TY - GEN
T1 - A unified platform enabling power system circuit model data transfer among different software
AU - Khoshkbar-Sadigh, A.
AU - Heydari, M.
AU - Tedde, M.
AU - Smedley, K.
AU - Arghandeh, Reza
AU - Von Meier, Alexandra
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/6/23
Y1 - 2015/6/23
N2 - Diversity of software packages to simulate the power system circuits is considerable. It is challenging to transfer power system circuit model data (PSCMD) among different software tools and rebuild the same circuit in the second software environment. This paper proposes a unified platform (UP) where PSCMD are stored in a spreadsheet file with a defined format. Script-based PSCMD transfer applications, written in MATLAB, have been developed for a set of software to read the circuit model data from the UP spreadsheet and reconstruct the circuit in the destination software. This significantly eases the process of transferring circuit model data between each pair of software tools. In this paper ETAP, OpenDSS, Grid LabD, and DEW are considered. In order to test the developed PSCMD transfer applications, circuit model data of a test circuit and an actual sample circuit from a Californian utility company, both built in CYME, were exported into the spreadsheet file according to the UP format. Thereafter, circuit model data were imported successfully from the spreadsheet files into all above mentioned software using the PSCMD transfer applications developed for each software individually. Finally, load flow analysis is performed in all software and the obtained results match with each other.
AB - Diversity of software packages to simulate the power system circuits is considerable. It is challenging to transfer power system circuit model data (PSCMD) among different software tools and rebuild the same circuit in the second software environment. This paper proposes a unified platform (UP) where PSCMD are stored in a spreadsheet file with a defined format. Script-based PSCMD transfer applications, written in MATLAB, have been developed for a set of software to read the circuit model data from the UP spreadsheet and reconstruct the circuit in the destination software. This significantly eases the process of transferring circuit model data between each pair of software tools. In this paper ETAP, OpenDSS, Grid LabD, and DEW are considered. In order to test the developed PSCMD transfer applications, circuit model data of a test circuit and an actual sample circuit from a Californian utility company, both built in CYME, were exported into the spreadsheet file according to the UP format. Thereafter, circuit model data were imported successfully from the spreadsheet files into all above mentioned software using the PSCMD transfer applications developed for each software individually. Finally, load flow analysis is performed in all software and the obtained results match with each other.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISGT.2015.7131780
DO - 10.1109/ISGT.2015.7131780
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84939159595
T3 - 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015
BT - 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015
Y2 - 18 February 2015 through 20 February 2015
ER -