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PowerGridTools Power-system engineering

Overview

The whole study workflow in one tool

A single-line editor with 52 component types, 37 analyses on one model, results on the diagram and reports in common formats.

The PowerGridTools application window after a load flow on the IEEE 14-bus test system drawn by Electra: menus and toolbar at the top, the component tree on the left, the single-line diagram on the drawing sheet with result boxes for bus voltages, angles and power flows, and the results drawer below with the converged summary, generation, load, losses and voltage range.
IEEE 14-bus system after a load flow: result boxes on the diagram, the summary in the results drawer.

Single-line editor

Draw the network with 52 component types: sources, loads, storage, converters, buses, branches, switching devices, protection, compensation, harmonic sources and measurement.

  • Multiple pages, linked with bus links
  • Undo and redo, revisions with snapshot and restore
  • Automatic arrangement of a page, undone with a single step
  • Component libraries for cables, generators and relay curves
Component symbols of the editor: external grid, synchronous generator, wind turbine, solar panel, two- and three-winding transformers, bus, line, cable, circuit breaker, disconnector, relay, current transformer, load, induction motor, capacitor, SVC, STATCOM, battery, inverter, harmonic filter and HVDC link.
A selection of the component symbols.

Results where you work

Load-flow and short-circuit results are drawn next to the elements they belong to. Step through faults bus by bus or show all of them at once, and open the result tables for the details.

All analyses and standards

The PowerGridTools application window with a three-phase fault on every bus of the IEEE 14-bus test system, all faults shown at once on the diagram through the fault navigator's Show All, and the results drawer listing fault type, the largest and smallest fault currents and the fault current, angle and short-circuit power of each bus.
Three-phase faults on every bus, all results shown at once.

Exchange data with other tools

Bring existing networks in, and hand results and drawings over to colleagues and other programs.

Exchange formats
Format Import Export Notes
IEEE Common Data Format IEEE CDF — The classic IEEE test-case format.
PSS/E RAW rev. 29–34 rev. 33 Siemens PSS/E power-flow data; compressed files are accepted.
PSS/E DYR GENROE, GENROU, GENSAL, ESST1A, ESAC1A, IEEEST, CSVGN1 — PSS/E dynamic models of machines, exciters and stabilizers.
CGMES 2.4.15, 3.0 2.4.15 (EQ, TP, SSH, SV) ENTSO-E Common Grid Model Exchange Standard (IEC 61970-600).
PowerFactory DGS ASCII 5–7 — DIgSILENT PowerFactory data exchange.
DXF page background R12 CAD drawings as a page background; diagrams for CAD.
SVG — diagram The diagram as a vector graphic.
PDF — reports Study reports.
Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx) — reports Study reports as Word documents (optionally from your template) and Excel workbooks.

Which formats are available can depend on the package.

In the browser and on the desktop

  • Browser app

    Sign in and work in the browser without installing anything. Projects are saved to your drive.

  • Online desktop client

    The same application as a desktop program; analyses run on PowerGridTools servers.

  • Offline desktop product

    For organizations that need it: the analysis engine runs on your own computer, activated with your account.

Checked against references

The engine is compared with published books, standards and papers, closed-form solutions and other programs such as OpenDSS, ANDES, MATPOWER, PowSyBl and pvlib. There are 141 documented reference cases; 107 match in every compared value, and the remaining cases are documented as open.

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