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-100 Maximum
-150 MVAR Load
-200 before collapse
0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1
Voltage (pu)
S7: QV Curves © 2014 PowerWorld Corporation 5
Example QV Curve
MVAR Deficiency
• If the QV curve does not cross the x-axis, this
means the system can not solve this case
250 There is no
200 Base Case
150 Operating Point
100
50
Q (Mvar)
0
Need more Mvar to
-50 come out of collapse
-100
0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1
Voltage (pu)
S7: QV Curves © 2014 PowerWorld Corporation 6
V-Q Sensitivities
• PV and QV curves require selection of specific
buses for analysis
• Unless known problems exist, the selection of
buses could exclude problem buses
• V-Q sensitivities can provide a more system-
wide view of stability
0
-10
-20
• Click Single
Three
One 0.99 pu
1.05 pu 31 MW 31 MW
57 MW 38 MW
Four
1.00 pu
40 MW
Solution
33 MW
20 MVR 28 MW 106 MW
56 MW 39 MW AGC ON
34 MW
Case Hourly Cost
Two 16961 $/hr
1.04 pu 27 MW
1 MW 108 MW
115% 103 MW Five
0.95 pu
0 MW
164 MW
AGC ON Top Area Cost
8095 $/hr 130 MW
200 MW 40 MVR
1 MW
0 MVR 0 MW 0 MW 0 MW
Six Seven
1.04 pu 0 MW 0 MW 1.04 pu
200 MW 200 MW
Left Area Cost 199 MW
AGC ON 0 MVR Right Area Cost
AGC ON
4184 $/hr 4683 $/hr
Angle (Deg)
-45
-50
-55
-60
-65
-70
-75
-80
-85
-90
120
of support at the
Q_sync (Mvar)
100
80
bus is needed in 60
order to have a
40
20