GAUSS-SEIDEL ITERATION

METHOD
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EE 523 Power System Analysis II
 GAUSS SEIDEL ITERATION METHOD
The Power Flow equation is set in Standard Form
∗
𝒏 𝒏

𝐒𝐢 𝑽𝒊 𝑰𝒊∗ 𝑽𝒊 𝒀𝒊𝒌 𝑽𝒌 𝑽𝒊 𝒀∗𝒊𝒌 𝑽∗𝒌

𝒌 𝟏 𝒌 𝟏
𝒏 𝒏

𝐒𝒊∗ 𝑽𝒊∗ 𝑰𝒊 𝑽𝒊∗ 𝒀𝒊𝒌 𝑽𝒌 𝑽∗𝒊 𝒀𝒊𝒌 𝑽𝒌

𝒌 𝟏 𝒌 𝟏
𝒏 𝒏
𝐒𝒊∗
𝒀𝒊𝒌 𝑽𝒌 𝒀𝒊𝒊 𝑽𝒊 𝒀𝒊𝒌 𝑽𝒌
𝑽∗𝒊
𝒌 𝟏 𝒌 𝟏,𝒌 𝒊
𝒏
𝟏 𝐒𝒊∗
𝑽𝒊 𝒀𝒊𝒌 𝑽𝒌
𝒀𝒊𝒊 𝑽∗𝒊
𝒌 𝟏,𝒌 𝒊

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EE 523 Power System Analysis II
 Gauss Seidel Iteration Method
For an N-bus system the general equation for the
calculated voltage at any bus i where P and Q are
scheduled is given by
𝒊 𝟏 𝑵
𝒎 𝟏 𝑷𝒊 j𝑸𝐢
𝑽𝒊 𝒎 𝟏 ∗ 𝒀𝒊𝒌 𝑽𝒌 𝒎 𝒀𝒊𝒌 𝑽𝒌 𝒎 𝟏
𝒀𝒊𝒊 𝑽𝒊 𝒌 𝟏 𝒌 𝒊 𝟏

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EE 523 Power System Analysis II
 Gauss Seidel Iteration Method
For voltage-controlled (PV) bus, compute first for
the reactive power Qi:
𝒏
∗
𝒊 𝒊 𝒊𝒌 𝒌
𝒌 𝟏

• Calculate the new voltage Vi using the resulting

value of Qi*** if Qi(min) ≤ Qi ≤ Qi(max)
• Use the imaginary component of Vi to compute
for the real component of the specified voltage
magnitude of the PV bus
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EE 523 Power System Analysis II
 Gauss Seidel Iteration Method

However, if the resulting Qi is outside of the

reactive power limit:
Set Qi = Qi(max) if computed Qi > Qi(max)
Set Qi = Qi(min) if computed Qi < Qi(min)

Compute the bus voltage Vi treating the generator

(PV) bus as a PQ bus (type-switching)

Iteration continues until max |ΔVi| ≤ ϵ

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EE 523 Power System Analysis II
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EE 523 Power System Analysis II
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EE 523 Power System Analysis II