EE6501

Power System Analysis

Power Flow Analysis
Dr.P.Usha Rani , Professor/EEE
 EE 6501 POWER SYSTEM
ANALYSIS
UNIT II POWER FLOW ANALYSIS
Importance of power flow analysis in planning and operation of power
systems - statement of power flow problem - classification of buses -
development of power flow model in complex variables form - iterative
solution using Gauss-Seidel method - Q-limit check for voltage controlled
buses – power flow model in polar form - iterative solution using
Newton-Raphson method .
• A power flow study (load-flow study) is a steady-state
analysis whose target is to determine the voltages, currents,
and real and reactive power flows in a system under a given
load conditions.

• The purpose of power flow studies is to plan ahead and

account for various hypothetical situations. For example, if a
transmission line is be taken off line for maintenance, can
the remaining lines in the system handle the required loads
without exceeding their rated values.
 Load flow studies are one of the most important aspects of power
system planning and operation. The load flow gives us the sinusoidal
steady state of the entire system  voltages, real and reactive power
generated and absorbed and line losses

This is rather important as the magnitudes of the bus voltages

are required to be held within a specified limit. Once the bus voltage
magnitudes and their angles are computed using the load flow, the real
and reactive power flow through each line can be computed. Also based
on the difference between power flow in the sending and receiving ends,
the losses in a particular line can also be computed. Furthermore, from
the line flow we can also determine the over and under load conditions.

The steady state power and reactive powers supplied by a bus in a power
network are expressed in terms of nonlinear algebraic equations. We
therefore would require iterative methods for solving these equations.
Gauss
Seidal
method