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Lab 2 Assignment

This document provides the objectives and tasks for Laboratory Experiment 2 of the ECE 43200/51200 Power Systems course. The objectives are to learn how to model AC circuits using PSCAD/EMTDC software and understand reactive power and power factor in single-phase and three-phase circuits. The laboratory tasks involve modeling a single-phase AC circuit with an inductive load to calculate the capacitive reactance needed to achieve unity power factor, and extending this to a three-phase balanced-wye circuit.

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Lab 2 Assignment

This document provides the objectives and tasks for Laboratory Experiment 2 of the ECE 43200/51200 Power Systems course. The objectives are to learn how to model AC circuits using PSCAD/EMTDC software and understand reactive power and power factor in single-phase and three-phase circuits. The laboratory tasks involve modeling a single-phase AC circuit with an inductive load to calculate the capacitive reactance needed to achieve unity power factor, and extending this to a three-phase balanced-wye circuit.

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ECE 43200/51200 / Spring 2015

Constantin Apostoaia

Power Systems
Laboratory Experiment 2
Familiarization with PSCAD/EMTDC and
Understanding of Reactive Power and Power Factor Correction in AC Circuits

Objectives:
1. Learn the usage of PSCAD/EMTDC in modeling of ac circuits and plotting of results.
2. Understanding reactive power and power factor in single-phase and three-phase circuits.

Laboratory Tasks and Report:


1. Familiarization with PSCAD/EMTDC:
Read ahead the attached Simple Guide to using PSCAD/EMTDC to model ac circuits for this
experiment and to plot their results.
2. Single-Phase AC Circuit in Steady State:
a. Model a single-phase ac circuit where a voltage source, vs (t ) at the fundamental frequency of
60 Hz,
, is supplying an inductive series R-L load, with an impedance of
.
Plot the waveforms for the voltage vs (t ) , the current is (t ) , the instantaneous power
p(t ) vs (t )is (t ) and the average power P delivered to the load, with all powers in the same plot.
b. Calculate a capacitive reactance X C , to be connected in parallel with the load, to bring the overall
power factor seen from the source to unity. Plot vs (t ) and is (t ) , the instantaneous power
p(t ) vs (t )is (t ) and the average power P delivered to the load, all powers in the same plot.

Laboratory Homework:
3. Three-Phase AC Circuit in Steady State:
a. Connect a three-phase circuit in a balanced-wye where the per-phase circuit is the same as the
single-phase circuit above.
Calculate va (t ) , ia (t ) , pa (t ) va (t )ia (t ) , pb (t ) vb (t )ib (t ) , pc (t ) vc (t )ic (t ) , and the sum of the
three instantaneous power ps (t ) pa (t ) pb (t ) pc (t ) .
b. Connect the capacitive reactance X C calculated in step 2b in parallel with the load in each phase,
to bring the per-phase power factor to unity.
Plot va (t ) and ia (t ) , the instantaneous power p(t ) vs (t )is (t ) and the average power P delivered
to the load, all powers in the same plot.

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