Power engineering software

Power engineering software is software used to create models, analyze or calculate the design of Power stations, Overhead power lines, Transmission towers, Electrical grids, Grounding and Lightning systems and others. It is a type of application software which is used for power engineering problems, which are transformed into mathematical expressions.

Analysis software for lightning protection used on a power substation.

History

The first software programs for power engineering were created by the end of the 1960s for the purpose of monitoring power plants. In the following decades, Power engineering and Computer technologies were developed very fast. Software programs were created to collect data for power plants.[1] One of the first computer languages used in Nuclear plants and Thermal plants was C (programming language). The first power systems analysis program to feature a graphical user interface, IPSA, was designed in the mid-1970s.[2] Further platforms for electrical power modelling were created by the end of the 1980s. Currently, the programming language Python, commonly used in French Nuclear plants, is used to write energy-efficient algorithms and software programs.[3][4]

Classification

Power plants analysis software
3D modeling grounding grid

After 2000 begins to develop rapidly analytical programming and 3D modeling. Software products are being created for design power plants and their elements and connections. Programs are based on mathematical algorithms and computations.[5] Power software as IPSA, SKM, CYME, DINIS, PSS/E, DIgSILENT and ETAP are pioneers at the category power engineering software. Most of this product used MARKAL, ESME and other modelling methods. The transmission lines be designed according to minimum requirements set out in the SQSS (security and quality of supply standard). This also applies to other elements of the power systems. In the software world, were developed many CAD software products for 2D and 3D electrical design.[6]

Renewable energy controller software

The controllers of Renewable energy used different software. The digital controllers are different types: ADC, DAC, 4-bit, 8-bit, 16-bit, and many others.[7] The controllers most of the time to this date are programmed with computer languages like:C,C++,Java and others.[8]

Power engineering protection software

Another kind of software is one for simulating security systems for power systems and power plants. Such software simulates the activating the various types of protections, which protects the transformers, power lines and other components. graph of different characteristics of the protections. Mathematical models have been set for all components of the power engineering system. It is up to the user to choose what type of protection to put on the energy objects. Protections are also mathematically modeled when they are connected to power engineering objects. The parameters of the emergency are set and based on the mathematical model, all the calculations are performed to obtain the output graphs and results.[9]

Software products
System Creator Development started Latest stable version License Notes
IPSA TNEI Services Ltd. 1974 2.10.0

(May 2022)

 commercial Load flow, Contingency and Automation studies, Reactive power studies and compliance, Voltage regulation and power losses, Load and generation profile studies, Fault Level, Overcurrent Protection, Time and overcurrent grading, Relay modelling, Harmonic Analysis, G5/4 compliance, Transient Stability, DC Networks, Reliability, Unbalanced systems, User-defined Models, CIM, Flexibility, Python Scripting.
NEPLAN NEPLAN AG 1988 10.8.1.2 commercial Cloud Computing,[10] Power System Analysis, Power Management System, Grid Code, Real Time integrations, Transmission and Distribution networks, GIS/SCADA integrations, Asset Management, EMS - DMS
ETAP Operation Technology, Inc. 1986 22.5 commercial Power System Analysis, Power Management System, SCADA, Transmission & Distribution planning, Geospatial Modeling, ADMS, EMS, Microgrid Controller, Power Plant Controller
EA-PSM Energy Advice 2013 23.04.13 commercial Power Flow analysis, Short Circuit, Arc flash, Harmonic Flow, Motor Start analysis, Relay Coordination and Protection Tracking[11]
XGSLab SINT Ingegneria 2004 7.01 commercial GSA,GSA FD,XGSA FD,XGSA TD
CYME CYME International 1986 16.01 commercial COM Module, Voltage Stability Analysis
SKM SKM Systems Analysis, Inc 1992 8.0.2.5 commercial TMS, HI_WAVE, CAPTOR, IEC 60909 Fault, IEE Wiring, A_Fault (ANSI)[12]
PowerFactory DIgSILENT GmbH 1985 2023 commercial Unbalanced Load Flow, RMS, EMT and Harmonic Analysis, Protection, Short Circuit, Arc flash, Harmonic Flow, Motor Start analysis, State Estimation, Cable Analysis, Scripting and Automation, Transmission and Dirtribution Network Tools
ERACS RINA Consulting Ltd 1990 3.9.10 commercial Balanced three-phase power systems analysis modelling tool, which includes Loadflow, Fault / Short-Circuit, Harmonics & G5/4, Protection Co-ordination, Transient Stability and Arc Flash calculation modules.[13]
PSCAD Manitoba HVDC Research Centre 1986 5.0.0 commercial Electromagnetic Transient studies
EMTP EDF & RTE & Hydro-Québec 1982 4.1 commercial Electromagnetic Transient studies
MSEMT [14] Industrial chair of EDF & RTE & Hydro-Québec 2021 1.00 educational EMTP-validated library developed using Modelica language for Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) studies
PSSE Siemens 1976 commercial Steady-state conditions as well as over timescales of a few seconds to tens of seconds
PSS SINCAL Siemens 1980s 17.5 (April 2021) commercial Several steady-state methods with massive calculation power, extensive protection analysis and dynamics/transients modules for a wide frequency range (up to nsec)
NAP[15] Innovation Energie Développement 1990 4.0.1 commercial Initial and Constrained Load Flow, Short Circuit, Contingency Analysis and Stability calculation
DSATools Powertech Labs Inc. 1990s 21.0.7 commercial Suite of software tools for load flow and power system stability and oscillation studies: Transient Stability (TSAT), Voltage Stability (VSAT), Small-Signal (SSAT) and powerflow (PSAT). Online (real-time) DSA implementation for control room. Distributed computation. Several add-on modules for co-simulation with PSCAD & RTDS and PMU data streaming.

System Analysis
Grounding grid design

The software products are created to solve different problems and to make different analysis of the power engineering.

  • Grounding grid analysis
  • Power generation analysis
  • Transmission line analysis
  • Renewable energy analysis
  • Distribution system analysis

See also

References
  • Julius Tou Software Engineering
  • J.R. McDonald, Stephen McArthur Intelligent knowledge based systems in electrical power engineering
  • Stephanie Hay, Anna Ferguson A Review of Power System Modelling Platforms and Capabilities,TNEI Services
  • Ana Cavalcanti, Augusto Sampaio, James Woodcock Refinement Techniques in Software Engineering: First Pernambuco Summer
  • Bjorklund, P., Pan, J., Yue, C., Srivastava, K., “A New Approach for Modelling Complex Power System Components in Different Simulation Tools”,
  • Innovation in Power, Control, and Optimization Emerging Energy Technologies Vasant, Pandian
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  9. Kuliš, Ivan Goran; Marušić, Ante; Leci, Goran (May 2012). "Protection relay software models in interaction with power system simulators". 2012 Proceedings of the 35th International Convention MIPRO. pp. 924–929. OCLC 5873135075. S2CID 18058074.
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  13. "ERACS - Power Systems Analysis Software from RINA". www.eracs.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  14. Masoom, Alireza; Mahseredjian, Jean; Ould-Bachir, Tarek; Guironnet, Adrien (2021). "MSEMT: An Advanced Modelica Library for Power System Electromagnetic Transient Studies". IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 37 (4): 2453–2463. doi:10.1109/TPWRD.2021.3111127. S2CID 240536090.
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