Question

A 10-bus power system consists of four generator buses indexed at G1, G2, G3, G4 and six load buses indexed as L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6. The generator-bus G1 is considered as slack bus, and the load buses L3 and L4 are voltage controlled buses. The generator at bus G2 cannot supply the required reactive power demand, and hence it is operating at its maximum reactive power limit. The number of non-linear equations required for solving the load flow problem using Newton Raphson method in polar form is

• A. 14

Answer 1

The correct option is A 14
Total number of buses $\equiv 10$
$G_1\equiv$ slack bus
$G_2\equiv PQbus$ (because reactive power limit is reached )
$\begin{array}{c}{G}_3\\ G_4\end{array}\}PVbus$
Minimum number of non linear equations to be solved
= Number of unknown bus voltage variables
$(2\times 10-4-2)=14$