1.Double click the icon of PowerWorld Simulator. Select File new case , a new file is open as in Fig.1.

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Fig.1 2. Insert the components either by selecting from Insert or using the quick shortcut on the left edge as in Fig.2 You can first add the bus, then the generator and load on the bus, and in the end connect each bus with the transmission line (or the transformer).

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3.Add BUS Insert Bus, and then left click the place where to put the bus, a diagram appears as Fig.3 Pay attention to the underlined parameters. The other parts relate to the display. Bus A Bus B

4. Add Generator

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5. Add Load

Fig.5 6. Add Transmission line (connect the two buses)

Fig.6 7. Then go to the Run Mode from the Edit Mode. Simulation play or pause. It is better to save case with the same name for both *.pwb and *.pwd.

8. Some tricks for display setting 8.1 When delta is greater than 0, the small control bar appears. The control bar can be used to change the parameter in Run Mode.

Fig.7 8.2 Change the display percent to get a better view.

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8.3 Click the right key , online display options can solve most display problems.

such as to make the flow arrow bigger.

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9. Examples for using the line data and bus data in the project 9.1 Example for Line 1-2 Set resistance, reactance and charging in p.u . The series Y isnt used here. There may be a little confusion. Y p.u instead of Y/2 p.u is used for the charging because PowerWorld simulator will do the division automatically.

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You can verify the parameter setting by going to Case information Y bus in Run mode, which should be exactly the same as your calculation by hand. (The parameters in in your project may be different from Fig. 12).

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9.2 Example for Bus 1 The unit for normal voltage is kV so there arent many zeros . A generator should be connected to Bus 1 since the slack bus is always the one connecting to the generator with the biggest capacity. This generator should have some kind of unlimited capacity so no specification is needed.

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9.3 Set PV bus Its the generator who can control the bus voltage, so you should go to the generator on bus 4 to set that bus as a PV bus as in Fig.15. And you can just set the MW output, Mvar output will be determined when you run the program.

Fig.15 9.4 Verify the base setting Go to Options/tools Solution/environment

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10. Case summary In the Run Mode, you can go to Case information report writer, select both Bus and Transmission line (CTRL key +left click), a nice table as Fig.17 is obtained after you click the Compile Report button.

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