Rev: 00 July 2018

IEEE 13 Bus Feeder

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Contents
CASE INFORMATION.............................................................................................................................. 3
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 3
SYSTEM DATA ........................................................................................................................................ 4
COMPARISON OF LOADFLOW RESULTS ................................................................................................ 5
REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................... 5

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CASE INFORMATION
Case Name IEEE13.dft

Location Tutorial/Samples/Distribution System/IEEE13/

Created by Melanie Dyck

Revision 00 – July 2018

Target GPC, PB5, NovaCor

Minimum Hardware 1 x NovaCor Chassis with at least 2 enabled cores

1 x PB5 based rack with at least 3 PB5 Cards
1 x GPC based rack with at least 3 GPC Cards

Keywords IEEE 13, Test Feeder, Distribution System, 1‐3 Phase,

Regulator, Short Transmission Lines, Overhead Lines,
Underground Lines, Shunt Capacitors, Unbalanced Loading

Purpose  Distribution System

 IEEE 13 Node Test Feeder

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE 13 bus feeder is a small system that is used to test distribution systems. It operates
at 4.16kV, has 1 source, a regulator, a number of short unbalanced transmission lines, and
shunt capacitors. Figure 1 shows the one line diagram of the test system [1]. The data
pertaining to the system are given in Section 3. The results from the IEEE 13 Test Feeder
document and the RSCAD steady state results are compared in Section 4 to show that a close
match can be achieved. Section 5 lists references related to the data and models used in the
system.

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650

646 645 632 633 634

611 684 692 675

671

652 680

Figure 1 : One‐Line Diagram of IEEE 13 Bus Power System [1]

SYSTEM DATA
The detailed system data can be found in the IEEE 13 Node Test Feeder Document [1]. It can
be downloaded from the following website:
http://sites.ieee.org/pes‐testfeeders/resources/
The regulator controls were derived from the same PSCAD case referenced in the RSCAD
IEEE 34 Node Test Feeder case and altered to reflect the IEEE 13 Node Test Feeder regulator
specifications.
It is important to note that the pi‐section model used in RSCAD (rtds_risc_MATPI4) is
expecting the shunt capacitance for one end of the pi‐section only. The capacitance given in
the IEEE document must then be divided by 2. It is also important to note that the MATPI
model requests the capacitance from the wire to ground. This is not equal to C11, C22 or
C33. The data given in the IEEE document is the shunt capacitance matrix and the data on
the diagonal is C11, C22, C33 or (B11, B22, B33). The capacitance from node 1 to ground
must then be calculated, for example C1g = C11 – C12 – C13.

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COMPARISON OF RESULTS
Table 1: RTDS Steady State Results Compared to IEEE Results

|Va| (pu) ∠Va (deg) |Vb| (pu) ∠Vb (deg) |Vc| (pu) ∠Vc (deg)
BUS
RTDS IEEE RTDS IEEE RTDS IEEE RTDS IEEE RTDS IEEE RTDS IEEE
650 0.9997 1.0000 0.00 0.00 0.9998 1.0000 ‐120.00 ‐120.00 0.9997 1.0000 120.00 120.00
RG60 1.0646 1.0625 0.00 0.00 1.0521 1.0500 ‐120.00 ‐120.00 1.0664 1.0687 120.00 120.00
632 1.0235 1.0210 ‐2.48 ‐2.49 1.0442 1.0420 ‐121.71 ‐121.72 1.0149 1.0174 117.81 117.83
633 1.0205 1.0180 ‐2.55 ‐2.56 1.0423 1.0401 ‐121.75 ‐121.77 1.0123 1.0148 117.81 117.82
634 0.9966 0.9940 ‐3.21 ‐3.23 1.0241 1.0218 ‐122.20 ‐122.22 0.9934 0.9960 117.33 117.34
645 1.0351 1.0329 ‐121.88 ‐121.90 1.0129 1.0155 117.84 117.86
646 1.0333 1.0311 ‐121.96 ‐121.98 1.0109 1.0134 117.89 117.90
671 0.9927 0.9900 ‐5.28 ‐5.30 1.0551 1.0529 ‐122.32 ‐122.34 0.9751 0.9778 115.99 116.02
680 0.9927 0.9900 ‐5.28 ‐5.30 1.0551 1.0529 ‐122.32 ‐122.34 0.9751 0.9778 115.99 116.02
684 0.9908 0.9881 ‐5.30 ‐5.32 0.9731 0.9758 115.89 115.92
611 0.9711 0.9738 115.75 115.78
652 0.9852 0.9825 ‐5.22 ‐5.25
692 0.9927 0.9900 ‐5.28 ‐5.31 1.0551 1.0529 ‐122.32 ‐122.34 0.9751 0.9777 115.99 116.02
675 0.9864 0.9835 ‐5.52 ‐5.56 1.0575 1.0553 ‐122.49 ‐122.52 0.9730 0.9758 116.02 116.03

Table 2: Power Flow Results at Bus 650

Phase A Phase B Phase C Total

Input
RTDS IEEE RTDS IEEE RTDS IEEE RTDS IEEE
kW 1254.439 1251.398 978.215 977.332 1349.094 1348.461 3581.749 3577.191
kVAr 680.004 681.570 372.535 373.418 668.695 669.784 1721.230 1724.772
kVA 1426.893 1424.968 1046.751 1046.241 1505.725 1505.642 3973.861 3971.289
PF 0.8791 0.8782 0.9345 0.9341 0.8960 0.8956 0.9013 0.9008

REFERENCES

[1] IEEE 13 Node Test Feeder Document. http://sites.ieee.org/pes‐testfeeders/resources/

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