High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) Analysis
PowerWorld is developing tools for incorporating HEMP into power flow and transient stability analysis. Professor Tom Overbye of the University of Illinois and PowerWorld co-founder, recently delivered this presentation to the PSERC Industry Advisory Board. Interested customers are encouraged to contact us about beta-testing these tools. (Contact information is listed below.)
Visualization
The following contour graphics depict the EMP E3 effects of a simulated detonation over a synthetically-constructed model of a Texas power grid. This analysis can be replicated with the files and procedure described here.
Deviation in AC bus voltages on the 115-kV grid due to transformer reactive power losses:
Substation neutral current:
Surface electric field magnitude 60 seconds after detonation (E3B “heave”):
Transient stability plot of transformer effective GIC currents:
