Load Flow Analysis
Load Flow Analysis
Load Flow Analysis
Group Members:
Name ID
1. Maju Ahmed Shipon: 202116035
2. Masud Rana : 202116040
3. Taushif : 202116133
1. INTRODUCTION:
Load flow analysis is one of the basic power system analyses in the stage of planning, design and operation
of power systems. This is used to calculate the steady state performance of the system under various possible
operating conditions and study the effects of changes in equipment configuration. The load flow studies are
a very important part of power system analysis. It helps in planning, economic scheduling, and control of an
existing power system. In the solution of power flow, the system is assumed to operate under balanced
conditions. The system is represented in form of single line diagram. The solution is obtained in terms of the
magnitudes and phase angle of voltages at each bus, real, and reactive power flowing through the lines.
Power flow calculations are done with the help of various iterative methods such as Gauss-Seidel method,
Newton-Raphson method and Fast Decoupled method. In this study, power flow analysis is performed for 5-
bus system under three phase fault conditions. The results are obtained with the help of MATLAB. Three
phase fault is applied at the load bus. Obtained results are compared with normal operating conditions. This
gives system behavior under fault conditions
2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
Newton Raphson Method is an iterative technique for solving a set of various nonlinear equations with an
equal number of unknowns. In this paper polar coordinate form is used. As shown in figure the current
entering at bus is given by equation.
Complex power at bus is . This equation can be rewritten in terms of the bus admittance
power at bus is
Flow Chart:
3. Tools Used
i. ETAP
ii. MATLAB
4. CASE STUDY:
Power systems analysis is a critical part of any transmission or distribution system. In this paper load flow
calculations from provided data on a 5-bus system and the results were obtained using MATLAB and ETAB.
Simulator Figure below represent 5 bus power system network and related information on 5 bus systems are
shown in tables.
Problem No 1. Perform load flow studies of the power system of Fig. 1 to identify slack bus (Bus no. 1)
power and bus voltages (Bus no. 2 to Bus no. 3). Compute line flows and line losses also.
Solution:
Table: 3
Bus Voltage
Bus Voltage
Bus number
pu Deg (x+jy)
1 1 0 1.000+j0.000
Table: 4
Bus Number Line Flow (MW+jMVar) Line Loss (MW+jMVar)
2. Verify the results obtained in Task no. 1 by writing a Matlab code adopting any load flow analysis
method.
Solution :
Coding in Matlab:
% Load Flow Analysis of 5-Bus System
% Taushif, Maju, Masud
% 202116133, 202116035, 202116040
close all
clear all
clc
basemva = 100; accuracy = 0.001; accel = 1.8; maxiter = 100;
% Line code
% Bus bus R X 1/2 B = 1 for lines
% nl nr p.u. p.u. p.u. > 1 or < 1 tr. tap at bus nl
linedata=[1 2 0.02 0.06 0.03 1
1 3 0.08 0.24 0.025 1
2 3 0.06 0.18 0.02 1
2 4 0.06 0.18 0.02 1
2 5 0.04 0.12 0.015 1
3 4 0.01 0.03 0.01 1
4 5 0.08 0.24 0.025 1];
% This program obtains th Bus Admittance Matrix for power flow solution
j=sqrt(-1); i = sqrt(-1);
nl = linedata(:,1); nr = linedata(:,2); R = linedata(:,3);
X = linedata(:,4); Bc = j*linedata(:,5); a = linedata(:, 6);
nbr=length(linedata(:,1)); nbus = max(max(nl), max(nr));
Z = R + j*X; y= ones(nbr,1)./Z; %branch admittance
for n = 1:nbr
if a(n) <= 0 a(n) = 1; else end
Ybus=zeros(nbus,nbus); % initialize Ybus to zero
% formation of the off diagonal elements
for k=1:nbr;
Ybus(nl(k),nr(k))=Ybus(nl(k),nr(k))-y(k)/a(k);
Ybus(nr(k),nl(k))=Ybus(nl(k),nr(k));
end
end
% formation of the diagonal elements
for n=1:nbus
for k=1:nbr
if nl(k)==n
Ybus(n,n) = Ybus(n,n)+y(k)/(a(k)^2) + Bc(k);
elseif nr(k)==n
Ybus(n,n) = Ybus(n,n)+y(k) +Bc(k);
else, end
end
end
clear Pgg
end
if converge ~= 1
tech= (' ITERATIVE SOLUTION DID NOT CONVERGE'); else,
tech=(' Power Flow Solution by Newton-Raphson Method');
end
V = Vm.*cos(delta)+j*Vm.*sin(delta);
deltad=180/pi*delta;
i=sqrt(-1);
k=0;
for n = 1:nbus
if kb(n) == 1
k=k+1;
S(n)= P(n)+j*Q(n);
Pg(n) = P(n)*basemva + Pd(n);
Qg(n) = Q(n)*basemva + Qd(n) - Qsh(n);
Pgg(k)=Pg(n);
Qgg(k)=Qg(n); %june 97
elseif kb(n) ==2
k=k+1;
S(n)=P(n)+j*Q(n);
Qg(n) = Q(n)*basemva + Qd(n) - Qsh(n);
Pgg(k)=Pg(n);
Qgg(k)=Qg(n); % June 1997
end
yload(n) = (Pd(n)- j*Qd(n)+j*Qsh(n))/(basemva*Vm(n)^2);
end
busdata(:,3)=Vm'; busdata(:,4)=deltad';
Pgt = sum(Pg); Qgt = sum(Qg); Pdt = sum(Pd); Qdt = sum(Qd); Qsht = sum(Qsh);
Table 5:
Table 6:
Table 7:
Table 8:
Solution :
i. Problem:
Adding one extra load as lump-5 at Bus-bar 4. We set 90% as undervoltage. So, we can see warning
sign in bus bus-bars.
Solution:
We solve the problem by adding one capacitor at bus-bar 4. The rating of the capacitor is given below. The
red warning signs at the bus-bars are removed. Thus, the problem is solved.
4. If the power flow through the transmission line (2-5) is to be made 75% of the normal condition, what
should be the steps that can be adopted to do it? Implement any of them to do this job.
Solution:
From the solution of problem-1, we get the power flow through the transmission line (2-5) is 56 MW.
75% of 56 = 42
So, we need to bring the power flow to 42 MW.
To solve the problem we increase the impedance of Z4. Then the value decreased from 56 MW to 42 MW.
The rating of Z4 is shown below.
DISCUSSION:
1. Load flow analysis is an essential tool for power system planning, operation, and control. It helps ensure
that the system operates within acceptable limits and facilitates decision-making for system expansion,
reactive power compensation, and load shedding, among other applications.
2. A 5-bus system typically focuses on steady-state analysis and may not incorporate dynamic modeling of
system components Dynamic phenomena like transient stability, voltage stability, and control system response
are not adequately represented in such a simplified system. Therefore, dynamic effects and their associated
challenges cannot be properly studied or analyzed.
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