
ffi#ilfl,.l.i| 
Mod".n 
Po*"t 
sv"ttt 
An"lvtit
I
"Ihe 
load 
flow 
problem 
can 
now 
be 
fully 
defined 
as follows:
Assume 
a 
certain 
nominal 
bus 
load 
configuration. 
Specify 
P6i+ 
iQci 
at all
the 
pQbuses 
(this 
specifies 
P, 
+ 
iQi 
at 
these 
buses); 
specify 
Pcr 
(this 
specifies
P,) 
and 
lV,l 
at all 
the 
PV buses. 
Also 
specify 
lVll 
and 
6, 
(= 
0) 
at the 
slack 
bus'
T.L,,- r-  .,--iolrlac  nf thp rrer-fnr u ere snecifie.d  The  2n SLFE  can now  be 
solved
(iteratively) 
to 
determine 
the 
values 
of 
the 
2n 
vanables 
of 
the 
vector 
x
comprising 
voltages 
and 
angles 
at the 
PQ buses, 
reactive 
powers and 
angles 
at
fhe 
pV 
buses 
and 
active 
and 
reactive 
powers 
at the 
slack 
bus. 
The 
next 
logical
step 
is 
to 
comPute 
line 
flows.'
So 
far 
we have 
presented, 
the 
methods 
of assembling 
a Yeus 
matrix 
and 
load
flow 
equations 
and 
have 
defined 
the 
load 
flow 
problern 
in its 
genpral form 
with
definitions 
of 
various 
types 
of 
buses. 
It 
has been 
demonstrated 
that 
load 
flow
equations, 
being 
essentially 
non-linear 
algebraic 
equations, 
have 
to be 
solved
through 
iterative 
numerical 
techniques. 
Section 
6.5 
presents 
some 
of  the
algorithms 
which 
are 
used 
for 
load 
flow 
solutions 
of 
acceptable 
accuracy 
for
systems 
of 
practical 
size.
At 
the 
cost 
of 
solution 
accuracy, 
it  is 
possible 
to  linearize 
load flo-w
equations 
by 
making 
suitable 
assumptions 
and 
approximations 
so 
that 
f'ast 
and
eiplicit 
solutions 
become 
possible. 
Such 
techniques 
have 
value 
particularly for
planning 
studies, 
where 
load 
flow 
solutions 
have 
to 
be carried 
out 
repeatedly
but 
a 
high 
degree 
of 
accuracy 
is not 
needed.
An 
Approximate 
Load 
Flow 
Solution
Let 
us 
make 
the 
following 
assumptions 
and 
approximations 
in the 
load 
flow
Eqs. 
(6.27) 
and 
(6.28). 
'
(i)  Line 
resistances 
being 
smaii 
are 
rreglecie,C 
(shiint conductance 
of overhead
lines 
is always 
negligible), 
i.e. 
P7, 
the 
active 
power loss 
of 
the system 
is
zero. 
Thus 
in 
Eqs. 
(6'21) 
and 
(6.28) 
1it 
= 
90' 
and 
1ii 
- 
- 
90o 
'
(ii) 
(6, 
- 
6r) 
is small 
(< 
r/6) 
so 
that 
sin 
(6, 
- 
6o) 
= 
(6r 
- 
6r). 
This 
is 
justified
from 
considerations 
of 
stability 
(see 
Chapter 
72)'
(iii) AII 
buses 
other 
than 
the 
slack 
bus 
(numbered 
as 
bus 
1) are 
PV 
buses, 
i.e.
voltage 
magnitucles 
at 
all the 
buses 
including 
the 
slack 
bus 
are 
specified.
Equations 
(6.27) 
and 
(6.28) 
then 
reduce 
to
Pi 
=lVil
lvkl 
lYikl 
(6i 
- 
6r); 
i 
= 
2,3, 
..., 
n
(6.37)
n
et=- 
'u,' 
E 
rvkrlyikr 
cos 
(6,- 
6u) 
+rv,r2 
ry,,r; 
i 
= 
r,2,..., 
n 
(6.39)
Since 
lv,ls 
are 
specified, 
Eq. 
(6.37) 
represents 
a  set 
of 
linear 
algebraic
equationi 
in 6,s 
r,vhich 
are 
(n 
- 
l) 
in 
number 
as 
6, 
is 
specified 
at the 
slack 
bus
(6, 
= 
0). 
The 
nth 
equation 
corresponding 
to 
slack 
bus 
(n 
= 
l) 
is 
redundant 
as
the 
reat 
power 
injected 
at this 
bus 
is now 
fully 
specified 
as
Wffi
nn
Pr 
= 
.I 
Po,- 
D 
Po,; (Pr= 
0). 
Equations 
(6.37) 
can 
be 
solved 
explicirly
i:2 
i:2
(non-iteratively) 
for 
62, 
61, 
..., 
d, 
which, 
when 
substituted 
in 
Eq. 
(6.3g), 
yields
madehaveo..ouiLii*i;:;ffi 
,"(;:;'iLT,",",T:,:T:J"#il-,1',T,7
simultaneously 
but 
can 
be 
solved 
sequentially 
[solution 
of 
Eq. 
(6.3g) 
follows
immediately 
upon 
simurtaneous 
sorution 
of 
Eq. 
(6.37)). 
Since 
the 
sorution 
is
non-iterative 
and 
the 
dimension 
is 
retlucecr 
to 
(rr-l) 
from 
Zrt, 
it 
is
computationally 
highly 
economical.
consider 
the 
four-bus 
sample 
system 
of 
Fig. 
6.6 
wherein 
line 
reactances 
are
indicated 
in pu. 
Line 
resistances 
are 
considerld 
negligible. 
The 
magnitude 
of 
all
the 
four 
bus 
vortages 
are 
specified 
to 
be 
r.0 pu. 
itJuu, 
powersLe 
specified
in 
the 
table 
below:
53=- 
2 
+7O,
--r 
J
j0.15
jo.2
iP,ts
lVzl= 
'l.o
.S.= I  + i^
,,-. 
- 
I 
Uz
Fig. 
6.6 
Four-bus 
lossless 
sample 
system
2
Real
demand
Reactive
demand
Real
generation
Reactive
generatrcn
1
2
3
4
Por 
= 
1.0 
Qot 
= 
0.5
Poz 
= 
7.0 
Qoz 
= 
0.4
Poz 
= 
2.0 
Qoz 
= 
1.0
Poq 
= 
2.0 
Qoq 
= 
7.0
061 
(unspecified)
Q62 
(unspecified)
O63 
(unspecified)
06a 
(unspecified)
Pcl 
='-
Pcz 
= 
4'0
Pct=o
Pcq=o
n
\-
,/--r
k:1
Figure 
6.6 
indicates 
bus 
injections 
fbr 
the 
data 
specified 
in 
the 
table.
As 
bus 
voltages 
are 
specified, 
all 
the 
buses 
must 
have 
controllable 
e 
sources.
Il_r::t:: 
"_bviyus 
from 
the 
data 
rhar 
buses 
3 
and 
4 
have 
onry 
e 
sources. 
Further,
slnce 
ffie 
system 
is 
assumeci 
lossless, 
the 
real 
power 
generation 
at 
bus 
I 
is
known 
a 
priori 
to 
be
Pct 
= 
Por 
* 
Poz 
* 
pot 
* 
poo_ 
pcz 
= 
2.0 
pu
Therefore, 
we 
have 
7 
unknowns 
instead 
of 
2 
x 
4 
= 
8 
unknowns. 
In 
the 
present
problem 
the 
unknown 
state 
and 
control 
variables 
are 
{, 
e, 
60, 
ect, 
ecz, 
ecz
and 
Qc+.