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11. FORMULATION
OF LOSS MINIMIZATION
that is,
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OF Loss
111. EXAMPLE MINIMIZATION is changed by the series capacitance. Accordingly, after the
The procedure for calculating the series reactance change of power flow direction, the rule stated above holds
amount to minimize the power transmission loss is demon- good. Thus, once the value of A P is calculated, whether
strated using the simple power system with a single loop variable reactance in each line is inductive or capacitive is
connection shown in Fig. 2. estimated correctly. Here, it is observed that the capaci-
tance installed in series with line 1-2 is much larger than
the line reactance, which should not be a feasible solution.
In order to verify the results the total loss is evaluated by
.PL ~3.0 changing each line reactance step by step, which is carried
out by the ac power flow calculation. The result is shown
in Fig. 3 in cases that the reactance of lines 2-3 and 1-3
are changed, respectively.
PY.0
+Loss 0 initial value
Fig. 2. A model power system composed only by a closed path.
... .,. ... ... .
Fig.2 as a 154 [kV] and 100 [MVA] base. The initial line
power flows are P12 o = 0.43334[Pu], P23 o = 1.39843[Pu]
and Pi3 0 = 1.65036[Pu], each of which is represented as
an averaged value between the power flowing into and out
from the line since there is a transmission loss in each line. Fig. 3. Variation of power transmission loss for different values of
The total power transmission loss is 9.943 [MW] before variable reactance in series with line 2-3 and in series with line
1-3, respectively.
applying the variable series reactance.
The loss equation is represented by
It is confirmed that the loss minimum solution are cor-
L = r12(P12 o + AP)2/(V~V2) rectly calculated by the proposed method. Note that the
f T23(p23 0 +Ap)2/(v2%) minimum value of loss is slightly different from each other,
although the minimum solution anticipated by the pro-
+ r13(p31 0 + AP)2/(V3V1)i
posed method, is independent of the location of variable
where P31 0 = -Pi3 0. The optimal solution reactance, which is caused by the approximation error in
given by (1).
IV. AUGMENTATION OF VOLTAGE STABILITY
As shown in the example of loss minimization in the pre-
vious section, every line in the closed-path is available as a
location of variable reactance as long as the reactance is not
too large. The best location can be selected by evaluating
The solution of A P is -0.59281pu1, which can be re- another factor; for example, the system stabilities. Here,
alized by the variable series reactance of line 1-2 with the criteria to enhance the voltage stability is evaluated.
0x12 = -1.1086[Pu], line 2-3 with Ax23 = 0.2169[pu] or The voltage stability margin at each load bus can be eval-
line 1-3 with Ax13 = -O.O78O[pu]. The reactance installed uated by the method presented in [8]. In this paper every
in series with the line 2-3 is inductive, while the others are possible variable reactance satisfying the loss minimization
capacitive. Whether the series reactance is inductive or can be obtained, whose effectiveness on the augmentation
capacitive generally depends on the relation between the of voltage stability is evaluated through the variation of
direction of A P and the direction of line power flow. For voltage stability margin [8]. Thus, the best location to en-
example, the direction of power flow in line 1-3 coincides hance the weakest bus is determined.
with the direction of AP. In this case the variable reac- Fig. 4 shows the variations of P-V curve when the 0.217
tance should be capacitive to increase the line power flow. [pu] inductance is installed in series with line 2-3 and when
The case of line 1-2 seems to be an exception. Here, it the 0.078 [pu] capacitance is installed in series with line 1-3,
should be noted that the amount of initial power transac- respectively in the power system of Fig.2. In these cases all
tion on line 1-2 is small and that the direction of power flow generation power and load demand are changed with the
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same rate represented by K . It is demonstrated that the 3-4 at 0.037 [pu] to enhance the voltage stability of bus
series capacitance gains the voltage stability while the se- 4 at the same time with preserving the condition of loss
ries inductance loses the voltage stability as it is generally minimization.
stated. Thus, after the location and the amount of series The voltage stability is evaluated in the P-V curve shown
capacitance to achieve the loss minimization is evaluated, in Fig.6, where all the generator power and the load de-
the assignment of series capacitance is determined by eval- mand are changed at the same rate represented by K .
uating the voltage stability margin at each load bus so as The maximum value of static voltage stability has been
to augment the stability of bus with the minimum stability increased about 50 [%].
margin.
-onginal stak
--
- -installation of capacitance in line 1-2
-
- original state installahon of capacitance lines 1-2 and 3 4
i
-
a
0.8
0.6
33 0.4
0.2
0
- 0 . 2 " " ' " ~ " ' ' ' " ' " ' " ' ~
0 1 2 3 4 5
K
Fig. 6 . Comparison of P-V curves for different assignment of series
capacitance; total transmission loss is same in both capacitance
Fig. 4. Comparison of P-V curves for different locations of vari-
able reactance; total transmission loss is same in both reactance assignment case.
installation cases.
The dynamic performances of model system has been
simulated. The loads at buses 2 and 4 are represented by
v. NUMERICALEXAMPLE an induction motor model. The load demand at the critical
First, the proposed method is illustrated using a single- bus is increased with an amount of 0.5 jO.O5[pu] power +
loop model power system with two load buses and two gen- at t=1.0 [s] as a disturbance. Fig.7 shows the voltage dy-
erator buses shown in Fig.5. namics at buses 2 and 4 when the series capacitance is not
installed, which shows that the voltage becomes unstable
due t o the instability of bus 2 when K = 1.14. The system
with 0.089 [pu] series capacitance in line 1-2 keeps the volt-
age stability when K is less than 1.36 (see Fig. 8). Note
that the instability is due to not bus 2 but bus 4. The sys-
0.0077 tem with distributed series capacitance of 0.066 [pu] in line
1-2 and 0.037 [pu] in line 3-4 is most effectively stabilized,
which is stable when K is less than 1.56 (see Fig.9). Both
buses 2 and 4 lose the voltage stability almost at the same
time, which implies that the the stability margin at bus
Fig. 5. A model power system composed of single loop transmission
lines with two generator buses and two load buses. 2 is almost same as that at bus 4 as it is expected in the
process of capacitance assignment.
Next, the power system model shown in Fig.10 is used
The procedure to obtain the loss minimum A P is the t o demonstrate the proposed method, which has been used
same as that for the system in Fig.2. The calculated value in the studies t o minimize the power transmission loss by a
of A P is 0.824 [pu], where the defined direction of A P is phase shifter control [6], [7]. The initial total power trans-
shown in Fig.5. The series capacitance t o satisfy the power mission loss is 5.71 IMVV].
increment is 0.089 [pu] of line 1-2 or 0.266 [pu] of line 3-4, The number of nodes TI = 5 and the number of lines m =
which decrease the power transmission loss from 0.315 [pu] 7. Therefore, the number of closed-paths 1 = m-n+ 1 = 3.
to 0.283 [pu]. On the other hand, the bus with the min- The increments of three loop power flows are defined as
imum voltage stability margin is bus 2. The capacitance APl,AP2 and AP3 shown in Fig. 11.
installed in series with line 1-2 is more effective for the volt- The equation of loss is represented by
age stability of bus 2. Thus, the capacitance of 0.089 [pu]
is installed in series with line 1-2. As a result, however, the
bus with the minimum voltage stability margin has been
moved to bus 4. Here, two divided units of capacitance is
installed in series with line 1-2 at 0.066 [pu] and with line
7 22
0.45+j0.15 0.4+j0.05
>
0 2 4 6 8 l$me[sj2 14
(a) K=1.12
O.wO.3
p12 0
1
0.95
0.9 t
0 2 4 6 8 1 0 1 2 1 4
(a) K=1.34 time [SI
1 ~ 1 1 1 1 / 1 , 1 , , 1 / / 1 ~ , , , 1 / , , 1 1 / 1
Fig. 11. Setting of power flow increment in each closed path.
^.
0.95 ............. ............. ..................: ..... ..........1I.. .............
(b) K=l.36
8. Dynamic performances of bus voltages with a series capaci- The loss minimum solution is obtained by solving the
tance installed in line 1-2 at K = 1.34 and a t K = 1.36. third-order simultaneous equation
aL aL aL
= 0, -= o , -- - 0.
a AP I aAP2 a AP3
Accordingly, the solution set that AP, = 0.0357, AP2 =
0.0940, AP3 = -0.2595, is derived. For example, s u p
pose that variable reactance units are installed in lines
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1-2, 2-3 and 2-5. The solution set is given as A212 =
(a) K=1.54 time [SI
-O.O86[Pu], Ax23 = 0.394[pzL] and Ax25 = 0.561. As a
, , I , , , , , I , , , / ,
result of the control, the total power transmission loss is
c
....... ........................................
reduced to 4.73 [MW].
Next, the combination of variable reactance to augment
the voltage stability is evaluated. By evaluating the direc-
-;0 . 0 - ............................................... tion of the loop power increments and the direction of each
0.75 ...........i................................... line power flow, the lines with which series capacitance is
0.71," 1 1 installed in series, can be selected. In case of the model
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
time [SI power system in Fig.10 they are line 1-2 , line 2-4 and
(b) K=1.56
line 4-5. To avoid too much capacitor compensation the
Fig. 9. Dynamic performances of bus voltages with series capaci- amount of capacitor is limited to 70 % of line reactance.
tances installed in lines 1-2 and 3-4at K = 1.54 and at K = 1.56. In this case the series inductance installed in other lines
should be assigned to satisfy the loss minimum power flows.
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