Lce User
Lce User
Lce User
MAY 2004
ANNA UNIVERSITY
CHENNAI - 600 025
CONTENTS
Page No.
2. GETTING STARTED
2.1 Introduction 2-1
2.2 The Opening Window for AU Powerlab 2-1
2.3 Opening Screen for Line Constants Sub- Modules 2-2
2.3.1 Menu bar Commands and its Uses 2-3
2.3.2 Tutorial option 2-4
2.3.3 Running the program with packaged sample data 2-5
2.3.4 Running the program with edited sample data 2-7
2.3.5 Viewing results 2-7
1.1 Introduction
This program module group named ‘Line Constants’ consists of two modules named as
Line Constants Evaluation and Line Modelling and Analysis. The two modules are
independent and each one can be invoked separately and run independently. The
inductance and capacitance per phase per unit length of three phase single and double
circuit transmission lines can be computed using first module while line modelling and
analysis can be carried out using the second module. The software modules are
provided with GUI. This interface provides a flexible, highly interactive, integrated
and user- friendly environment. Some of the desirable features of GUI are, easy input
data preparation, completely menu driven and informative reporting.
The inductance and shunt capacitance per phase per unit length of the three phase
single and double circuit transmission lines for different conductor arrangements with
solid or stranded or bundle conductors can be computed using the first module. The
series impedance and shunt admittance of transmission lines are required for modelling
of transmission lines for static and dynamic analysis of power system.
The second module computes the receiving voltage, current, power factor etc. of three
phase transmission circuits when sending end voltage, current, power factor are given
and vice versa. The series and shunt compensation for transmission circuits and the
voltage profile along the length of long transmission line are computed. Short, medium
and long transmission line modelling are included.
The method of GMR and GMD are used for the calculation of series inductance and
shunt capacitance of three phase transmission lines for various conductor arrangements
and for different conductors namely solid, stranded and bundle conductors. The effect
of ground on line capacitance is not considered.
The ABCD constants are used to compute the sending voltage and currents of the
transmission circuits when the receiving end MW and MVAR load and rated voltages
are given. Similarly the receiving end quantities are computed when sending end MW
and MVAR power and voltages are given. Long line model is used to compute the
voltage profile along the length of the line.
The Line Modelling and Analysis module can carryout the following with short or
medium or long transmission line model.
3. Calculation of sending end quantities when load impedance at the receiving end
is specified
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CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED
2.1 Introduction
This chapter describes the procedure for accessing the specific program modules Line
Constants Evaluation and Line Modelling and Analysis in the AU Powerlab.
Both the modules have features for creating new data, editing stored data, running
program and viewing the results etc. The guidelines to use these features of the
software modules are briefly explained in this manual.
Once the AU Powerlab software package is installed, the AU Powerlab icon will appear
on the desktop.
1. Click, the AU Powerlab icon on the desktop. Then a window carrying Anna
University frontage will appear on the screen and will disappear within few seconds
and the student Log-on-Window will appear (Fig.2.1).
2 Enter the student information in the respective boxes. After entering all
informations, click Enter button. Then the opening window for AU Powerlab will
appear ( fig 2.2.)
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Fig. 2.2 Opening Window for AU Powerlab
Click ‘Line Constants’ button in the opening window. Then the window containing the
sub-modules in Line Constant will appear (fig 2.3).
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Click the button Line Constants Evaluation or Line Modelling and Analysis depending
upon the module you require. Assume that Line Constants Evaluation button is clicked.
Then the menu screen for this module will appear (fig. 2.4). A menu bar with five
commands appears at the top of the window. The uses of these commands are
explained below.
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Edit Enables editing stored data file
2. Lab. Manual option takes you through the Laboratory Manual for the experiment
‘Computation of Parameters and Modelling of Transmission Lines’.
3. User Ref. Manual option takes you through the User Ref. Manual for ‘ Line
Constants Program’ modules.
3. Point to Examples option; then the packaged sample data are displayed (Fig 2.6.)
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Fig 2.6 Packaged Sample Data
1. Click the tutorial button and point to examples. Then the list of packaged examples
appears (Fig 2.6). Click the desired sample data. Then the control returns to the
opening window (Fig 2.4)
Now the program can be executed with the selected data directly, by clicking the Run
button. But the user may not be aware of the details of data and the various options
used in the data. Hence it is always better to view the data, choose appropriate options
and give proper title for the study before running the program. The procedure for
editing the selected data and running the program with the data is given in this section.
2. Click the edit button. Then the window for input data editing will appear (Fig 2.7)
A copy of the chosen sample system data file is transferred to a temporary file. The
changes in the data are made in the temporary file only. Before exiting the program; a
copy of the changed data must be saved in a new file name.
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Fig. 2.7 Window for Editing Sample Data for Three Phase Single Circuit
3. Type the new data in the respective boxes. After completing the change of data,
click save button. Then the file-save-dialogue window will appear (fig 2.8). Type a
name for the file and click the save button. The changed data will be stored in the
file name and the control will return to main window.
Click Run button. Then the program will be executed and a message. ‘Program
Completed Successfully’ app ears. Click ok to complete the process and return to
opening window. The procedure to view the output is given in the next section.
The output of the latest run will be stored in the output file and can be viewed using view
command. The previous output will be erased and the output of the latest run will be
stored in the output file. The output of the latest run will also be erased when the session
is completed and the user quits the program. The output results can be viewed as follows.
1. Click the view button. Then a drop down menu with output will appear (Fig 2.9)
2. Click the output button. Then the conventional text format output will appear
(Fig 2.10). The student can take print out of this output.
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Fig. 2.10 Text Format Output
Data file already created by the user can be edited or data may be changed and stored
either in the same file name or in a new file name and the program may be run with this
edited / changed data. The procedure to carry out the above tasks is explained below.
1. Click project button, a dropdown menu with New, Existing and Exit Project will
appear.
2. Point to Existing button and click. Then a file open-dialogue window will appear.
Select the desired file and click open button. Then the control will return to opening
window.
3. Click edit button. Then the window for editing input data will appear.
4. Type the new data in the respective boxes. After completing the change of data,
click save button. Then the file-save-dialogue window will appear (fig 2.8). Type a
name for the file to save the data and then click the save button. The changed data
will be saved in the file name and the control will return to main window.
5. For running the program with the existing project data or edited data and viewing
results refer section 2.3.4 and 2.3.5
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2.3.7 Running the program with Existing Project Data / Created data
1. Point to project and click, then a dropdown menu with New, Existing and Exit
Project will appear.
2. Click Existing button. Then a window shown in fig.2.11 will appear. Click the name
of the desired data file and click open button. Then the control will return to opening
window.
3. Click run button; then the program will be executed and a message Program
Completed Successfully appears. Click ok button to complete the process and return
to opening window. To view the output refer section 2.3.5
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The procedure for creating new data for any of the above six cases is given below
1. Click project button. Then the dropdown menu with New; Existing and Exit
Project will appear.
2. Point to new and click data preparation. Then the window for selection of
transmission circuit will appear (Fig.2.12).
5. After entering all the data; click save button. Then the file-save –dialogue-
window for storing newly created data will appear (Fig.2.14)
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Fig. 2.13 Window for Input Data Entry
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Fig. 2.14 Window for Storing Newly Created Data
6. Type a file name to store the newly created data and click save button. The data
will stored in the file name given and control will return to opening window
(fig. 2.4)
7. To run the program with the newly created data, click run button. Then the
program will be executed and a message ‘Program Completed Successfully’
will appear. Click ok button to end the process. To view the output refer section
2.3.5
The data preparation for other cases is similar to the above procedure.
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CHAPTER 3 LINE MODELLING AND ANALYSIS
Click the Line Modelling and analysis button in the opening window for line constants
sub-modules (Fig.2.3). Then the opening window for Line Modelling and Analysis
module will appear (Fig.3.1). A menu bar with five commands is located at the top of
the window.
Fig. 3.1 Opening Window for Line Modelling and Analysis Module
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3.2.3 Running the Program with Packaged Examples:
Few sample system data file are prepared and stored in the program. The user can use
these sample data. The desired sample data may be chosen, viewed, edited or modified
and stored in a separate file and used for running the program. The procedure for using
the sample system data is explained below.
1. Click the tutorial button and point to examples. Then the list of packaged examples
appears (Fig 3.2). Click the desired sample data. Then the control returns to the
opening window (Fig 3.1)
Now the program can be executed with the selected data directly, by clicking the Run
button. But the user may not be aware of the details of data and the various options
used in the data. Hence it is always better to view the data, choose appropriate option
and give proper title for the study before running the program with the selected data.
The procedure for editing the selected data and running the program with the data is
given in this section.
2. Click the edit button. Then the window for editing the basic line parameters data
will appear (Fig 3.3)
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Fig 3.3 Window for Editing Line Parameters
A copy of the chosen sample system data file is transferred to a temporary file. The
changes in the data are made in the temporary file only. Before exiting the program; a
copy of the changed data must be saved in a new file name.
3. Type the new parameter data in the respective boxes. After completing the
change of data, click save button. Then the next window for the selection of the
case will appear (fig3.4). Point to the button which is highlighted and click. Then
the window for entry of data for this case will appear (fig.3.5)
4. After entering all the data in the respective boxes, click save button, then the file-
save-dialogue window will appear (fig. 3.6). Type a name for the file and click
the save button. The edited data will be stored in the file name and the control
will return to main window.
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Fig.3.4 Window for Selection of Case to be Studied
Click Run button. Then the program will be executed and a message. ‘Program
completed Successfully’ appears. Click ok to complete the process and return to
opening window. The procedure to view the output is given in the next section.
The output of the latest run will be stored in the output file and can be viewed using view
command. The previous output will be erased and the output of the latest run will be
stored in the output file. The output of the latest run will also be erased when the session
is completed and the user quit the program. The output results can be viewed as follows.
1. Click the view button. Then a drop down menu with output will appear (Fig 3.7)
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Fig 3.7 Dropdown Menu for Viewing Output
2. Click output button, then the conventional text format output shown in fig 3.8 will
appear. The output command causes the conventional text output to be brought to
notepad. The student can take printout of this results.
Data file already created by the user can be edited or data may be changed and stored
either in the same file name or in a new file name and the program may be run with this
edited / changed data. The procedure to carry out the above tasks is explained below.
1. Click project button, a dropdown menu with New, Existing and Exit Project will
appear.
2. Point to Existing button and click. Then a file open-dialogue window will appear.
Select the desired file and click open button. The control will return to opening
window.
3. Click edit button. Then the window for editing input data will appear. The rest of the
procedure for editing the data, running the program and viewing the outputs are the
same as that explained in the previous sections 3.2.3, 3.2.4 and3.2.5
1. Point to project and click, then a dropdown menu with New, Existing and Exit
Project will appear.
2. Click Existing button. Then the file –open dialogue will appear (Fig 3.9). Click the
desired data, and then the open button, the control will return to opening window.
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3.9 Window for saving created data
3. Click run button; then the program will be executed and a message Program
Completed Successfully appears. Click ok to complete the process and return to
opening window. For running the program and viewing the output refer sections
3.2.3,3.2.4 and3.2.5
The following six cases can be analysed using this program modules. This six cases
can be analysed either using short line model or medium line model or long line model.
3. Calculation of sending end quantities when the load impedance at the receiving
end is specified.
7. Computation of voltage profile of the line for 1/8 wave length for different load
condition.
The procedure for creating new data file for any of the above seven cases is given
below.
1. Point to project and then click, then the dropdown menu with New, Existing
and Exit project will appear.
2. Point to New and click the button Data Preparation. Then the window for
line parameter entry will appear( fig 3.10)
4. Enter the resistance per km, inductance in mH per km, shunt capacitance in
microfarad per km, shunt conductance in simens per km, frequency in HZ
and length of the line in km in the respective boxes. For short lines, zero
should be entered for shunt capacitance and shunt conductance. For medium
lines zero should be entered for shunt conductance
5. After entering all the data, click save button. Then the window for selection
of specific case will appear (Fig 3.11)
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3.11 Window for Selection of Specific Type of Problem
6. Point to the case depending upon your choice and click the respective button,
Consider that To calculate Sending End Quantities for Specified Receiving
End MW and MVAR button is clicked. Then the window for entring the
remaining data for this selected case will appear. (fig 3.12)
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7. Enter the required data in the respective boxes.
8. After entering all the data, click save button. Then the file save –dialogue
window will appear
9. Type a file name to save the data and then click save button. The data will be
stored in the name of the file and control will return to the opening window.
10. To run the program with newly created data, click run button; then the
program will be executed and a message ‘Program completed Successfully’
Will appear. Click ok button to end the process. To view the output refer
section 3.2.5
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CHAPTER 4 SAMPLE SYSTEM STUDY
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ANNEXURE - III
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AU POWERLAB
LINE CONSTANT PROGRAM
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AU POWERLAB
Input data given for a long line for the program to compute the line
efficiency, voltage regulation and the shunt capacitance required to
maintain the receiving end voltage at 500 kV.
DATE:6:5:2004
TIME:15:55:4:31
THREE PHASE SINGLE CIRCUIT-EXP NO:1
INPUT VALUES
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OUTPUT
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EQUIVALENT GMD PER PHASE :13.859132 Mt
EQUIVALENT GMR FOR L CALCULATION : 0.01439 Mt
EQUIVALENT GMR FOR C CALCULATION : 0.018125 Mt
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AU POWERLAB
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LINE MODELING AND PEFRFORMANCE ANALYSIS PROGRAM
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DATE:6:5:2004
TIME:16:23:33:15
EXPERIMENT NUMBER:XXX
EQUIVALENT PI MODEL
SERIES IMPEDANCE PER PHASE : 4.574137+j107.119014 OHMS
TOTAL SHUNT ADMITTANCE PER PHASE :6.963796e-07+j0.001316 SIEMENS