Plan, Design, Operate, Optimize & Automate

Identify and analyze high-risk arc flash areas with greater flexibility by simulating and evaluating various mitigation methods. 

• DC Arc Flash Calculator with Two Methods:
  • DGUV-I 203-077 – Worst Case (Max Power)
  • General (Iterative) – Based on Stokes
• Shunt and Series DC Arc Fault Types
• Batch Import and Export for 1000’s of Locations
• DC AF Custom Label Generation
• PPE Evaluation based on VDE 0682-306-1-2 or User-Defined Energy Levels
• Typical Input Data for Diff. Equipment Types
• User-Defined Power Coefficient kP
• Electrode Material Correction Factors
• Boundary Plots & Intuitive Easy-to-Use Interface
• Export Results to CSV and MS Excel

• Based on CIGRE JTF 36-0121
• Exposure to Surface Magnetic Fields from Underground Conductor Installations
• Evaluates Field Intensity Limits Per IEEE C95.6-2002, ICNIRP – 2010 and ACGIH – 2002
• Handles Conductor & Sheath AC & DC Currents
• Allows user-defined Permeability CF
• Raceway cable location depth view
• Graphical data visualization with single and multiple plots
• Integrated with Underground Raceway Systems, Load Flow and Unified Load Flow modules

Perform accurate and detailed multi-domain Phasor (RMS) and Electromagnetic transients (EMT) studies with ETAP Transient Stability and eMTP. Simulate large networks in high-fidelity.

• Single-domain or multiple-domain co-simulation
• Watch your transient simulations in action with Live Charts for multiple components & variables
• Multiple CoSim elements per bus & multiple CoSim buses
• Graphically boundary data charting using rich Python-based plots
• Support for CoSim from ETAP Study Wizard

Objective assessment of grid connection for generating plants, allows for TSO/DSO based grid connection studies, design and dimensioning of RES

• Automated grid code evaluation of harmonic distortion and resonance
• Compliance per ENA Engineering Recommendation G5/5 (United Kingdom)

• Improved deliverables quality
• Protective device Comments in Device Settings Report
• Enhanced transformer inrush simulation and TCC plot
• TCC plot with Datablocks for embedded one-line
• Enhanced simulation and plot of solid-state trip device
• Device settings Datablock with settings unit selection
• Device Design Assessment for breaker and recloser
• Scenario Wizard with Sequence of Operation
• Enhanced Current Transformer Saturation o
  • New Typical Data
  • Integrated with Short Circuit current calculations

• Transformer inrush RMS plot
• Equation-based inrush current analysis for Grid Code compliance
• API to interface solar/ESS inverter & wind turbine dynamic models via user/manufacturer supplied DLL

Centralized Change Management solution to manage settings, information, and locations of protective relays and devices throughout the life cycle of substation assets.

• Increased data quality & access management
• Automatic processing & relay settings file generation
• Protection setting sync between a physical relay & ETAP Star PDC
• Integrated with Advanced Fault Analysis System (AFAS)

Improve and augment operator / dispatcher training for electrical systems through real-world practical learning and supports decision-making via "what-if" simulations for steady-state and dynamic system conditions.

• ETAP-in-the-Loop system simulation
• Training simulator for SCADA, PMS, EMS, ILS, DMS & OMS
• Instructor to multi-trainee environment with ad hoc & pre-defined scenarios
• Evaluation of trainee performance & continuous learning environment

Operational and decision-support analysis software to accurately simulate fault transients of distribution systems to improve fault location accuracy.

• Fault information retrieval – COMTRADE
• Field data sequence of operation by relay, bay, substation & zone 
• Fault type, impedance & location identification 
• Line positive and zero sequence estimation 
• Phasor, RMS, harmonics, power & frequency estimation 
• Model verification 
• Automatic event report generation with model-based & rule-based root cause analyses 
• Graphical visualization & reporting of fault location 
• Integrates with ETAP eProtect™ & Outage Management System (OMS) 

An integrated model-driven design software and control hardware solution to develop, simulate, optimize, validate, and control microgrids. 

• Optimal and rule-based dispatch 
• Grid active and reactive power interchange control 
• High speed intelligent adaptive load shedding for seamless islanding 
• Planned islanding 
• Black start & system restoration considering inrush currents 
• Active and Reactive power control to meet grid codes 
• Optimize, tune & hot-swap logic 
• Generation & load forecasting 
• Control validation via real-time simulation 

Model-driven renewable power plant control and management with SCADA visualization, predictive analysis, optimization and forecasting. 

• Design & operate to balance grid code compliance & power plant performance 
• Active power and reactive power control 
• Mange capacitor banks, switch capacitor, statcom & energy storage 
• Soft start & stop, renewable curtailment & renewable smoothing 
• Intelligent & centralized renewable farm control 
• Renewable energy SCADA & dashboards 

Network Model Management platform for collaborative engineering using smart management tools.

• Improved synchronization of composite network elements
• Automatic synchronization of OLV with Split Bus across multiple projects
• Synchronization of project settings
• Optimized supervisory control for split bus

Increase accessibility to ETAP projects for data collection and verification with the updated version of etapAPP™, a tablet application made for field engineers.

• Improved international character set support
• Improved locating net segment control for split bus
• Find elements based on property value & device type
• Auto backup and recovery

• Improved high-resolution display support
• More responsive and performance improvements throughout

ETAP One-Line Diagram is a user-friendly interface for creating and managing the network database used for schematic network visualization.

• Color coding of elements with engineering data revisioning
• Graphically display Lock symbol per Element based on Data Lock
• Datablock color fill
• Improved circuit tracing
• Page Break preview directly on the one-line diagram
• Transfer switch mirror connections and auto insertion of nodes
• Enhanced Device Info Annotation
  • Optimal default position
  • Annotation rotation – undo/redo
  • Alignment tools – Left, center, right & vertical spacing

Get a live insight into the study results using PlotView, including user-configurable visualization and export capabilities.

• PlotView for Voltage Stability Analysis
  • P-V Curves
  • V-Q Sensitivity
• Embedded PlotView for live insight on a one-line diagram for Transformer Inrush
• PlotView for Synchronous Generator
  • Capability Curve
  • Fuel Cost Profile
    

Utilize CAD/Dwg file import & export with ETAP to allow for synchronization between engineering, construction, and maintenance teams.

• Import CAD/Dwg to ETAP
  • Automatically generate a one-line diagram
  • Intelligently generate default mapping
  • Customize scaling factor and margin
• Export CAD/Dwg from ETAP one-line diagram
  • Automatically generate ETAP blocks
  • Customize color for annotation & Datablock

Get a live insight into the study results using Plot Analyzer, including user-configurable visualization and export capabilities.

• Efficient power system analysis by comparing graphical results from multiple studies using advanced & high-speed Python framework for charting
• Load Flow plots for Simulation Results vs. Distance
• Multiple Selection Plot List for Transient Stability and Motor Starting

• Synchronous Generator Capability Plot View
• Cable Operating Voltage, Current and Angle by Phase Type
• Motor circuit protector calculated trip amps for LVCB

Web services-based architecture for ETAP to interact with other complementary applications through data messaging 

• Connect to ETAP from any device, any platform
• ETAP now exposes its services over a REST API
• Readily implemented as a Python client in etapPy
• Run scenarios, studies, get project data, all from your tools

Feature-rich ETAP-Python API and IDE for creating and executing Python scripts

• Integration of ETAP and Python scripting language
• Feature-rich Python editor for running Python scripts
• Python API to run studies and generate output data reports
• Run ETAP studies remotely and in parallel across machines
• Customized Excel output reports using Python report generation for various modules
• Detailed reference documentation (descriptions, example code)
• API expansion including:
  • Device addition & deletion
  • Get & Set device engineering properties
  • Clear Message Log
  • Access active scenarios
  • Get user info, language, zoom level, etc.
  • Get element service condition, and more

Industry-standard for the most comprehensive V&V engineering equipment libraries. The latest library updates are included with every release & available for download from ETAP Help Center™.

• Solar/PV Array Library
  • Expanded 16,000+ PV Models
  • Solar/PV Parameter Estimation based on one & two diode models
  • Graphical display P-V & I-V characteristics
• Expanded LV Circuit Breaker modeling capability
• New Protective Device models (13,000+)

Utilize built-in task management and Gantt chart features to track tasks and progress of your system study projects directly in ETAP.

• Show Today’s date as an automatic marker
• Settings editor to improve look & feel for:
  • Today’s date marker
  • Row background
  • Days Off / Weekends
  • Individual task, completed task & task groups
• Import of ETAP study scenarios and automatic task creation

• SKM Import
  • Improved one-line diagram layout, rotation & element mapping
  • Automatic creation of Split-Bus including location and length
  • Optimized creation of multi-function relays
  • Node and bus creation logic based on number of connections
  • Copy/paste support in library mapping for fuses, LVCBs and relays
  • Additional data exchange support for
    • Three-winding transformer data import
    • Power factor & efficiency for multiple loading