INTRODUCTION TO SIMPOWER SYSTEMS

AND STUDY OF POWER FACTOR ON SINGLE

PHASE NETWORK
Mohammad Jahanzaib
Registration no. 02-3-1-036-2017
6th Semester, Department of Electrical Engineering, PIEAS

bsee1734@pieas.edu.pk

Abstract---In this document we have discussed about the Consider a single phase voltage source supplying power to
SIMPOWER SYSTEM library of MATLAB. How to make the a load.
circuit and simulate them on MATLAB? How to see the graphs
of the input to oscilloscope? And we get familiar with the
environment of MATLAB. We have also done some calculations
and found the results about the reactive power and real power.

Keyword--- MATLAB, Simulink, Impedance Angle, Power

Factor, Real power.

INTRODUCTION

MATLAB is a good tool to study the power systems as it has

many modules related to it. In today’s lab, the focus would be
to explore the SIMPOWERSYSTEMS library. Simscape
Power Systems provides component libraries and analysis
tools for modeling and simulating electrical power systems. It
includes models of electrical power components, including
three-phase as well as single machines. Harmonic analysis,
calculation of total harmonic distortion (THD), load flow, and
other key electrical power system analyses are automated,
helping us to investigate the performance of our design.
Simscape Power Systems helps us to develop control systems
and test system-level performance. We can parameterize our
models using MATLAB variables and expressions, and design
control systems for our electrical power system in Simulink.

In MATLAB there are some modules related to power

system. We will discuss here about the SIMPOWER Library of
MATLAB SIMULINK and we also develop a single phase
circuit to show the impact on power factor by its load voltage
and current.