This chapter starts by introducing multi-terminal component theory to illustrate how isolated power apparatus blocks interconnect to form a connected network. Then, it is shown how to block-diagonalize said power apparatus equations, how to form the tensor, and, finally, how to obtain the immittance matrices of the electrical network.

Chapter Contents:

• 6.1 Multi-terminal components
• 6.2 Buses
• 6.3 Forming the mesh matrix
• 6.3.1 Block-diagonal matrix
• 6.3.2 Connection tensor
• 6.3.3 Algorithm to form tensor
• 6.4 Forming the nodal matrix
• 6.5 Summary

Inspec keywords: matrix algebra; tensors; electric connectors; power system interconnection

Other keywords: power system interconnects; network formulation; isolated power apparatus; block diagonal matrix; multiterminal component theory; immittance matrix

Subjects: Power line supports, insulators and connectors; Power system management, operation and economics; Linear algebra (numerical analysis)