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 Durreesamin Journal(ISSN:2204-9827)
February Vol3 Issue1,Year2017

Power Flow Analysis using Power World Simulator

Umair Shahzad

(Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering,

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Email: umairshahzada@hotmail.com)

Abstract
The importance of power flow analysis cannot be overrated. In the scope of Electrical Power
Engineering, it is very vital for the utility as well as the consumer to know about several
electrical quantities including voltages and power flows regarding power systems. This paper
successfully uses Power World Simulator software to carry out load flow analysis on a typical
large power system. The results can be used to apply on a much more complex system consisting
of several loads and variety of power generation sources including synchronous and induction
generators.

Keywords: power flow analysis, power systems, voltages, Power world simulator

1. Introduction are carried out using Newton-Raphson

Power flow analysis is a vital component of
power systems. Without it, complete
description of power systems is not possible.
It can be used to monitor voltages, active
and reactive power flows at various
locations including bus bars in the power
system. Moreover, active and reactive losses
in transmission lines can be found. In short,
we can check the overall condition of the
system to confirm whether it is operating in
healthy state or not. Many commercial
computer softwares are available to carry
out load flow studies and simulations. This
paper has utilized Power World Simulator
due to its lucid attractive features. From
theoretical point of view, load flow
calculations are mostly carried out using
various methods such as Gauss-Seidel,
Newton Raphson and Decoupled iteration
method. In this paper, load flow calculations
power flow iteration method as it is much
more efficient in terms of accuracy as
compared to other methods. Moreover, its
computational time is much less and is
utterly autonomous of the size of power
network.
2. The Power System
The test system utilised in this paper
consists of 16 buses. It is a real power
network linking some areas in USA. The 16
bus test system which shall be used to carry
out the load flow analysis is shown in Figure
1. It must be noted, however, that we can
change the buses to any number depending
on the type and size of power system to be
analysed.
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Figure 1 The 16 bus test system

Figure 3 One-line diagram of 16 bus

Figure 2 and Figure 3 shows the required power system for load flow analysis
input data and diagram obtained after load
flow respectively.

Figure 4 Power system after load flow

Figure 2 Line-Transformer Input Data analysis
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3. Load Flow Analysis Results
The network was simulated according to the
data in Figure 2. Bus voltages and angles
(after carrying out the power flow) are
shown besides each bus on Figure 4.
Loading of lines can also be observed, for
instance, the transformer between Bus 2 and
15 is at 89% of its MVA capacity and
similarly, transmission line between Bus 15
and 16 is heavily loaded (about 89% of its
current rating). The data obtained after
simulation in table form are shown below.

Number Name Area Name Nom kV PU Volt Volt (kV) Angle (Deg)
1 1 1 345 1 345 0
2 2 1 230 0.99184 228.123 -2.2
3 3 1 13.8 1.03 14.214 1.41
4 4 1 230 1.01814 234.173 -0.64
5 5 1 115 1.00563 115.647 -3.34
6 6 1 230 1.01106 232.545 -1.86
7 7 1 115 1.00876 116.008 -3.07
8 8 1 230 1.0214 234.921 -0.74
9 9 1 13.8 1.05 14.49 3.66
10 10 1 230 1.03718 238.551 1.1
11 11 1 230 1.01741 234.004 -1.71
12 12 1 230 1.00905 232.082 -3.37
13 13 1 69 0.97894 67.547 -5.49
14 14 1 69 0.95244 65.719 -9.21
15 15 1 115 0.96343 110.794 -5.2
16 16 1 115 0.84318 96.966 -21.09

Number of Bus Name of Bus Area Name of Load Zone Name of Load ID Status MW Mvar

3 3 1 1 2 Closed 10 55

5 5 1 1 1 Closed 75 15

7 7 1 1 4 Closed 90 20

9 9 1 1 3 Closed 15 4

13 13 1 1 6 Closed 50 2

14 14 1 1 5 Closed 35 3

16 16 1 1 7 Closed 150 20
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4. Conclusion and Future Work

This paper used Power World Simulator
software to evaluate load flow parameters
like bus and load voltages. A large power
system consisting of 16 buses was simulated
to realize the importance of load flow issues.
A lot of work has recently been going on
load flow by various researchers and this
area needs much more standing. The most
important piece of information obtained
from the load flow calculation analysis is the
voltage profile of the power system. If
voltage varies greatly over the system, large
reactive power flows (MVARs) will take
place in the system This, in effect, will cause
augmented active power losses and, in
extreme cases, an increased prospect of
system voltage collapse. When a specific
bus has an inadmissibly low voltage, the
normal practice is to mount capacitor banks
to provide reactive compensation to the
load. In short, load flow studies are used to
find out how much reactive power
reimbursement should be applied at a
particular bus, to bring its voltage up or
down to its rated value level. If new power
transmission lines or additional distribution
transformers are to be appended to the
power system, a load flow study will
establish how it will terminate overloads on
any two adjacent lines.

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