38 − 140.5𝑀𝑉𝑎𝑟
5. Introducing a disturbance and the subsequent
dynamic behaviour of a power system
A disturbance in power system can be:
1. Changes in active or/and reactive power at load bus bars;
2. Disconnection of a transmission line due to a fault;
3. Three-phase-to-ground fault at a certain point of a transmission line.

The power system will settle at a new operating point after a disturbance. The
dynamic behaviour of electrical signals, including voltage, frequency, power, etc,
from the original operating point to the new operating point is the transient
behaviour, i.e., the dynamic behaviour of the power system.
6. Slow and fast subsystems and DAE formulation

Faster Dynamics
Slower Dynamics
(Transmission and distribution
(All the generators)
network with all electrical loads)

𝑥 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑢) 0 = 𝑔(𝑥, 𝑢)

• We have a Differential Algebraic Equation (DAE) formulation of a power system.

• To solve the following DAE
𝑥 = 𝑓 𝑥, 𝑢 ,
0 = 𝑔 𝑥, 𝑢 ,
𝑥0 and 𝑢0 are required.
7. Computing the Initial Condition 𝒙𝟎 and 𝒖𝟎
Step 1: Use MATPOWER to find 𝑢0 .

Step 2: Solve
𝑓 𝑥, 𝑢0 = 0,
for 𝑥 and the solution is 𝑥0 .

• Use 𝑓𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒( ) command in MATLAB.

8. Dynamic simulation of a power system
9. Case study
We now consider an IEEE standard 9-bus system. The system initially operates at
steady state, and at 𝑡 = 2𝑠, the transmission line between bus 4 and bus 5 is
disconnected due to a fault. The rest of the system configuration remains the
same.
9. Case study
6. Slow and fast subsystems and DAE formulation

A practical power system, comprised of mechanical and electrical components, can

be considered as a constitution of two subsystems: a subsystem with fast dynamics
and a subsystem with slow dynamics.

Generators have rotating mechanical components which respond more slowly to

disturbances than electrical signals in the transmission networks which can change
much faster.

When modelling a power system, we use differential equations to describe the

behaviour of the subsystem with slower dynamics, and use algebraic equations to
describe the behaviour of the subsystem with faster dynamics.

We therefore have a Differential-Algebraic-Equation (DAE) formulation of a power

system.
6. Slow and fast subsystems and DAE formulation
A power system can thus be formulated with the following DAE compact form:

𝑥 = 𝑓 𝑥, 𝑢 ,
0=𝑔 𝑢 ,

where 𝑥 is the generator dynamic state vector, whereas 𝑢 represents the algebraic
variable vector.

Assuming the power system is initially operating at steady state, with MATPOWER,
we can obtain the initial algebraic variables, i.e., elements in 𝑢0 , then the initial
values of the dynamic states can be obtained by solving the following equations:

0 = 𝑓 𝑥, 𝑢0 ,

The solution of 𝑥, named 𝑥0 is the initial condition of the power system operating
at a particular steady state. In MATLAB, we make use of “𝑓𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒” command to
solve for the initial condition 𝑥0 .
7. Dynamic simulation of a power system
1. The initial steady state values of all the variables will remain unchanged until a
disturbance occurs.
2. Immediately after a perturbation, the function 𝑔 changes to a new function
𝑔∗ since the system configuration is different now.
3. The function 𝑓 remains unchanged as the structure of generators stays the
same.
4. The values of algebraic variables 𝑢 after the disturbance can be computed by
the solving the following equation:
0 = 𝑔∗ 𝑥0 , 𝑢 ,
where 𝑥0 is the pre-fault values of the states, which cannot change
instantaneously. The solution of the equation is 𝑢∗ .
5. Use (𝑥0 , 𝑢∗ ) as the initial condition to solve for the dynamic transience during
the faulty condition. Then the system evolves and eventually settles to a new
operating point.