EE369

POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS

Lecture 2
Complex Power, Reactive Compensation, Three Phase

Tom Overbye and Ross Baldick

1
 Reading and Homework

Read Chapters 1 and 2 of the text.

HW 1 is Problems 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8,
2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and Case
Study Questions a., b., c., d. from the text;
due Thursday 9/1.
HW 2 is Problems 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28,
2.29, 2.30, 2.32, 2.34, 2.35, 2.36, 2.38, 2.40,
2.41 (need to install PowerWorld); due
Thursday 9/8. 2
 Review of Phasors
Goal of phasor analysis is to simplify the analysis of constant
frequency ac systems:

v(t) = Vmax cos(wt + qv),

i(t) = Imax cos(wt + qI),
where:
• v(t) and i(t) are the instantaneous voltage and current as a
function of time t,
• w is the angular frequency (2πf, with f the frequency in Hertz),
• Vmax and Imax are the magnitudes of voltage and current sinusoids,
• qv and qI are angular offsets of the peaks of sinusoids from a
reference waveform.
Root Mean Square (RMS) voltage of sinusoid:

T
1 Vmax
V   v (t ) dt  , so Vmax  2 V .
2
T0 2 3
 Phasor Representation
Euler's Identity: e jq  cos q  j sin q ,

Phasor notation is developed by rewriting

using Euler's identity:
v (t )  2 V cos(wt  qV ),
v (t )  2 V Re  e j (wt qV )  .
(Note: V is the RMS voltage).
Given complex phasor (magnitude and angle),
we can determine sinusoidal waveform
(magnitude and phase) and vice versa. 4
Phasor Representation, cont’d
The RMS, cosine-referenced voltage phasor is:
V  V e jqV  V qV ,
jwt jqV
v (t )  Re 2 V e e ,
V  V cosqV  j V sin qV ,
I  I cosq I  j I sin q I .
• (Note: Some texts use “boldface” type for complex numbers, or
“bars on the top”.)
• Also note that the convention in power engineering is that the
magnitude of the phasor is the RMS voltage of the waveform:
• contrasts with circuit analysis. 5
 Advantages of Phasor Analysis
Device Time Analysis Phasor
Resistor v (t )  Ri (t ) V  RI
di (t )
Inductor v (t )  L V  jw LI
dt
t
1 1
Capacitor v (t )   i (t )dt  v (0) V  I
C0 jwC
Z = Impedance  R  jX  Z  , (Note: Z is a
R = Resistance, complex number but
X = Reactance, not a phasor).

R X ,
2 2 
 =arctan 
X .
Z = 
R 
6
 RL Circuit Example

v (t )  2 100cos(wt  30), so V  10030,

f  60Hz,
R  4, X  w L  2 fL  3,
Z  42  32  5,   tan 1 (3/ 4)  36.9,
V 10030
I   ,
Z 536.9
 20  6.9 Amps,
i (t )  20 2 cos(wt  6.9).
7
 Complex Power

Instantaneous Power :
p (t )  v(t ) i (t ),
v(t ) = Vmax cos(w t  qV ),
i (t) = I max cos(w t  q I ),
1
cos cos   [cos(   )  cos(   )],
2
1
p (t )  Vmax I max [cos(qV  q I ) 
2
cos(2w t  qV  q I )].
8
 Complex Power, cont’d
Instantaneous Power is sum of average and varying terms :
1
p (t )  Vmax I max [cos(qV  q I )  cos(2w t  qV  q I )],
2
T
1
Pavg 
T0 p (t )dt ,

1
 Vmax I max cos(qV  q I ),
2
 V I cos(qV  q I ),

Power Factor Angle =  =qV  q I .

9
 Complex Power, cont’d
Re - interpretation of instantaneous Power :
1
p (t )  Vmax I max [cos(qV  q I )  cos(2wt  qV  q I )],
2
1
 Vmax I max [cos(qV  q I )  cos(2wt  2qV  (qV  q I ))],
2
1
 Vmax I max [cos(qV  q I )  cos(2wt  2qV ) cos(qV  q I )]
2
Instantaneous power into resistive component
1
 Vmax I max sin(2wt  2qV ) sin(qV  q I ),
2
Instantaneous power into electric and magnetic fields
10
 Complex Power
S  V I  cos(qV  q I )  j sin(qV  q I ) ,
 P  jQ,
 V I *, (Note: S is a complex number but not a phasor.)
P = Real Power (W, kW, MW), = average of instantaneous
power into resistive load
Q = Reactive Power (VAr, kVAr, MVAr),
= magnitude of power into electric and magnetic fields,
S = Complex power (VA, kVA, MVA),
Power Factor (pf) = cos ,
If current leads voltage then pf is leading,
If current lags voltage then pf is lagging. 11
 Complex Power, cont’d

Power Triangle
|S|
Q


P
1  Q 
P
2
S  P Q 2
  tan pf 
 
P P2  Q2
P P
S  P  jQ S  
cos( ) pf
12
 Complex Power, cont’d
Relationships between real, reactive, and complex power:
P  S cos  ,

Q  S sin    S 1  pf 2 ,

Example: A load draws 100 kW with a leading pf of 0.85.

What are  (power factor angle), Q and S ?
   cos1 0.85  31.8, negative since
leading pf
100kW
S   117.6 kVA,
0.85
Q  117.6sin( 31.8)  62.0 kVAr.
Load consumes -62 kVAr, i.e. load supplies +62 kVAr  capacitive load 13
 Conservation of Power
At every node (bus) in the system:
– Sum of real power into node must equal zero,
– Sum of reactive power into node must equal zero.
This is a direct consequence of Kirchhoff’s
current law, which states that the total current
into each node must equal zero.
– Conservation of real power and conservation of
reactive power follows since S = VI*.

14
 Conservation of Power Example
Power flowing from
source to load at bus Earlier we found
I = 20-6.9 amps

S  V I *  10030  206.9  200036.9 VA,

= 1600W + j1200VAr
  36.9 pf = 0.8 lagging,
S R  VR I  ( RI ) I  4  20  6.9  206.9,
* *

2
PR  1600W  I R (QR  0),
S L  VL I *  ( jXI ) I *  3 j  20  6.9  206.9,
2
QL  1200VA r  I X, (PL  0). 15
 Power Consumption in Devices
Resistors only consume real power:
2
PResistor  I Resistor R,
Inductors only "consume" reactive power:
2
QInductor  I Inductor X L ,
Capacitors only "generate" reactive power:
2 1
QCapacitor   I Capacitor X C XC  .
wC
2
VCapacitor
QCapacitor   . (Note-some define X C negative.)
XC
16
 Example
First solve
basic circuit
I

400000 V
I   4000 Amps
1000 
V  400000  (5  j 40) 4000
 42000  j16000  44.920.8 kV
S  V I *  44.9k20.8 4000
 17.9820.8 MVA  16.8  j 6.4 MVA
17
 Example, cont’d
Now add additional
reactive power load
and re-solve, assuming
that load voltage is
maintained at 40 kV.

Z Load  70.7 pf  0.7 lagging

I  564  45 Amps
V  59.713.6 kV
S  33.758.6 MVA  17.6  j 28.8 MVA
Need higher source voltage to maintain load voltage magnitude when
reactive power load is added to circuit. Current is higher. 18
 Power System Notation
Power system components are usually shown as
“one-line diagrams.” Previous circuit redrawn.

17.6 MW 16.0 MW
28.8 MVR -16.0 MVR

59.7 kV 40.0 kV

17.6 MW
16.0 MW
28.8 MVR
16.0 MVR

Arrows are
Generators are Transmission lines are shown as used to
shown as circles a single line show loads

19
 Reactive Compensation
Key idea of reactive compensation is to supply reactive
power locally. In the previous example this can
be done by adding a 16 MVAr capacitor at the load.

16.8 MW 16.0 MW
6.4 MVR 0.0 MVR

44.94 kV 40.0 kV

16.8 MW
16.0 MW
6.4 MVR
16.0 MVR
16.0 MVR

Compensated circuit is identical to first example with just real power load.
Supply voltage magnitude and line current is lower with compensation.
20
Reactive Compensation, cont’d
 Reactive compensation decreased the line flow
from 564 Amps to 400 Amps. This has
advantages:
– Lines losses, which are equal to I2 R, decrease,
– Lower current allows use of smaller wires, or
alternatively, supply more load over the same wires,
– Voltage drop on the line is less.
 Reactive compensation is used extensively
throughout transmission and distribution
systems.
 Capacitors can be used to “correct” a load’s
power factor to an arbitrary value.
21
Power Factor Correction Example
Assume we have 100 kVA load with pf=0.8 lagging,
and would like to correct the pf to 0.95 lagging
1
S  80  j 60 kVA   cos 0.8  36.9
PF of 0.95 requires desired  cos 1 0.95  18.2
Snew  80  j (60  Qcap )
60 - Qcap
 tan18.2  60  Qcap  26.3 kVAr
80
Qcap  33.7 kVAr

22
Distribution System Capacitors

23
Balanced 3 Phase () Systems
 A balanced 3 phase () system has:
– three voltage sources with equal magnitude, but
with an angle shift of 120,
– equal loads on each phase,
– equal impedance on the lines connecting the
generators to the loads.
 Bulk power systems are almost exclusively 3.
 Single phase is used primarily only in low
voltage, low power settings, such as residential
and some commercial.
 Single phase transmission used for electric
trains in Europe.
24
Balanced 3 -- Zero Neutral Current

In  Ia  Ib  Ic
V
In  (10  1   1  
Z
S  Van I a*  Vbn I b*  Vcn I c*  3 Van I a*
Note: Vxy means voltage at point x with respect to point y.
25
 Advantages of 3 Power
Can transmit more power for same amount of
wire (twice as much as single phase).
Total torque produced by 3 machines is
constant, so less vibration.
Three phase machines use less material for
same power rating.
Three phase machines start more easily than
single phase machines.

26
Three Phase - Wye Connection
 There are two ways to connect 3 systems:
– Wye (Y), and
– Delta ().

Wye Connection Voltages

Van  V  
Vbn  V   
Vcn  V   

27
Wye Connection Line Voltages
Vcn Vab
Vca
-Vbn

Van
Vbn
(α = 0 in this case)
Vbc

Vab  Van  Vbn  V (1  1  120

 3 V   30 Line to line
voltages are
Vbc  3 V   90 also balanced.

Vca  3 V   150

28
 Wye Connection, cont’d
We call the voltage across each element of a
wye connected device the “phase” voltage.
We call the current through each element of a
wye connected device the “phase” current.
Call the voltage across lines the “line-to-line” or
just the “line” voltage.
Call the current through lines the “line” current.
j
VLine  3 VPhase 130  3 VPhase e 6

I Line  I Phase
S3  3 VPhase I Phase
* 29
 Delta Connection
For Delta connection,
voltages across elements
equals line voltages

For currents
Ic
Ica
I a  I ab  I ca
 3 I ab   
Ib Iab I b  I bc  I ab
Ibc
I c  I ca  I bc
Ia
S3  3 VPhase I Phase
*
30
 Three Phase Example
Assume a -connected load, with each leg Z =
10020, is supplied from a 3 13.8 kV (L-L) source

Vab  13.80 kV
Vbc  13.8 0 kV
Vca  13.80 kV
13.80 kV
I ab   138  20 amps
 
Ibc  138  140 amps I ca  1380 amps
31
 Three Phase Example, cont’d
I a  I ab  I ca  138  20  1380
 239  50 amps
I b  239  170 amps I c  2390 amps

S  3  Vab I ab
*
 3  13.80kV  138 amps
 5.7 MVA
 5.37  j1.95 MVA
pf  cos 20   lagging

32
 Delta-Wye Transformation
To simplify analysis of balanced 3 systems:
1) Δ-connected loads can be replaced by
1
Y-connected loads with Z Y  Z 
3
2) Δ-connected sources can be replaced by
VLine
Y-connected sources with Vphase 
330

33
 Delta-Wye Transformation Proof
-

Suppose the two sides have identical terminal behavior.

For the  side we get
Vab Vca Vab  Vca
Ia   
Z Z Z
Vab  Vca
Hence Z 
Ia 34
Delta-Wye Transformation, cont’d
For the Y side we get
Vab  ZY ( I a  I b ) Vca  ZY ( I c  I a )
Vab  Vca  ZY (2 I a  I b  I c )
Since Ia  Ib  Ic  0  Ia   Ib  Ic
Hence Vab  Vca  3 ZY I a
Vab  Vca
3 ZY   Z
Ia
1
Therefore ZY  Z
3
35
Three Phase Transmission Line

36