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DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2019/2020

FIFTH YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

EEE5107: POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS I


DATE: AUGUST 2019 TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of five questions. Answer QUESTION ONE and any other two
questions.
2. All workings must be clearly shown.

QUESTION ONE – (30 MARKS)


a) Power flow studies are the backbone of power system analysis and design. Using
examples explain the validity of this statement. (8 marks)
b) Use Gauss- Seidel method to find the solution of the following equations
𝑥1 + 𝑥1 𝑥2 = 10
𝑥1 + 𝑥2 = 6
With the following initial estimates;
(0) (0)
𝑥1 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥2 = 2
(𝑘) (𝑘)
Continue iterations until |∆𝑥1 | and |∆𝑥2 | are less than 0.001 (8 marks)
c) Consider the following equations:
𝑥12 − 2𝑥1 − 𝑥2 = 3
𝑥12 + 𝑥22 = 41
(0) (0)
With the initial estimates of 𝑥1 = 2 and 𝑥2 = 3, Write a MATLAB program to find

the solutions of the above equations by Newton-Raphson method. The program should
prompt the user to input the initial estimates. (6 marks)

d) What are the characteristics of a 𝑌𝑏𝑢𝑠 matrix (4 marks)

e) Using the power system below, obtain the bus admittance matrix by inspection
(4 marks)

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QUESTION TWO – (20 MARKS)
a) Briefly explain the categories of the buses used in a power system. (6 marks)
b) Using a typical bus derive the mathematical formulation of the load flow problem.
(4 marks)
c) In the power system network shown below, bus 1 is a slack bus with V1  1.000 per
unit and bus 2 is a load bus with 𝑆2 = 280 𝑀𝑊 + 𝐽60𝑀𝑣𝑎𝑟.

The line impedance on a base of 100 MVA is Z = 0.02 + j0.04 per unit.
(0)
i. Using Gauss-Seidel method, determine 𝑉2. Use an initial estimate of 𝑉2 =
1.0 + 𝑗0.0 and perform four iterations.
ii. If after several iterations voltage at bus 2 converges to 𝑉2 = 0.90 + 𝑗0.10,
determine 𝑆1 and the real and reactive power loss in the line. (10 marks)

QUESTION THREE – (20 MARKS)

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a) i. What is an acceleration factor?
ii. Show how this factor can be applied in the Gauss-Seidel algorithm
(3 marks)
b) Clearly show how the Newton Raphson method can be used to solve an n-
dimensional non-linear system (7 marks)
c) State the advantages of the Newton Raphson method over the Gauss-Seidel
method. (2 marks)
d) Give a detailed procedure of solving a load flow problem using fast decoupled
technique. (8 marks)

QUESTION FOUR – (20 MARKS)


a) The figure below shows the one-line diagram of a simple three-bus power system with
generation at buses 1 and 2. The voltage at bus 1 is 𝑉1 = 1.06 + 𝑗0.0 per unit. Voltage
magnitude at bus 2 is fixed at 1.05 per unit with a real power generation of 400 MW. A
load consisting of 500 MW and 400 Mvar is taken from bus 3. Line admittances are
marked in per unit on a 100 MVA base. For the purpose of hand calculations, line
resistances and line charging susceptances are neglected.

i. Find the expression for the real power at bus 2 and real and reactive power at
bus 3. (6 marks)
(0)
ii. Using Newton-Raphson method and initial estimates of 𝑉2 = 1.05 + 𝑗0 and
(0)
𝑉3 = 1.0 + 𝑗0 and keeping |𝑉3 | = 1.05 𝑝𝑢, determine the phasor values of
𝑉2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑉3 . Perform two iterations. (14 marks)

QUESTION FIVE – (20 MARKS)


a) Clearly show how a power system with tap changing transformers is converted to an
equivalent scheme by obtaining its equivalent bus admittance matrix (4 marks)
b) The one-line diagram of a four-bus power system is as shown in the figure below.
Reactances are given in per unit on a common MVA base. Transformers T1 and T2
have tap settings of 0.8:1, and 1.25:1 respectively. Obtain the bus admittance matrix.
(6 marks)

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c) Explain the meaning of the term ’Load Forecasting’ and give its importance as
applied in Power systems. (4 marks)
d) Briefly describe the difference between Short-term and long-term Load forecasting.
(6 marks)

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