IEEE 30-bus distribution system with non-linear loads

Sajad Jashfar
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kerman Graduate University of Technology, Kerman, Iran.
sajadjashfar@gmail.com

28
27 6 - pulse 3

C7
VFD
25

13
21

C5

12

20

24
23

Substation

14

26

C6

15

C3

11

19

10

6 - pulse 1

C4
5

ASD 2
C1

16

22

29

C2

17
18

30
6 - pulse 2

ASD 1

31

6 - pulse 2

6 - pulse i

: six - pulse convertor

type i

VFD

: Variable frequency
drive

ASD i

: Adjustable speed drive

type i

Figure1: IEEE 30-bus distribution system with non-linear AC drives.

Table I: Bus data for the IEEE 30-bus distribution system (23 kV)
Bus number
1
2

P (MW)

Q (MVar)

0
0.522

0
0.174

0.936

0.312

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

0.189
0

0.336
0.657
0.783
0.729
0.477
0.549
0.477
0.432
0.672
0.495
0.207
0.522
1.917
0

1.116
0.549
0.792
0.882
0

0.884

0.063
0

0.112
0.219
0.261
0.243
0.159
0.183
0.159
0.144
0.224
0.165
0.069
0.174
0.639
0

0.372
0.183
0.264
0.294
0

0.294

Table II: Line data for the IEEE 30-busdistributionsystem (23 kV)
From bus
2
2
3
4
4
5
6
7
7
7
8
9
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
19
20
23
24
25
26
27
29
30

To bus

R (ohm)

X (ohm)

3
29
4
5
23
6
7
8
19
22
9
10
16
11
12
13
14
15
17
18
20
21
24
25
26
27
28
30
31

0.2788
0.2788
0.4438
0.8639
0.4438
0.8639
1.3738
1.3738
0.8639
0.8639
1.3738
1.3738
0.8639
1.3738
1.3738
1.3738
1.3738
1.3738
1.3738
1.3738
0.8639
1.3738
0.4438
0.8639
0.8639
0.8639
1.3738
0.2788
1.3738

0.0148
0.0148
0.4391
0.7512
0.4391
0.7512
0.7739
0.7739
0.7512
0.7512
0.7739
0.7739
0.7512
0.7739
0.7739
0.7739
0.7739
0.7739
0.7739
0.7739
0.7512
0.7739
0.4391
0.7512
0.7512
0.7512
0.7739
0.0148
0.7739

Table III: Harmonic spectrums of the non-linear loads (23 kV)

Harmonic order

Magnitude, %

Phase, deg

Magnitude, %

Phase, deg

Magnitude, %

Phase, deg

Six-pulse type 1

Six-pulse type 2

100

100

100

20

19.1

14.3

13.1

1.2

11

9.1

7.2

5.5

13

7.7

5.6

3.7

17

5.9

3.3

0.2

19

5.3

2.4

23

4.3

1.2

0.2

25

0.8

0.4

29

3.4

0.2

31

3.2

0.2

Six-pulse type 3

PWM-ASD 1

PWM-ASD 2

Six-pulse VFD

100

100

100

42

82.8

-135

23.52

111

14.3

77.5

69

6.08

109

11

7.9

46.3

-62

4.57

-158

13

3.2

41.2

139

4.2

-178

17

3.7

14.2

1.8

-94

19

2.3

9.7

-155

1.37

-92

23

2.3

1.5

-158

0.75

-70

25

1.4

2.5

98

0.56

-70

29

0.49

-20

31

0.54

Table IV: Capacitor data for the 30-bus distribution system (23 kV)
Capacitor

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

C7

bus location

14

16

20

24

26

kVar

900

600

600

600

300

900

900

Table V: Non-linear load data for the 30-busdistribution system (23 kV)
Non-linear

Non-linear load type

bus number

pulse-width modulation (PWM)

6
8
8
12
21
25
30

adjustable speed drive type 2

six-pulse type 2
PWM adjustable speed drive type 1
six-pulse type 1
six-pulse type 3
six-pulse variable frequency drive
six-pulse type 2

kW

kVar

575
436
247
347
315
454
527

326
231
158
176
156
229
242

Table V: Transformer data for the 30-busdistribution system (23 kV)

HV- Side

69

KV

LV- Side
Rated Power
Short Circuit Voltage Uk
Ratio X/R
Frequency

23
52.9
0.35
19.5
50

KV
MVA
%
p.u.
Hz

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