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IEEE Services help page the "F1" file
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ABB- contains several publications on HVDC and FACTS
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Decision Systems International provides services to the electric utility industries in the areas of SCADA/EMS, Network analysis, system optimization, market design under restructuring, and risk management
http://www.edf.fr/EDF/html/fr/decouvertes/voyage/index.html
-Electricity de France—This site contains the following examples of demonstrations that can be accessed via Internet-
· Global view of a power system network
· Thermal Power Station
· Hydro Power Station
· Nuclear Power Station
www.cusp.umn.edu, material uploaded to the CUPSP(tm) website, all of which is free-of-cost. The website contains three undergraduate courses: Power Systems, Power Electronics, and Electric Machines and Drives. To support teaching of these courses, there are nearly 100 videos, one for each lecture in these three courses, that can be viewed online or they can be downloaded on to your own computer. YOU NEED NOT BE A MEMBER OF CUSP(TM); all of it is free-of-cost.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Power and Energy Systems
Michigan Technical University Power Program
Power System Lab
Advanced Power
Systems Analysis Course (EE554)
Electric Power Engineering Education
Archive at
Electrical Engineering Departments Worldwide List (at Univ. Missouri-Rolla)
University of wateroo, Canada - Selected papers on voltage stability and voltage stability report
http://www.esn.auc.dk/mastersAt Aalborg University a new master education programme :Sustainable Energy Engineering (electrical specialization) has opened for students already having a B. Sc.
Contents:
Energy for the future is of great concern for everybody in the industrial countries. Also the influence on the environment and sustainable development is of great concern. Concerning sustainable development the quality and sustainability of natural resources and ecosystems, threats of global change, quality of life in our cities, and the impact of the production and use of energy is essential to our economics and to our way of life. The objective of the study program is to make the students able to plan and construct environmentally sustainable energy systems. To achieve this, students are provided with knowledge about and understanding of different types of energy supply systems and the placement in, and effect on, both the overall and the local supply system. Specifically, the objectives are to: · impart knowledge to the student about planning and construction of energy supply systems, with respect to environmental sustainable development · impart the student technical knowledge about start-up of plants and optimal operation of energy supply systems in existing electrical and thermal systems · enable the student to perform life cycle analysis for plants and systems, e.g. including resource use, evaluation of emissions and handling of by-products · impart the student technical knowledge about renewable and fossil sources, e.g. biomass, wind-power, solar and geothermal energy, natural gas and wastes.
Upcoming
(August 2005) on-line education opportunities in Electric Power and Energy
Systems from Iowa State University (ISU).
Course
Information
Fall
semester courses in
(1) EE 653: Energy System Planning, see
http://www.ede.iastate.edu/CourseInfo.asp?id=862 for details
This course explains targets
investment analysis or capital budgeting or project selection for power
system expansion, and explains the financial appraisal of large-scale,
long-term investment projects.
(2) EE 553: Steady-state analysis and power systems operation,
see
http://www.ede.iastate.edu/CourseInfo.asp?id=861 for
more details.
This course will address power flow, economic dispatch, unit commitment,
automatic generation control, sparse matrix techniques, interconnected
operation, and voltage control.
(3) EE 458: Economic systems for electric power planning, see
http://www.ede.iastate.edu/CourseInfo.asp?id=855 for details.
This course will focus on basic
economic theory, electric energy markets, planning methods, and optimization
techniques.
(4) EE 456: Power system analysis I, see
http://www.ede.iastate.edu/CourseInfo.asp?id=854 for details.
This course will address power transmission lines and transformers, synchronous
machine modeling, network analysis, power system representation, and
power flow programs.
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Costs
Please
see http://www.ede.iastate.edu/distance_students.asp for
more information on costs and other course structure requirements.
Additional
Information
All courses are 3-credit courses that are taught as part of the regular ISU
engineering program in power and energy systems. The recommended minimum
prerequisite background for these courses is a BSEE degree or equivalent.
The courses run throughout the semester. Since the courses are recorded,
they may be viewed at the discretion of the student.
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IEEE Power
Engineering Society
Below are given some of the software available on the IEEE-PES website.
· PowerWorld™ Simulator: (12 bus version) solves the power flow and economic dispatch problems. It is an interactive power system simulation package designed to simulate high voltage power system operation on a time frame ranging from several minutes to several days. Powerful visualization techniques are used on an interactive basis, resulting in an extremely intuitive and easy to use graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes animated one-line diagrams with support for panning, zooming and conditional display of objects. The software runs under Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT.
· PFLOW: a "commercial-grade" continuation power flow program, that can be used to research static voltage stability phenomena in detailed AC-HVDC-FACTS power system models. The program is written in C and C++, and two versions for WINDOWS 95 and UNIX are available, including examples and a brief tutorial.
· PCFLO and PCFLOH PCFLO is a load flow program which also includes short circuit and harmonics capabilities. PCFLOH is a harmonics-only version of PCFLO, with special user interface for harmonic studies. PCFLO contains some features not found in many load flow programs. For example, it lists the power loss on each line and transformer. It allows the user to control the transition point from Gauss-Seidel to Newton-Raphson. Also, it lists the optimal bus order for selected method 1, 2, or 3 in a separate output file, which is helpful to students who are learning how to properly order busses. (for Windows 95/98/NT)
· JPower: Java Power Flow Analysis is a typical dynamic web page based on Java & CGI. This shows you a potential power of Java in power system applications and education.
·
Voltage Stability
Toolbox: The Voltage Stability Toolbox (VST), developed at the Center for
Electric Power Engineering,
· Voltage Instability Demonstrator: A Java based demonstration of static voltage instability on a 2-bus system.
· Economic Loading Dispatch Demonstrator: A Java based demonstration of economic dispatch with three generators on a lossless system.
· TOWERABC: Calculates line constants for overhead three-phase, single-circuit or double-circuit, transmission lines and produces contour plots of rms V, E, and H, plus sound. It can be used for 50/60 Hz, and also for harmonic frequencies.
· ABC012: Handy phase sequence calculator. Microsoft Fortran Power Station 4.0 source and executable are included.
· Power-El: fifty files that can be used to simulate individual electronic power converters employing the widely available Pspice software
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Educational
Case Study on Power System Restoration: This case study provides an
educational opportunity for electrical engineering students at the
sophomore/Junior level to expand their knowledge about power systems in
general, and more specifically power system blackout restoration. Besides
offering explanations of concepts, this case study uses the dynamic environment
of html to help create links for more detailed and often more visual
representations of key concepts. The end goals for the student are:
1) To complete open-ended exercises to see how they can immediately apply their
newly acquired knowledge.
2) An introduction to advanced power system subjects.
·
Power Systems Test Case
Archive The UW Power System Test Case Archive provides World Wide Web
access to power system data (test cases). Contains: Power Flow Test Cases (14,
30, 57, 118, and 300 Bus), Dynamic Test Cases (17 Generator, 30 Bus "
· Internet based full AC power flow, please see at: www.InteractWithPower.com .Free (for testing and educational purposes) full AC power flow version. Only standard internet browser needed. No additional SW installation needed at your own computer. Steps: Click on "Create account ..."; Specify your data including your correct Email (mandatory) address, accept usage conditions, then choose AC power flow (ready for various "standard" IEEE power flow networks (14, 57,118, 300 IEEE bus systems); you can also feed your own IEEE cdf data sets!). A great opportunity for academics (and professionals ?) to share great power applications with the power system community.
Power Engineering Society Home Page
Power Related Software
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An educational software called Power
Education Toolbox (PET) has been developed at
The zip file containing the program, its help files, and a small 14-bus test
file can be downloaded from:
http://ee.tamu.edu/~abur/pet.html
The program has the power flow, state estimation (wls and lav) and network
observability analysis functions.
·
(www.zsystems.ca) Z
Systems, Inc. specializes in developing data analysis, acquisition, and
visualization software and software technologies that provide a complete
solution for scientists, engineers, and OEM software developers. The popularity of the software is growing continuously among
various industries as the choice for functional, yet powerful, data analysis
and visualization software. Some of the clients include major research
companies like APT Power Technologies, RTDS Technologies, Inc., and the
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Under the National Science
Foundation sponsorship through the combined
research and curriculum development program, an educational module titled,
"Intelligent systems in
power systems." Has been developed.
The module can be located at the 'PowerZone," which contains the
module together with other results developed by Arizona State U and
http://ceaspub.eas.asu.edu/PowerZone/
The module on intelligent systems in power systems contains three submodules:
(1) security assessment, (2) fault analysis, and (3) distribution feeder
protection. The modules have been tested in
senior level power engineering courses. The module includes
presentations and computer demos. Part of the module also involved the use of
Net Meeting to facilitate the student/mentor interaction through
videoconference. The module will be useful for
educational programs You can also try EGIDE for Power System
Demonstrations at Schools.
EGIDE is an educational tool based on the dynamic simulation of power systems.
Further information on the EUROSTAG site of Tractebel Energy Engineering, is available at www.eurostag.be. Go to the page
"Compatible products", and then to "EGIDE"
· You can use the web site at
http://www.pserc.cornell.edu/tcc/
(1) to interactively calculate transfer capabilities on sample power systems
(2) to browse tutorial and research material on transfer capability, particularly
calculations involving sensitivity and uncertainty and generalizing DC load
flow methods.
· ATP the Alternative Transients Program
· ATP/EMTP www.emtp.org
· EMTP-RV www.emtp.com
·
"MicroTran"
www.microtran.com
MicroTran is the electromagnetic transients program (EMTP) version of the
· Aspen Utility Software - with downloadable demos
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TRANSMISSION 2000- http://www.cai-engr.com/T2000.htm
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· Cherry Tree Scientific Software - Graham J. Rogers - Induction Motor Simulation
· CYME Software - for power systems
· Distribution Management System (DMS) http://www.dmsgroup.co.yu/
· ESA Easy Power www.easypower.com
· Eurostag www.eurostag.be
· EDSA www.edsa.com
· ETAP www.etap.com
· DIGSILENT www.digsilent.de
·
Intellicon's Voltage Collapse
Diagnostic and
Postured Control with website
http://www.intellicon.biz <http://www.intellicon.biz/>
· IPSA (power flow, fault calculations, stability analysis)www.ipsa-power.com
· SKM Power* Tools www.skm.com
· www.stri.se simpow now with a voltage dip module.
· Sparsity Technology - for power systems
· Matlab Matrix Routines
· Free Matlab toolboxes and more
· ObjectStab - a free Modelica Library for Power Systems, suitable for the simulation and analysis of transient and voltage stability in power systems.
· www.mipowersoftware.com MiPower a multi-utility software for power system studies and simulation.
· NEPLAN www.neplan.ch
· PowerWorld Power Systems Software
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PSAT (Power System Analysis
Toolbox)
· QuickStab® Professional www.scscc-us.com
· http://thunderbox.uwaterloo.ca/~fmilano
· PSCAD/EMTDC www.pscad.com
·
PSS/E,
PSS/O http://www.pti-us.com
· SKM Power* Tools www.skm.com
· DINIS www.dinis.com
· SPARD® www.energyco.com
· ESA Easy Power www.easypower.com
· DSA PowerTools www.powertechlabs.com
· SynerGEE www.advantica.biz
· SCOPE www.nexant.com
· CDEGS www.sestech.com
· UWPFLOW -free software- continuation power flow program-can be used for research on static voltage stability phenomenon- includes example and a brief tutorial.
· TEFTS -free software- transient stability program to study transient energy functions and voltage stability issues- includes example & a brief tutorial.
· MENU-DRIVEN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) PROGRAMS- by Prof.H.Sadat. -The transformer program obtains the transformer equivalent circuit from open-circuit and short-circuit tests. It also finds the transformer performance characteristics using the transformer parameters. In the induction motor program the parameters of the equivalent circuit can be entered on the circuit diagram. The program draws the Thevenin's equivalent circuit. Performance characteristics are then obtained for the specified slip and the torque slip curve is plotted on the screen. The analysis can be repeated for different slips. A GUI program deals with the design of a first-order controller in the forward path of a closed-loop control system. This GUI program designs the following controllers: Proportional, phase-lag, phase-lead, PD,PI, and PID controllers. To run the controller design program at the MATLABprompt type>> rldesigngui
Another GUI program deals with the
natural and step response of parallel
and series RLC circuits. To run the program at the MATLAB prompt type
>> rlcresponse
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http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~grady/PCFLO.html
( contains PCFLOW - short circuit, load flow and harmonics program) · MATPOWER at . http://www.pserc.cornell.edu/matpower/ for
a Matlab-based OPF that works for small systems.One of the developers of
MATPOWER is Ray Zimmerman http://www.electrotek.com/top/ Electrotek has released this updated
version of TOP 2000. You can download this program free of charge at: the
above hyperlink. The release notes for this version are included below. The
program is free and supports most versions of transient analysis programs . Release Notes: Version TOP2000 V
5.00.01 .These notes describe new features in TOP2000 v5. They also discuss
the TOP interface with PASS and SuperHarm.v5.00.01======= 1 - Binary calculator operations now
work properly when the two stack objects have incompatible time (or X)
values. 2 - New Stack/Expression menu command
to create stack objects from typed in expressions. See help file for
examples. 3 - Waveform sampling operation in
the calculator 4 - New options in the Preferences
dialog a - background (CBEMA, ITIC, etc.) curve for magnitude-duration plots b - option for null data gap handling
in trend plots, similar to PQWeb 2.2 c - toggle between seconds and
date/time stamps in exported trend CSV files 5 - Support for 3D magnitude-duration
histograms downloaded from PQWeb. 6 - Plots a vertical line at the
trigger time for stack objects loaded from PQDIF files. 7 - Exports PQDIF files. 8 - Exports a config file for use
with the Text-to-PQDIF utility. 9 - Option to auto-generate RMS
traces from transient waveforms in the Text-to-PQDIF utility output. 10 - All of the file loading dialog
list boxes now follow the standard Windows extended selection mechanism, with
Ctrl-Click and Shift-Click. 11 - More combinations of stack
object types with calculator operations are allowed. 12 - Revised table column names for
time and frequency domain data points, when the first object is not WAVE,
SCAN, or SPEC. SuperHarm Integration You must run TOP2000 manually one
time before it will launch from the SuperHarm or SuperTran toolbar. PASS Integration To use TOP2000 with PASS 3.2, use the
Edit/ Preferences menu command in PASS, then click the Paths button. For the
path to TOP, enter the installed location of top32.exe, for example: c:\progra~1\electr~1\top200~1\top32.exe Note that you must use the ~
contractions for long path names with embedded blanks, because PASS is a
16-bit program. The example shown above is the default location for
installing TOP2000, but on your machine, the proper shortcut entered into the
PASS dialog may include electr~2 rather than electr~1. If you copy-and-paste more than one
graph from PASS, the TOP2000 software will superimpose all voltages on one
graph, all currents on another graph, and any other data (eg., temperature)on
separate graphs. As a side effect of PASS integration,
TOP2000 will not launch if the older 16-bit version of TOP is running. This
is because TOP2000 must use the same window class name, so that PASS can find
a running copy of TOP2000. Data Conversion Utilities =========================A data
conversion utility for Dranetz 656A, 657, and 658 instruments has been copied
to the TOP application directory. This program, ascii65x.exe, should be run
from a DOS prompt. Another data conversion utility for
PQDIF files is installed with TOP2000. This converts comma- delimited text
files, in a tabular layout, to PQDIF. Support and Updates ===================You may obtain
free updates to TOP, including sample files and a PDF version of the
manual, from www.electrotek.com/TOP.
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http://power.eng.mcmaster.ca/alden/test/win/test.htm
http://powerlearn.ee.iastate.edu
http://www.eas.asu.edu/~karady
http://www.ece.umn.edu/groups/electricdrives Lecture slides for the first course on electric machines and drives can now be downloaded from this website:
The details of a
power system laboratory are published in:
B. A. Oza, S. M. Brahma, Development of Power System Protection Laboratory
through Senior Design Projects,” IEEE Trans. Power Systems, Vol. 20-2,
May 2005.
The manuals for the power system laboratory are available at
http://quantum.soe.widener.edu:344/PS_Lab_BVM.html.
The web site also has pictures of most of the experiment-panels to show the
final product.
During 1990's, the cost of electromechanical relays was much less than digital
relays, so electromechanical and static relays were used in this lab (since
they illustrate concepts very effectively). However, digital relays have become
cheaper now.
Following experiments were created.
Power System – I
1.
To observe the effect of a floating star point on a three-phase
distribution system.
2. To observe the voltage distribution along
a string of suspension insulators.
3. To observe the performance of a
transmission line using the short and the medium line models.
4. To observe the characteristics of a
Miniature Circuit Breaker (MCB).
Power System – II
1.
To observe the characteristics of a thermal relay.
2. To observe the characteristics of time
delayed overcurrent relays. This includes definite time and IDMT relays with
varying degree of inverse curves.
3. To observe the characteristics of a
directional overcurrent relay.
4. To observe the characteristics of a
differential relay. Both biased and unbiased differential relays were used in
this experiment.
Power System Protection
1. To understand the fundamentals of a
radial protection scheme.
2. To understand the fundamentals of the
protection of two parallel feeders.
3. To study the feeder protection scheme
using two overcurrent and one earth fault relays.
4. To study generator differential
protection.
5. To study transformer differential
protection.
6. To study the protection of an induction
motor.
7. To study the principles of reverse power
protection.
The following information has been extracted from the PowerSurf website located at http://enpub.eas.asu.edu/PowerSurf. The websites given below have previously been peer-reviewed and ranked, according to the versatility of each site. Peer-ranking influences the users’ choice for extracting relevant information.
No., Title / Description
1, EUROSTAG - software for dynamic
simualtion
EUROSTAG is a software dedicated to the dynamic simulation of large electric
power systems in the field of transient and long term stability.
http://wwweurostag.epfl.ch/
2, Slide
presentations on power quality topics
A power quality course given by Professor Math Bollen at Chalmers University of
Techonolgy,
http://www.elkraft.chalmers.se/GU/EEK215/index.html
3, Web links to
a variety of power engineering items
Has links to power utilities, power programs in universities, IEEE PES,
Contacts, power related hardware & software, ftp sites, Power Globe
remailer
http://bobalden.com/power/epe.htm
4, Electric
Machines and Power Systems
Contains problems with solutions, class-notes, and laboratory experiments in
the following areas: Power system analysis, Transmission and Distribution,
Electric Machines, and Power System Transients. Useful for third and final year
EE students.
http://www.geocities.com/cindulkar/
5, SIMULATION OF
ELECTRIC MACHINE AND DRIVE SYSTEMS
This page describes the simulation of electric machines & drive systems
using MATLAB & SIMULINK.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/users/riaz/
6, Kalman
filtering: a state estimation technique
This page hosts several notes on the Kalman filter, a java based tool for
learning, some software, and notes on research applications of the Kalman
filter
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/index.html
7, Digital resources of the IEEE Power Engineering Education Committee
A variety of links, references and downloadable software on different topics in
power engineering
http://www.ee.mtu.edu/faculty/ljbohman/peec/Dig_Rsor.htm#Software
8, Lecture note
on Power electronics
This web site is the lecture notes of Advanced Power Electronic. The major
topics are various types of converters,Magnetic circuit, some applications for
power system, UPS, etc.
http://class.eas.asu.edu/eee572a/
9, Powerlearn
This web site provides a number of educational modules on various topics within
the field of power engineering. It is directed towards engineering educators
and requires registration and approval.
http://www.powerlearn.org