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UPFC(PhasorModel)
ThisexampleshowsanUnifiedPowerFlowController(UPFC)usedtorelieve
powercongestionona500/230kVgrid.
GibertSybilleandPierreGiroux(HydroQuebec)

Thisexamplealsouses:
ControlSystemToolbox

OpenModel

Description
AUPFCisusedtocontrolthepowerflowina500kV/230kVtransmissionsystem.Thesystem,connectedinaloop
configuration,consistsessentiallyoffivebuses(B1toB5)interconnectedthroughtransmissionlines(L1,L2,L3)andtwo
500kV/230kVtransformerbanksTr1andTr2.Twopowerplantslocatedonthe230kVsystemgenerateatotalof1500
MWwhichistransmittedtoa500kV15000MVAequivalentandtoa200MWloadconnectedatbusB3.Theplant
modelsincludeaspeedregulator,anexcitationsystemaswellasapowersystemstabilizer(PSS).Innormaloperation,

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mostofthe1200MWgenerationcapacityofpowerplant#2isexportedtothe500kVequivalentthroughthree400MVA
transformersconnectedbetweenbusesB4andB5.Weareconsideringacontingencycasewhereonlytwotransformers
outofthreeareavailable(Tr2=2*400MVA=800MVA).
Usingtheloadflowoptionofthepowerguiblock,themodelhasbeeninitializedwithplants#1and#2generating
respectively500MWand1000MWandtheUPFCoutofservice(Bypassbreakerclosed).Theresultingpowerflow
obtainedatbusesB1toB5isindicatedbyrednumbersonthecircuitdiagram.Theloadflowshowsthatmostofthe
powergeneratedbyplant#2istransmittedthroughthe800MVAtransformerbank(899MWoutof1000MW),therest
(101MW),circulatingintheloop.TransformerTr2isthereforeoverloadedby99MVA.Theexampleillustrateshowthe
UPFCcanrelievethispowercongestion.
TheUPFClocatedattherightendoflineL2isusedtocontroltheactiveandreactivepowersatthe500kVbusB3,as
wellasthevoltageatbusB_UPFC.Itconsistsofaphasormodeloftwo100MVA,IGBTbased,converters(one
connectedinshuntandoneconnectedinseriesandbothinterconnectedthroughaDCbusontheDCsideandtotheAC
powersystem,throughcouplingreactorsandtransformers).ParametersoftheUPFCpowercomponentsaregiveninthe
dialogbox.Theseriesconvertercaninjectamaximumof10%ofnominallinetogroundvoltage(28.87kV)inserieswith
lineL2.ThebluenumbersonthediagramshowthepowerflowwiththeUPFCinserviceandcontrollingtheB3activeand
reactivepowersrespectivelyat687MWand27Mvar.

Simulation
TheUPFCreferenceactiveandreactivepowersaresetintheblockslabeled"Pref(pu)"and"Qref(pu)".Initiallythe
BypassbreakerisclosedandtheresultingnaturalpowerflowatbusB3is587MWand27Mvar.ThePrefblockis
programmedwithaninitialactivepowerof5.87pucorrespondingtothenaturalflow.Then,att=10s,Prefisincreasedby
1pu(100MW),from5.87puto6.87pu,whileQrefiskeptconstantat0.27pu.
RunthesimulationandlookontheUPFCScopehowPandQmeasuredatbusB3followthereferencevalues.Att=5s,
whentheBypassbreakerisopenedthenaturalpowerisdivertedfromtheBypassbreakertotheUPFCseriesbranch
withoutnoticeabletransient.Att=10s,thepowerincreasesatarateof1pu/s.Ittakesonesecondforthepowerto
increaseto687MW.This100MWincreaseofactivepoweratbusB3isachievedbyinjectingaseriesvoltageof0.089
puwithanangleof94degrees.Thisresultsinanapproximate100MWdecreaseintheactivepowerflowingthroughTr2
(from899MWto796MW),whichnowcarriesanacceptableload.SeethevariationsofactivepowersatbusesB1toB5
ontheVPQLinesScope.

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