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Load Flow and Y Bus

Electrical4u
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What Are Load Flow And Y Bus

Formation of Bus Admittance Matrix (Ybus)

load flow and y bus
S1, S2, S3 are net complex power injections into bus 1, 2, 3 respectively
y12, y23, y13 are line admittances between lines 1-2, 2-3, 1-3
y01sh/2, y02sh/2, y03sh/2 are half-line charging
admittance between lines 1-2, 1-3 and 2-3

The half-line charging admittances connected to the same bus are at same potential and thus can be combined into one

load flow and y bus

If we apply KCL at bus 1, we have

Where, V1, V2, V3 are voltage values at bus 1, 2, 3 respectively

Where,

Similarly by applying KCL at buses 2 and 3 we can derive the values of I2 and I3
Finally we have


In general for an n bus system

Some observations on YBUS matrix:

  1. YBUS is a sparse matrix

  2. Diagonal elements are dominating

  3. Off diagonal elements are symmetric

  4. The diagonal element of each node is the sum of the admittances connected to it

  5. The off diagonal element is negated admittance

Development of Load Flow Equations

The net complex power injection at bus i is given by:

Taking conjugate

Substituting the value of Ii in equation (2)

To derive the static load flow equation in polar form in equation (4) substitute

On substitution of the above values equation (4) becomes

In equation (5) on multiplication of the terms angles get added. Let’s denotefor convenience
Therefore equation (5) becomes

Expansion of equation (6) into sine and cosine terms gives

Equating real and imaginary parts we get

Equations (7) and (8) are the static load flow equations in polar form. The above obtained equations are non-linear algebraic equations and can be solved using iterative numerical algorithms.
Similarly to obtain
load flow equations in rectangular form in equation (4) substitute

On substituting above values into equation (4) and equating real and imaginary parts we get

Equations (9) and (10) are static load flow equations in rectangular form.

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