Features and Improvements
- Available Transfer Capability (ATC) Tool: When using the iterated methods, new Iteratively Found strings (CTG_ABORTED_LINEAR, CTG_ABORTED_AFTER_LINEAR, CTG_ABORTED_IN_FULL, and CTG_ABORTED_ITERATED) are possible if a contingency fails to solve because an Abort action has been implemented.
- Contingency Analysis Tool: Added contingency Abort action. If this action is implemented the contingency will immediately stop processing. No violations or Custom Monitors will be recorded. Contingency elements with this action type can only be saved in an auxiliary file and will not save in a PWB file until Simulator version 18.
- PV and QV Curve (PVQV) Tool: 'Aborted Contingency' is a new PV critical reason if a contingency fails to solve because an Abort action has been implemented.
- QV Curves: ABORTED will be reported in the QV overview results if a contingency fails to solve because an Abort action has been implemented.
- GIC: Better support for GIC auxiliary files.
- GIC: Changed defaults for auto transformers and configurations.
- Power Flow Solution: Disable transformers that are controlling the same regulated bus as SVCs. This is to prevent potential conflicts with different control ranges.
- Power Flow Solution: When an SVC is on Slow B Control, the control changes will stop if the change in voltage is too small. This will prevent a possible infinite loop due to the control changes not significantly affecting the voltage.
- Transient Stability: Modified so that the "list of out of service models" is written in lower case characters in a GE DYD file. GE PSLF seems to require this in lower case or models are not taken out of service.
- Transient Stability: When running Distributed Transient Analysis, plots can be generated on remote machines and pulled back to the main process.
- Transient Stability: Added parameter checks on T1,T2,T3,T4 for the CBEST model to eliminate common factors in transfer function.