CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM BUSES

CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM BUSES

A bus is a node at which one or many lines, one or many loads, and generators are connected. In a power system, each node or bus is associated with 4 quantities, such as the magnitude of voltage, phage angle of voltage, active or true power, and reactive power in load flow problem two out of these 4 quantities are specified and the remaining 2 are required to be determined through the solution of the equation. Depending on the quantities that have been specified, the buses are classified into 3 categories. Buses are classified according to which two out of the four variables are specified

LOAD BUS

No generator is connected to the bus. At this bus, the real and reactive power is specified. it is desired to find out the voltage magnitude and phase angle through load flow solutions. It is required to specify only Pd and Qd at the such bus as at a load bus voltage can be allowed to vary within the permissible values.

GENERATOR BUS OR VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED BUS

Here the voltage magnitude corresponding to the generator voltage and real power Pg corresponding to its rating are specified. It is required to find out the reactive power generation Qg and phase angle of the bus voltage.

SLACK (SWING) BUS

For the Slack Bus, it is assumed that the voltage magnitude |V| and voltage phase Θ are known, whereas real and reactive powers Pg and Qg are obtained through the load flow solution.

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