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Ybus modified by mid-line tap changer

Short answer

Original Ybus: diagonals 4 - j11.94 pu, off-diagonals -2 + j6 pu. With tap t=1.05 midpoint in line 1-2, Y11=4.0975 - j12.2325, Y22=3.9025 - j11.6475, Y12=Y21= -1.9976 + j5.9929; other elements unchanged.

For the power system network shown below, obtain the bus admittance matrix. The series impedance and shunt half-charging admittance of each line are 0.05 + j0.15 p.u. and j0.03 p.u. respectively. If a tap-changing transformer having turn ratio (t) = 1:1.05 is inserted mid-point between buses 1 and 2, find the modified bus admittance matrix. [Figure: three buses, each with a generator, lines 1-2, 1-3 and 2-3]

(a) Original Ybus

Series admittance of each line:

y=10.05+j0.15=2−j6 puy = \frac{1}{0.05 + j0.15} = 2 - j6\ \text{pu}

Half-line charging j0.03j0.03 at each end; each bus has two lines:

Yii=2(2−j6)+2(j0.03)=4−j11.94Yik=−y=−2+j6\begin{aligned} Y_{ii} &= 2(2 - j6) + 2(j0.03) = 4 - j11.94 \\ Y_{ik} &= -y = -2 + j6 \end{aligned} Ybus=[4−j11.94−2+j6−2+j6−2+j64−j11.94−2+j6−2+j6−2+j64−j11.94]Y_{bus} = \begin{bmatrix} 4 - j11.94 & -2 + j6 & -2 + j6 \\ -2 + j6 & 4 - j11.94 & -2 + j6 \\ -2 + j6 & -2 + j6 & 4 - j11.94 \end{bmatrix}

(b) With the tap-changing transformer at the mid-point of line 1-2

Assumptions: the ideal transformer (ratio 1:t1 : t, t=1.05t = 1.05, "1" on the bus-1 side) has negligible own impedance; the line's series impedance is split into two halves z/2z/2; the line-charging terms stay at the line ends.

  (1)--[ z/2 ]--)|( 1:t --[ z/2 ]--(2)

Referring the bus-1-side half to the t-side multiplies its impedance by t2t^2, so the transformer branch is an ideal 1:t1:t in series with

zeq=t2z2+z2=z(1+t2)2,yeq=2y1+t2=4−j122.1025=1.9025−j5.7075z_{eq} = t^2\frac{z}{2} + \frac{z}{2} = \frac{z(1 + t^2)}{2},\qquad y_{eq} = \frac{2y}{1 + t^2} = \frac{4 - j12}{2.1025} = 1.9025 - j5.7075

Using the off-nominal model (t2yeqt^2y_{eq} at bus 1, yeqy_{eq} at bus 2, −t yeq-t\,y_{eq} mutual):

t2yeq=1.1025(1.9025−j5.7075)=2.0975−j6.2925−t yeq=−1.05(1.9025−j5.7075)=−1.9976+j5.9929\begin{aligned} t^2y_{eq} &= 1.1025(1.9025 - j5.7075) = 2.0975 - j6.2925 \\ -t\,y_{eq} &= -1.05(1.9025 - j5.7075) = -1.9976 + j5.9929 \end{aligned}

Modified elements (only those involving line 1-2 change):

Y11=t2yeq+y13+2(j0.03)=4.0975−j12.2325Y22=yeq+y23+2(j0.03)=3.9025−j11.6475Y12=Y21=−t yeq=−1.9976+j5.9929Y33,Y13,Y23 unchanged\begin{aligned} Y_{11} &= t^2y_{eq} + y_{13} + 2(j0.03) = 4.0975 - j12.2325 \\ Y_{22} &= y_{eq} + y_{23} + 2(j0.03) = 3.9025 - j11.6475 \\ Y_{12} &= Y_{21} = -t\,y_{eq} = -1.9976 + j5.9929 \\ Y_{33}, Y_{13}, Y_{23} &\ \text{unchanged} \end{aligned}

Answer:

Ybus,new=[4.0975−j12.2325−1.9976+j5.9929−2+j6−1.9976+j5.99293.9025−j11.6475−2+j6−2+j6−2+j64−j11.94] puY_{bus,new} = \begin{bmatrix} 4.0975 - j12.2325 & -1.9976 + j5.9929 & -2 + j6 \\ -1.9976 + j5.9929 & 3.9025 - j11.6475 & -2 + j6 \\ -2 + j6 & -2 + j6 & 4 - j11.94 \end{bmatrix}\ \text{pu}

The matrix stays symmetric because tt is real.

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