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Transient Stability Analysis of the Nigeria 330-kV Transmission Network

Received: 7 September 2017     Accepted: 26 September 2017     Published: 23 October 2017
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Abstract

Assessment of the dynamic response of generators, within a power system, when subjected to various disturbances, has been a major challenge to power system researchers and engineers for the past decades. This paper investigates the dynamic response of the generators in the Nigeria 330-kV grid network when a balanced 3-phase fault is applied with the aim of determining the Critical Clearing Time (CCT) of the transmission network. The generalized swing equations for a multi-machine power system is presented. MATLAB software is employed as the tool for the simulations. A real network of Nigeria 330-kV electric grid is used as a case study. The result obtained clearly show that there exist critical buses such as Benin, Onitsha and Jebba Transmission Station (TS) and critical transmission lines such as Benin-Olorunshogo Generating Station (GS) and Jebba TS-Shiroro GS within the network. The results also reveal that the system losses synchronism when a balanced 3-phase fault is applied to these identified critical buses and lines. The results further indicate that the Nigeria 330-kV transmission network is on a red-alert, which requires urgent control measures with the aim of enhancing the stability margin of the network to avoid system collapse.

Published in American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Volume 6, Issue 6)
DOI 10.11648/j.epes.20170606.11
Page(s) 79-87
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Keywords

Transient Stability, Critical Clearing Time, Nigeria 330-kV, Power System

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  • Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

  • Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

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