Contingency Element Type: Branch

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The following describes the options available when creating a contingency element of type Branch. Contingency elements are created from the Contingency Element Dialog, and additional details of how to create contingency elements can be found here.

 

Action Settings

If Branch Device Types other than Line exist in the case, a special filtering drop down will appear that allows selecting branches by device type. Selecting a particular type will limit the entries in the chooser display to branches of that type.

Open

The Open action will set the Status of the selected branch to Openif the branch Status is Closed. If the branch Status is already Open, this action does nothing.

Open Breakers

See the special topic on Open Breakers for more detail.

Close

The Close action will set the Status of the selected branch to Closed if the branch Status is Open. If the branch Status is already Closed, this action does nothing.

Close Breakers

See the Close Breakers for Contingencies topic on the Contingency Element Dialog topic.

Set To

The only option available with this action is MVA Limit, which will change the contingency limit of the selected branch for the duration of the contingency. The Amount must be specified for the new limit in MVA.