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• Switching sequence management
• Safety & security procedures
• Interlock logic evaluator
• Switching plan validation |
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• 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, etc. |
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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
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• 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 |
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• Power flow
• Demand load
• Voltage drop
• Automatic temp. correction
• PF correction
• Multiple loading & generation categories
• Automatic device evaluation
• Real & reactive power losses |
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• Dynamic motor acceleration
• Voltage flicker
• Motor dynamic models
• Static motor starting
• Multi-sequence starting
• Conventional & soft starting devices
• Load transitioning
• MOV simulation |
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• 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 |
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• Active & reactive power optimization
• Generation & utility cost minimization
• Shunt Mvar & series compensation
• Minimize control movements
• Voltage & line flow security index
• Bus voltage & branch flow constraints
• Consider fuel & energy costs |
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• Panels ANSI & IEC
• Intelligent panel design & analysis
• 1-Phase (2W & 3W)
• 3-Phase (3W & 4W)
• ANSI & IEC Standards
• NEC load factors
• Automatic updating of upstream panels
• Customizable Excel® & Crystal Reports®
• Panel schedule with internal & external feeders & loads
• 1-Phase Load Flow
• Model 1-Phase (2W & 3W) networks
• Load flow with graphical per phase display |
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• Induction machine equivalent circuits
• Single-cage models
• Rotor deep-bar effects |
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• Intelligent graphical user interface
• State estimator & load distributor
• Process & performance monitoring
• Alarm & notification management |
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• Energy tariff builder
• Customizable reports
• Real-time energy cost tracker
• Cost & consumption summary |
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• Replay archived historian data
• Investigate cause & effect
• Explore alternative actions
• Replay "What If" Scenarios |
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• Adaptive bus load forecasting
• Real-time trending
• Load profile library
• Forecasting scenario archiving |
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• 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 |
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• 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 & mis-operation
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• Load point/bus reliability indices
• System reliability indices
• Reliability cost/worth indices
• Sensitivity analyses
• Fault isolation
• Load restoration
• Single & double contingencies |
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• ANSI / IEEE C37 Standards
• IEEE Standard 141 & 399, UL 489
• Integrates with protective device coordination
• Automatic device evaluation
• Phase-shifting transformer
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• IEC Standards (60909, 60282, 60781, 60947)
• Transient fault analysis (IEC 61363)
• Integrates with protective device coordination
• Automatic device evaluation
• User-definable voltage c factor
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• Map attributes of SPEL to ETAP elements
• Synchronize SPEL data to ETAP projects
• Database mapping via graphic user interface |
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• 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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• Simulate any disturbance & practical action
• Unlimited events & actions
• Automatic relay action (27, 32, 50, 59, 67, 81)
• Automatic load shedding
• Short & long time simulation
• Variable simulation time
• Multi-subsystems with multi-reference machines
• Comprehensive exciter, governor, & PSS models
• Shaft torsion & multi-mass modeling
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• Line constants
• Line ampacity
• Sag & tension
• HV Cd Transmission Link |
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• Per phase power flow
• Phase & sequence voltage & current
• 3-Phase, 2-Phase & 1-Phase
• Demand load & voltage drop
• Unbalanced loads & line impedance/coupling
• Automatic device evaluation (alerts)
• Automatic temperature correction
• Real & reactive power losses |
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• Neher-McGrath method
• IEC 60287 method
• Steady-state temperature
• Transient temperature
• Ampacity optimization
• Automatic cable sizing |
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• Governors, exciters, & stabilizers
• Create custom control block diagrams
• Library of control blocks & functions
• Step response test for each model
• Run-time compile within transient stability
• Import/compile models built in Simulink® |
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• 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 |
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