New Feature: Data Check
A new feature was added to PowerWorld Simulator in the April 9, 2018 patch of Simulator 20 called “Data Checks”. Data checks grew out of work that PowerWorld customers Jonathan Young (Columbia Grid) and John Gross (Avista Utilities) performed building on PowerWorld Simulator’s features of Advanced Filters, Calculated Fields, Dynamic Formatting, Expression and String Expressions. […]
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August 3, 2018
Applying Updates to Hardware Licenses
To perform the following instructions, you will need a .V2C file provided by PowerWorld. Once you have completed the following instructions, your hardware key will unlock Simulator or Retriever with the updated features. Locate the machine that hosts the hardware key. Simulator or Retriever must be installed on this machine to complete the process. Start […]
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July 23, 2018
Presentation to NERC on PowerWorld’s Experience Using Real-Time Models
On February 28, 2018, Jamie Weber gave a public web presentation to the NERC SAMS committee on PowerWorld’s Experience Using Real-Time Models. This presentation is available as a PDF file at the following link: PowerWorld NERC MVG Full Topology Presentation Feb 2018
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February 28, 2018
Earth Resistivity Model for GIC Calculations
PowerWorld Simulator GIC can automatically incorporate scaling factors for geomagnetic latitude and earth resistivity according to NERC TPL-007-2 – Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events (October 2017). The earth resistivity models must be loaded from an auxiliary file. The following models are available: as described in TPL-007-2, Table 3: Geoelectric Field Scaling Factors as […]
January 31, 2018
Distributed Computing Setup
Distributed Computation Configuration To quickly check the configuration of a given machine, use the Distributed Computation Configuration utility (DistCompCfg.exe in the installation directory of the Simulator version you would like to configure for Distributed use). If a step is not configured correctly, the checkbox will not be marked. All machines involved in a Distributed Computing […]
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September 14, 2017
Play-in time series measurement data with PlayInGen model for Power Plant Model Validation (PPMV)
PlayIn models can be found in the Transient Stability add-on of Simulator. Many dynamic models comprise of differential-algebraic equations that respond to perturbations in a simulation. In contrast, these PlayIn models are used to input time-series data into a transient run at specified time points. In Simulator, a PlayIn Configuration object can be used to store […]
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February 8, 2017
Adding Voltage Compensation to a Generator Model
Generator Voltage Compensation The input signal to Exciter models is a voltage signal (often labeled as either Vc or Ec on a block diagram). In the simplest form this is just the per unit voltage magnitude of the terminal bus of the generator. However, sometimes instead of using that voltage signal directly, the voltage is compensated by attempting to control […]
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October 19, 2016
EMP Simulation Example
PowerWorld Simulator version 20 includes the ability to analyze the E3 effects of a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) attack on the power system. Algorithms are based on public Oak Ridge National Laboratory research. To perform a sample analysis: Download this file. Extract the contents and open TX2000.pwb with PowerWorld Simulator (version 20 or higher). Open the […]
Tags: GIC,How-to,Simulator,Tutorial
June 24, 2016
Complete Case Auxiliary File Export Format Descriptions
PowerWorld’s Auxiliary File Format is very flexible in providing a mechanism for saving model information from PowerWorld Simulator. It also provides a great way to share information with others. This flexibility however has some downsides as puts additional burden on the user to know which things to save. Many tools within PowerWorld Simulator overcome this by including […]
May 13, 2016
Using Special Variables with Scripts or SimAuto
Some Simulator functions cause special variables to be created for storing results. The multiple element TLR sensitivity is a common example. Special variables are used to hold the sensitivities of flows on those multiple elements with respect to injections at various points. The number of special variables in use depends on the number of branches […]
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February 1, 2016