UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

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Engineering and Science

Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering

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Lecturer

UEEA 3383
Wind and Solar Power
Engineering
Ms Wong Jianhui/
Prof. Lim Yun Seng

201501

Exercise 1 Basic System Modeling and Data Input

In this exercise, you will start using the basic concept of Digsilent. First of all, you need to define a small
110 kV network on the basis of an existing equipment types library.
1. Define a new project and name it, Lab 1 exercise
2. Make the graphic layer Background visible by clicking () and in the configuration tab, select
the file PF _Seminar_110_kV.wmf as the background image.
3. Draw the grid according to Figure 1.1.
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a. Select an object in the drawing toolbox, start with a busbar or terminal

b. Move to the drawing area. Position the element using left click. Drag the element in case
you want to reposition.
c. Connect a branch/load/generator by clicking on a busbar/terminal
d. Double click an element to open its dialog. Choose Select project type to jump to the
local, project specific, type-library.
Place the single and double busbar system (substations) on the drawing area.
Rename the substation to ST-1, ST-2 and ST-3
Place a simple Terminal as connection node of the External Grid (380 kV level). Set up the
nominal voltage correctly.
Use also Terminals for the nodes between generators and transformers.
Enter the lines between the busbars of the substations and set the correct type as well as length for
the lines.
Add the transformers, generators and external grid.
Create the line types, Al/St 185/30 and Al/St 150/50 according to Table 1-1. The transformer
types T-380/110-150 MVA and T-110/10-60 MVA according to Table 1-2. The generator
according to Table 1-3 in the Equipment Type Library.

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Figure 1-1 Single line diagram

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Exercise 2 Load Flow Analysis

In this exercise, you will check the network that you have entered graphically by starting load-flow
analysis. As soon as you have a valid result, you will learn how you can analyze these results.

2.1 Load Flow Calculation

1. Start a load flow calculation.
2. Check for errors and warnings in the output window and correct problems if there are any.

2.2 Result Analysis

1. Display direction arrows according to the active power flow in the single line diagram ().
2. View the values in the result boxes.
3. Add the voltage deviation, du in the result boxes of the busbars/ nodes.
Tips:
a. Right click a result box, select edit format. Click on select variables to add/ remove
the parameters to be showed in the result box.
2.3 Reports
1. Create ASCII-report for the Area Summary.
2. Save the report that is displayed in the output window in a text file.
Tips:
a. ASCII report can be created by pressing the
(output calculation analysis) button on the
main menu. This will bring a selection window in which you can select a report. Many
reports have various options which you can set. The report selection window also shows the
report definition which will be used for the selected report. Press Execute to generate report
to the output window.
b. It is possible to compare one calculation with another. A good practice to press
button
after the first calculation is finished. This will save all visible results.
c. You can start a second calculation and third calculation and etc. Press the
to define what
you want to see in terms of absolute or relative differences between various calculation.

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2.4 Create Voltage Profiles
1. Calculate a load flow.
2. Select one element contained in the feeder Feeder ST-1
3. Right click on this element and select Output Data Show Voltage Profile to create a
voltage profile plot for this feeder definition.
2.5 Feeder Load Scaling with Load Curves
In exercise 1, you have used a fixed load value to scale the feeder. In reality, the load demand of a feeder
may vary with time. In this section, Digsilent allows you to define the load characteristics.
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Double click on the selected load.

Right click on the active power column and create new characteristics.
Select Parameter Characteristic - Vector
Create the time scale in the equipment type library-scale.
Create the load profile as shown in Table 2-1.
Apply the load curve to the selected load and calculate the load flow.

Table 2-1 Load profile for a day