New England 39 Bus Test System

The New England 39 bus test system is a power system test system usually utilized for dynamic simulations test and research. It is believed that this is an actual equivalent system of the New England grid in 1960s [1].

The data I utilized here comes from [2], where the power flow and dynamics data were given in PSS/E v29 format which were loaded into PowerWorld. The data has 1 kV base voltage in all buses which I changed to 345 kV to reflect the New England system voltages. In the PowerWorld's transient stability data validation (this is very cool!), I accepted the corrections identified in the dynamic data, mostly are time constant depending on the time step being studied.

Normally in stability simulations, it is imperative to run a no fault simulation or what they call flat run to verify that dynamic models are behaving in a manner without disturbance thus expecting flat plots of parameters.

Generator angles for no fault simulation.

A stub fault is another practical test if the response of the dynamic models is correct for a simple and fast fault disturbance. Here are example plots from a stub fault at bus 1 at 1.0 seconds and cleared after 0.1 seconds without tripping any line.

Generator angles for stub fault simulation.

Generator speed for stub fault simulation.

Bus frequency for stub fault simulation.

Bus voltages for stub fault simulation.

If you want the New England 39 bus test system, email me at ebcano@gmail.com.

References:
[1] Power Systems Test Case Archive. Available on-line: http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/pstca/dyn30/pg_tcadyn30.htm
[2] Pablo Ledesma, New England Test System, IEEE 39 Bus System, 10 generators, in PSS/E format (version 29). Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Available on-line: http://electrica.uc3m.es/pablole/new_england.html