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Enhancements and New Features in Simulator 6.0
The following is a list of many of the most
noticeable changes to Simulator for Version 6.0.
Engineering Functionality
- Contingency Analysis: Version 5.0 introduced Contingency Analysis. Version 6.0 extends these abilities by allowing you to auto-insert multi-element contingencies. Report writing and data export are also vastly improved.
- Injection Groups: Model a group of generators and loads that act as a group without changing the area/zone information using new injection groups.
- MW-mile Calculations: You can now easily do MW-mile calculations.
- PTDFs: Directly input the NERC flowgate definitions (at http://www.maininc.org/pubnerc/pubnerc_ptdf.htm) and calculate PTDFs, even for the contingency flowgates. Also find PTDFs for multiple directions.
- OTDFs: Calculate outage transfer distribution factors for single line outages.
- Improved Power Flow Convergence: Especially for cases with LTC and phase-shifting transformers.
Interface and Drawing
- Bus Palette: A new palette that greatly helps you in building one-line diagrams.
- Automatic Insertion of Loads, Generators, and Interfaces on a one-line
- Saving Views: Want to save a list of commonly used views of your one-line? Now you can.
- Contouring: Contouring has been modified to allow the specification of custom color maps. You can also contour area-based quantities.
- One-line Links: Put links to other files in your one-line and open them directly from Simulator.
Data
- Ownership Data: You can now define ownership information for equipment.
- Outage Information: Want a list of what facilities are outaged? That's been added.
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