Department of Electrical Engineering

School of Engineering and Architecture

Saint Louis University

Activity 4

Solving Power flow using Gauss-Seidel Method

SUBMITTED BY:

LAMI-ING, JEFFREY O.

EE 511L TThS 5:00-8:00 pm

July 2, 2020
Introduction

In Gauss-Seidel method for Power flow, we assume the

voltage for all the buses except the slack bus where the
voltage magnitude and phase angle are specified and
remained fixed. Normally, we set the assume voltage
magnitude and phase angle of these buses equal to that of
the slack bus and work in per unit system.

The assumed bus voltage and the slack bus voltage along
with P and Q are substituted in RHS of the Equation to
obtain new set of bus voltages. After the entire iteration
is complete, the new set of bus voltages is again
substituted along with the specified slack bus voltage in
the RHS of Equation to obtain a new set of bus voltages.

Data, Results & Discussion

Table 3: Power Flow

VOLTAGE LOAD GENERATION

BUS
MAGNITUDE ANGLE DEGREE
#
P.U MW MVAR MW MVAR

1 1.02 0 0 0 156.1321984 -112.577954

2 1.043626067 -8.991613069 150 37.5 0 0

3 1.049124034 -5.452583414 100 25 0 0

4 1.05 -2.671907506 100 65.67 0 0

This table shows the values of the Power flow computed using the
Gauss-seidel method. It displays Voltage (in per unit), angle,
and the load and generation in MW and Mvar value.
 Tale 4: Line Flow

LINE FLOW
LINE
MW Mvar
FROM TO
2 63.14122393 43.04510819
1
3 92.99107428 -69.4726878
1 -61.0856662 0.083512487
2 3 -16.42212256 -24.8569197
4 -72.48849338 -12.72680675
1 -90.96563308 26.0733628
3 2 16.6243433 -28.87739154
4 -25.65636616 -22.19623143
2 74.09410972 -34.0365218
4
3 25.90587244 -31.63526821

Table 5: Line Loses

LINE LOSES
LINE
MW Mvar

L1 2.05557732 -42.9615957
L2 2.054412006 -43.399325
L3 10.8118149902 -53.73431124
L4 1.605616342 -46.76332856
L5 0.2495062739 -53.83149963

Table 4 and Table 5 displays the values of line flow (table 4)

and line loses from line 1-5 (table 5) wherein these values are
in MW and Mvar units.
Conclusion

Therefore, using the Gauss-seidel method in determining the

Power flow, the Reactive power is ¼ of the Real power. In this
activity the value of the load power in the Bus 1 is zero but,
it has a generated power, while the other remaining Buses are in
reverse with Bus 1 which is they have all zero generated power.
In terms of their angle all the buses have negative angle except
for Bus 1 which have zero angle, all angles are in degrees.

References

https://circuitglobe.com/gauss-seidel-method.html

https://www.engineeringenotes.com/electrical-engineering/power-
flow/gauss-seidel-method-for-power-flow-studies-electrical-
engineering/25205

https://medium.com/@allumiax/power-flow-analysis-7fbbd8475539
Appendices