Generators are not the only source of reactive power. The network itself (capacitive elements in particular) also generate reactive power.
-- Ray Zimmerman Senior Research Associate 419A Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 phone: (607) 255-9645 On May 13, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Jiashen Teh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dr Ray, > > I have 3 dispatchable load with real and reactive power demand. > > In order to see how Matpower react, I purposely make all of my generators to > have 0 reactive power output. > When I run ACOPF, MATPOWER showed me some of the reactive load had been > satisfied. > > May i know why? isn't that MATPOWER should fail to converge because I have > reactive load but I dont have reactive source? > > thank you > > > Yours sincerely, > > Jiashen Teh > PhD Student > Electrical Energy & Power Systems Group, School of Electrical & Electronic > Engineering > Ferranti Building (B18), The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom > Tel: +44 (0) 161 306 2263; Mobile: +44 (0) 792 322 4864
