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• ANSI / IEEE C37 Standards
• IEEE Standard 141 & 399, UL 489
• Integrates with protective device coordination
• Automatic device evaluation for 3-phase, 1-phase, & panel systems
• Phase-shifting transformer
• Load terminal short circuit calculation
• IEC Standards (60909, 60282, 60781, 60947)
• Transient fault analysis (IEC 61363)
• Integrates with protective device coordination
•Automatic device evaluation for 3-phase, 1-phase, & panel systems
• User-definable voltage c factor
• Load terminal short circuit calculation
• IEEE 1584a-2004 Method
• NFPA 70E-2000 & 2004 Methods
• Embedded short circuit calculation
• Embedded device coordination
• Cubic box & open air
• Report & label generation
• Maintenance mode switch
• Relay actions (49, 50, 51, 67, 79, 87)
• Load terminal faults
• Power flow
• Demand load
• Voltage drop
• Power factor correction
• Automatic device evaluation
• Automatic temperature correction
• 2W & 3W transformer LTC/regulator actions
• Real & reactive power losses
• Extensive violation alerts
• Multi-report result analyzer
• Dynamic motor acceleration
• Voltage flicker
• Motor & load dynamic models
• Static motor starting
• Multi-sequence starting
• Conventional & soft starting devices
• Load & generation transitioning
• Motor Operated Valve (MOV) simulation
• Comprehensive alarm & warning
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• IEEE 519 Standard
• Automatic distortion evaluation (THD & IHD)
• Telephone influence factors (TIF & I*T)
• Automatic alerts of violations
• Harmonic sources library
• User-definable frequency range
• Identify resonance conditions
• User-customizable plots
• Filter design & sizing
• Single-tuned, high-pass, & band-pass filters
• Automatic filter overloading alert
• Inter-harmonic filter modeling |
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• Complete synchronous machine models
• Comprehensive excitation system models
• Prime-mover governor system models
• PSS system models
• Compatibility with User-Defined Dynamic Models
• Unlimited events & actions
• Typical & common disturbances & operations
• Automatic relay actions based on settings & system responses
• Short-time & long-time simulation
• Variable total simulation time & simulation step
• 3-phase & line-to-ground fault actions
• Auto synch-check action
• Embedded Newton-Raphson initial load flow
• Cold-state generator starting
• Load generators prior to synchronous speed
• Frequency-dependent machine models
• Frequency-dependent network models
• An expansion to the Transient Stability module
• Utilizes user-defined dynamic models
• Model unlimited wind turbine generators
• Detailed modeling of turbine dynamics, aerodynamics & power coefficients
• DFIG with pitch & converter controller
• Simulate wind disturbance like ramp & gust
• Individual or zone-based disturbances
• Library of pre-built models
• Customize existing UDM models
• Wide variety of blacks for building models
• Import Simulink® models
• Various model testing methods
• Real-time compiling & linking of model
• Induction machine equivalent circuits
• Single-cage models
• Rotor deep-bar effects
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• Intelligent panel design & analysis
• 3-Phase (3W & 4W) networks
• 1-Phase (2W & 3W) networks
• ANSI & IEC Standards
• NEC load factors
• Load flow with graphical per phase display
• Automatic device duty evaluation & alerts
• Automatic updating of upstream panels
• Export panel schedules to Excel®
• Panel schedule with internal & external feeders & loads
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• IEEE Standard 946
• Integrated AC & DC systems
• Newton-Raphson method
• Voltage drop
• Power losses
• Battery auto-activation
• Charger/UPS current limit
• Charger/UPS mode auto-switching
• DC converter modeling
• Motor model auto-switching
• IEEE Standard 946
• Integrated AC & DC systems
• Total bus and branch contribution fault currents
• Fault current rising time
• Battery modeling per IEEE/IEC Standard
• Charger modeling per IEEE/IEC Standard
• IEEE Standards 308, 485, 946
• Integrated AC, DC, & Control System Diagram
• Battery discharge simulation
• Battery sizing
• Discharge via DC load flow or duty cycle summation
• Voltage drop & loss consideration
• Class 1E DC power & control system models
• Simulation of control system with battery discharge voltage
• Duty cycle diversity factor
• Load model type per operating characteristics
• Battery duty cycle calculated from individual loads
• Options for battery & load duty cycle 1 min span
• Multiple user selected options for battery characteristic interpolation
• Multiple diversity & correction factors
• Battery sizing report in IEEE 485 format
• Plot battery capacity, voltage, & current
• Plot bus voltage & load & branch flow
• Detailed battery library |
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• Simulation of operation sequence
• Pickup & dropout voltage calculation
• Automatic alerts
• Burden & inrush modes
• Controlled contacts
• Integrated with battery discharge calculation |
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• AC & DC coordination
• Graphically adjustable device settings
• Extensive device library (verified & validated)
• Embedded short-circuit analysis
• Embedded motor acceleration analysis
• Integrated with one-line diagram
• Multi-axis time current curves
• Comprehensive plot options
• Adjustable magnifying-glass zoom view
• Time difference calculator
• Multi-function/level relays
• Device setting reports
• View device operation sequence graphically
• Device failure & backup operation
• Sequence viewer
• Normalized (shifted) curves
• Relay actions (27, 49, 50, 51, 51V, 59, 67, 79, 87)
• Export short-circuit data, relays settings to ARTTS
• Plot device steady-state response
• Compare relay response with manufacturer published data
• Display relay actual transient response
• Analyze relay false trips and mis-operation |
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• Test, simulate, & calibrate relays, meters, & transducers
• Test 24 different IEEE type relays
• Powerful & lightweight
• High accuracy & self-calibrating
• Multiple current & voltage outputs
• Auxiliary DC supply
• Manual & fully automatic testing
• View control panel & vector quantities
• ‘Click & Test’ feature for quick testing
• Playback transients from ETAP fault studies
• Playback transients from fault recorders
• Export to Comtrade format |
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• Unbalanced power flow
• Single-phase & unbalanced 3-phase modeling
• Unbalanced & nonlinear load modeling
• Phase & sequence voltage, current, & power
• Voltage & current unbalance factors
• Transmission line coupling
• Automatic device evaluation
• Solve multiple objectives simultaneously
• Interior point method with barrier functions
• Minimize power losses
• Active power optimization
• Reactive power optimization
• Optimal dispatch
• Optimal location & bank size
• Minimize installation & operation costs
• Individual source or average energy cost
• Voltage and/or power factor objectives
• Minimum, maximum, & average loading
• Branch capacity release & cost savings
• Review capacitor impact on the system
• Capacitor control method
• Flexible constraints
• System reliability
• Customer oriented indices
• Energy (cost) indices
• Sensitivity analysis
• Single & double contingency |
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• Conductor & ground wire libraries
• Built-in configurations: horizontal, vertical, etc.
• General configuration: X, Y, & Z coordinate
• Multi-line mutual coupling
• Phase & sequence impedance matrix
• Transposed & un-transposed lines
• Short & long line models
• Multiple layer soil model
• Calculated or user-defined impedances
• Conductor ampacity vs. temperature
• IEEE 738-1993 Standard
• Determine maximum operating temperature for various loading conditions
• Calculate derated ampacity based on temperature limit
• Consider weather, solar heat, & geographical location
• Sag/tension vs. temperature
• Multiple spans between dead-end structures
• Level spans of unequal length
• Solve spans of unequal length on different horizontal planes
• Include effects of wind, temperature, and k factor
• Detailed rectifier & converter modeling
• Composite AC/DC & DC/AC systems
• Built-in control schemes
• Inclusive transformer model
• Automatic harmonic spectrum calculation
• Easy-to-use integrated model |
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• Sizing based on the actual connected or operating load
• Includes ANSI & IEC standard types, classes, & ratings
• Considers ambient temperature, altitude, growth & load factors
• ANSI/IEEE C57.116 Standard
• Optimize unit transformer turns ratio
• Considers system voltage variation
• Considers generation station auxiliary load
• Generator reactive capacity vs. voltage plots |
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• 3-D plots for step, touch, & absolute potentials
• 3-D irregular configurations
• 3-D graphical interface views
• Rods & conductors in any 3-D direction
• Graphical display of over limits
• Conductor & rod optimization
• 3-D graphical interface views |
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• View GIS maps in ETAP
• Display analysis results on GIS maps
• Synchronize GIS data to ETAP projects
• Use graphical user interface for data mapping
• Control modification & accept/reject actions
• Check consistency for data synchronization
• Utilize GIS map tools |
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• Intelligent graphical user interface
• State estimator & load distributor
• Process & performance monitoring
• Alarm & notification management
• Energy tariff builder
• Customizable reports
• Real-time energy cost tracker
• Cost & consumption summary
• Simulate circuit breaker operation
• Identify potential operating problems
• Simulate motor starting & load change
• Predict operating time of protective devices
• Predict system response based on operator actions
• Perform “What If” operating scenarios
• Simulate real-time & archived data
• Operator assistance & training
• Replay archived historian data
• Investigate cause & effect
• Explore alternative actions
• Replay “What If” scenarios
• Adaptive bus load forecasting
• Real-time trending
• Load profile library
• Forecasting scenario archiving |
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• Multi-area control
• Load frequency control
• MW & Mvar sharing
• NERC performance standard
• Minimize fuel costs
• Optimize energy costs
• Fast solution
• Robust algorithms
• System optimization
• Supervisory & advisory control system
• Optimal power flow
• Programmable logic editor
• Tariff analyzer
• Rate structure builder
• Transaction scheduling
• Transaction contract
• Operating reserve analysis
• Reserve capacity monitoring
• Notification of inadequate reserve
• Predict operating reserve |
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• Steady-state & transient response
• Optimal load preservation
• Fast response time
• Reliable operation
• Minimum load shedding
• Proactive contingency analysis
• Restart inhibition
• Logical load sequencer
• Load restoration priority
• Confirm load shedding actions
• Simulate ILS recommendations
• Integrated stability knowledge base |
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• Flexible automation
• Programmable logic editor
• Online control
• Switching sequence management
• Safety & security procedures
• Interlock logic evaluator
• Switching plan validation
• Demand-side management
• Time-of-use load shifting
• Intelligent load management |
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• Import & export data
• Data synchronization
• Automatic one-line diagram generation
• Intelligent error checking
• Customizable data mapping
• Real-time data exchange
• Raw data IEEE format
• Map attributes of SPEL to ETAP elements
• Synchronize SPEL data to ETAP projects
• Database mapping via graphic user interface
• Map Access & Excel worksheets to ETAP elements
• Automatic one-line diagram generation
• Synchronize data to ETAP projects
• Perform consistency checks during data exchange
• Substitute missing information with ETAP defaults & library data
• Export one-line diagrams in DXF format
• Import ground grid plans from AutoCAD® |
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• Neher-McGrath Method
• IEC 60287 Method
• Steady-state temperature
• Ampacity optimization
• Automatic cable sizing
• Transient temperature
• Integrated with one-line diagram cables
• Integrated with underground raceways cables
• Pull multiple cables
• Completely flexible pull geometry
• Full ETAP Cable Library integration
• Display 3-D pulling path geometry
• ICEA P-54-440
• National Electrical Code® NFPA 70
• IEEE Standard 399
• British Standard 7671
• Installation types include:
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- U/G duct banks
- U/G direct buried
- Trays
- Ladders
- A/G conduit
- Air drops |
- Trenches
- Brackets
- Cleats
- Building voids
- Trunking
- Embedded direct |
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• Ampacity, voltage drop & short-circuit options
• Optimal & alternative sizes
• Size based on actual loading and/or ratings |
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• Cable Ampacity
• Cable Sizing
• Transmission Line Constants
• Transformer MVA Sizing
• Built-in intelligent graphics
• Network nesting
• Integrated 1-Phase, 3-Phase, & DC systems
• Integrated AC, DC, & grounding systems
• Multiple generators & grid connections
• Display results on one-line diagrams
• Customizable font types, styles, & colors
• Customizable display of ratings & results
• Graphical display of equipment impedance & grounding
• Graphical display of overstressed devices & alerts
• Hide & show protective devices & grounding systems
• Theme manager with status & kV dependent color control
• Propagation of nominal & rated voltage
• Propagation of phase connection
• Automatic display of energized & de-energized elements using dynamic continuity check
• Text box editor with dynamic link to properties
• OLE object & ActiveX control integration
• Intelligent text box & hyperlink bookmarks
• Customizable output reports via Crystal Reports®
• Batch printing with view-dependent printer settings
• User-friendly plotting
• Customizable output reports & plots
• Input, results, alerts, & summary reports
• Reports via Crystal Reports® viewer
• PDF, MS Word, Access, & Excel reports
• Element ID & text search capability
• MVA, MW, Mvar, kV, Amp, & PF conversion
• Motor nameplate & dynamic parameter data
• Generation nameplate
• Power grid short circuit impedances
• Motor & generation inertia
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• Unlimited AC (1-phase & 3-phase) & DC elements
• Unlimited buses: license dependent at run-time
• Nested views (composite networks & MCC)
• Power grids, synchronous, & induction generators
• MOV, synchronous, & induction motors
• Exciters, governors, & stabilizers
• Voltage & frequency dependent lumped loads
• Cables, lines, reactors, & impedance branches
• 2W & 3W transformers with voltage regulators
• Remote connectors
• Harmonic filters & static var compensator
• Instrument transformers
• Protective devices & meters
• Single & double throw switches
• Batteries, DC motors, loads, & branches
• Chargers, inverters, UPS, & DC converters
• ANSI, IEC, & user-defined elements with rotation & multiple sizes
• Comprehensive library: ANSI & IEC devices
• Verified & Validated (V&V) library data
• V&V locked data
• Cable, line, motor, harmonics, reliability, & battery
• Circuit breaker, recloser, relay, fuse, & trip devices
• Add, copy, merge, & delete capabilities
• User-defined & controlled libraries
• User-access control & security
• Edited-by & checked-by with date stamping
• User-controlled library merge
• Manage studies with scenarios & macros
• Record scenarios based on study settings
• Macro controlled scenario execution
• Tabulate & control different status configurations
• Compare source, load & switching device status
• Flag changed data with checker capability
• Copy, merge, export, import, & print
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• Orthogonal multi-dimension database
• Unlimited independent graphical views
• Unlimited status configurations
• Unlimited property revisions
• Multiple loading & generation conditions
• Real-time operating data
• Unlimited study solutions
• ODBC – MS Access, SQL server, & Oracle®
• Dumpster with unlimited cells: copy & paste
• User access security with password protection
• Edited-by & checked-by with date stamping
• Merge project files via clipboard
• Unlimited buses (license dependent) & elements
• Looped & radial systems
• Automatic error checking
• User interface for all network analysis modules
• Customizable ETAP preference properties
• Multi-level user access management
• WMF / EMF / DXF / PDF exporting
• Import RAW / IEEE / CSV files
• Export one-line diagrams in DXF format
• Import ground grid plans from AutoCAD |
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