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PSCAD®

The Professional’s Toolfor Power System Simulation

Improve Your Power System Performance & Reliability:• Transmission system design & performance• Power quality studies• Power electronic design• Electric machine performance• Distributed generation studies• Control system design & optimization• Protection system validation.

Engineering Services The Manitoba HVDC Research Centre provides engineering services, including consulting services for complex power systems problems, technology transfer, laboratory testing, and training in our technologies and related applications.

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Putting PSCAD® to the Test

PSCAD® was used in the design of the Horns Rev 160 MW offshore wind farm in Denmark.

Eltra, the Danish Energy Utility, was interested in the dynamic performance of a new wind

turbine design using a double wound induction generator. A detailed model of the wind

turbine and generator, with its associated power electronics, controls, and protection, was

developed with PSCAD®. This PSCAD® model was also used to confirm the insulation levels

of the undersea cable, and to coordinate the protection strategy.

DENNIS WOODFORD, PRESIDENT, ELECTRANIX CORPORATION

New in Version 4!Advanced Plotting Gives Online ControlPSCAD® provides a fully modular and visual general purpose power systems simulation environment giving the user online control of input data, and the ability to record and display output data using advanced plotting techniques.

A comprehensive and easy-to-use advanced plotting facility allows you to fully capture and visualize the simulation dynamics. XY plotting allows the comparison of one set of data versus another. Portions of curve data, whole graphs, or even entire plot frames may be copied as a picture, meta-file or comma-separated variable file for easy placement in documents and reports.

New in Version 4!Interactive Controls Save TimeWith its complete set of controls and control logic, PSCAD® provides the end-user with the ability to interact with their power systems models. As a simulation runs, you can dynamically control events such as the interac-tion between electric machines and drives. As a PSCAD® user, you can gain a better understanding of complex systems and this results in optimal designs.

Fast & Accurate Power System Simulation

“ We needed a user-friendly tool. Now it is possible to convert the controls, build new components, and verify our models with PSCAD®. ”

ANNA-KARIN SKYTT, MANAGER, SYSTEM DESIGN,

ABB POWER SYSTEMS AB, LUDVIKA, SWEDEN

The World’s First Choice in Power Systems Simulation

Fast, Accurate & Easy-to-Use Power Simulation

PSCAD® is a power systems simulator for the design

and verification of all types of power systems.

A product of 25 years of power systems simulation

research, PSCAD® is the visual design tool of choice

at over 1000 commercial, industrial, and research

organizations worldwide.

New! PSCAD® Version 4 Features:

• Powerful and dynamic controls

• Advanced plotting functions

• New Windows-friendly interface

• Enhanced simulation performance

• Powerful visual tool extensions

• Data import and export facilities

• Matlab/Simulink™ interface

• Flexibility of custom component libraries

• New models (wind energy, new machines,

protective relay elements, and more…).

“ With PSCAD®, we have analyzed a large number of systems which we could never have considered before. We used PSCAD® to calculate transformer inrush currents on interconnected offshore oil and gas production rigs and many other studies.” DR. KENNETH S. SMITH, MOTT-MACDONALD,

POWER SYSTEMS DIVISION, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

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See the Power…New! PSCAD® V4 Online HelpConnects You with Industry LeadersIn addition to the full PSCAD® V4 manual set, PSCAD’s® online help provides detailed component specific information. Full-text searching and a comprehensive index are at the user’s disposal. Join the PSCAD® user community with representation from 60 countries. Users include commercial and industrial organi-zations such as Siemens, ABB, Alstom, Mitsubishi, General Electric, as well as energy utilities and research labs around the world.

Project Manager Keeps You OrganizedVisually organize your projects with self-documenting hierarchical modelling techniques. You can build multi-level modules consisting of any combination of electrical networks, controls and logic systems, graphs, and controls.

Basic Building Blocks Allow You to Quickly Develop Complex Systems Design your own custom PSCAD® components with Design Editor, or use our rich Master Library of built-in components. PSCAD® comes complete with a Master Library containing a wide selection of pre-programmed and tested models, ranging from simple passive elements, to sophisticated power electronic controls (electric machines, transmission lines and cables).

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Limitless Applications1. Industrial Plant PlanningSimulate a heavy load with PSCAD® to anticipate and prevent power quality problems. Chaotic and non-linear loads, such as arc furnaces, capacitor resonance, and power electronics, can all be modelled and studied with PSCAD®.Photo: Getty Images

2/3. Electric Transportation DesignEmerging electric vehicle technology design has been assisted greatly by PSCAD® allowing engineers to pro-actively test power systems. PSCAD® has been found to effectively enhance the design and prototyping of trains, electric ships, and vehicles.Photos: Korean Railroad Research Institute (2) PhotoDisc (3)

4. Education & ResearchPSCAD® is empowering research. Research organizations and universities around the world embrace PSCAD® for the study and development of new systems and technologies. At right, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab National Spherical Torus Experiment using PSCAD®.Photo: Charles Neumeyer, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, Princeton, NJ

5. Alternative Generation DesignUse PSCAD® to design and study alternative power generation systems and their integration with the electrical grid.Photo: Dennis Woodford, Electranix Corp.

6. Power Systems Equipment ManufacturingManufacturers, such as Siemens, ABB, Alstom, and General Electric use PSCAD®. PSCAD® is one of the few software tools that has the ability to model High Voltage “Power Electronics” systems used by energy utilities.Photo: Digital Vision

7. Power Transmission Design & TestingPSCAD® is used to study the performance of large bulk electric power systems with all the associated generation, transmission lines, loads, and controls. Adding and analyzing the impact of complex systems, such as HVDC and FACTS devices, are handled easily and accurately by PSCAD®.Photo: Manitoba Hydro

8. Power Quality Testing & PlanningEasily create custom components or access PSCAD’s® comprehensive library of components. PSCAD® Version 4 includes 24 new models. At right, Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) Power Quality Voltage Restorer is accurately modeled as a PSCAD® custom component module. Illustration courtesy of American Superconductor Photo: Digital Vision / Picture Quest

Other Applications:• Control optimization• Subsynchronous resonance• HVDC FACTS device performance• Electric machine performance• Protection system testing.

“ PSCAD® is used for the time-domain analysis of power quality issues from a few Hz to hundreds of KHz.”

SURYA SANTOSO, PH.D., SENIOR POWER SYSTEMS ENGINEER,

ELECTROTEK CONCEPTS INC., KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, USA

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The World’s First Choice in Power System Simulationwww.pscad.com

Manitoba HVDC Research Centre Inc.244 Cree CrescentWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3W1 T +1 204 989 1240 F +1 204 989 1277info@pscad.com

An innovative Canadian energy utility and large provider of electricity and engineering services to external energy markets.

The electric power research arm of Manitoba Hydro, with a worldwide reputation for excellence in advanced power systems engineering.

Applied ResearchA world leader in power system simulation technologies, power system analysis, and related research and development.

Engineering Services The Manitoba HVDC Research Centre provides engineering services, including consulting services for complex power systems problems, technology transfer, laboratory testing, and training in our technologies and related applications.

PSCAD® A visual simulation suite for power systems design and analysis.

RTP™ Real Time Playback™ Power System Waveform Generator with full integration to PSCAD®.

“ PSCAD® has extended our analysis capabilities. The level of support, and the turn around time for responses is commendable.”

DR. KENNETH S. SMITH, MOTT-MACDONALD, POWER SYSTEMS DIVISION, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

©2007 Manitoba HVDC Research Centre Inc.PSCAD® is a registered trademark of Manitoba HVDC Research Centre Inc.EMTDC™ is a registered trademark of Manitoba Hydro.

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