Lab Instructions

Embedded Generation impact on Power flow and

Stability Analysis
MHJ920505:
Renewable Energy Technology

The Figure below shows part of a distribution system with an embedded generator.

The network is connected to the transmission system at bus B132 (Slack bus) and the
embedded generator is connected at bus 33_2.
The network information and load data are provided in the Simulink file which can be found
on the module Blackboard site.(GCU Learn)
The voltage at bus B132 is assumed to be held constant at 1.02 pu.
Consider the following two cases:
Case 1) The system is supplying its maximum load and the embedded generator is not
producing any power.
Using Power flow in PowerGUI toolbox, calculate the voltage at different buses.
Tip: Always Update, Calculate and then Apply to view the results on the load flow bus
(orange box on the Simulink model)
Tip2: Use Report button on PowerGUI toolbox and save the simulation results for future
analysing purposes.

Case 2) The system is supplying its minimum load ( 20 % of the maximum load, consider only
Load 2) and the embedded generator is not producing any power
Tip: Open the block parameter of Load 2, Multiply the current active and reactive power by
0.2 (stands for 20% of the maximum load).
Update, Calculate and then Apply to view the results on the load flow bus (orange box
on the Simulink model)
Use Report button on PowerGUI toolbox and save the simulation results for future
analysing purposes.

If 5% variation from nominal voltage is acceptable, find the appropriate tap position of
transformer to satisfy this condition.
Tip: Open the block parameter dialogue of the transformer and use an appropriate
multiplier for the winding 2 ,Phase to Phase voltage (i.e. : use 1.01 for tap changer position
at +1% and use multiplier 0.98 for tap changer position at -2%)
Use steps of 1% change in tap changer and find a position that satisfy the 5% variation
from nominal voltage (between 0.95 to 1.05 pu)

Using the calculated tap position, run the simulation for the following two cases:
Case 3) The system is supplying its maximum load and the embedded generator is producing
30 MW active power.
Tip: Dont forget to reset the load 2 to the maximum value.
Tip2: Open the synchronous machine parameters and in the load flow tab, change the active
power generation to 30MW.

Case 4) The system is supplying its minimum load ( 20 % of the maximum load: Only Load2)
and the embedded generator is producing 30MW active power
Observe the voltage at different bus bars and comment on the results.
Will the voltage at different buses fall within the acceptable limit?

Using report in Load flow tool, obtain the total production and consumption of active and
reactive power at the network in cases 1 (with the calculated tap changer position) and case
3. Then conclude the active and reactive power losses in these two cases. Compare the
results and comment.