Power flow study is the initial step which provides voltage magnitudes, phase angles, active and reactive power flows at respective buses under normal operating conditions. It helps in analyzing the current state of the power system and effective alternative options for expanding the existing system in order to meet with the increasing load demand. Contingency Analysis is also a major part of study for reliable and planned operation of power system. It is very significant function in modern Energy Management Systems. The objective of contingency analysis is to give operator the information about the static security. There are several factors which may lead to the contingency in power system, for example line outage, transformer outage, generator outage and overloads resulting the extreme situations such as voltage collapse, over loads in other branches and/or sudden system voltage rise or drop. Contingency analysis is used to calculate parameters violations. In this paper, maximum loading parameter is calculated and contingency status of Western System Coordinating Council 3 Machine, 9 Bus test system is done using PSAT toolbox in MATLAB.
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