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Overview: ETAP is a versatile platform designed for the design, simulation, operation, control, optimization, and automation of power systems. It is modular, allowing customization for both small and large power systems.
Key Features:
  • Cable Systems: Includes cable sizing, ampacity, electric shock calculation, and underground thermal analysis.
  • Intelligent Load Shedding: Features adaptive load shedding, automatic islanding, and system restoration.
  • Distribution: Offers unbalanced load flow, optimal power flow, and reliability assessment.
  • Base Package: Includes cable ampacity & sizing, transmission line constants, and project management tools.
  • Star Protective Devices: Focuses on protection coordination and relay test set interface.
  • Dynamics & Transients: Covers transient stability and generator start-up.
  • Monitoring & Simulation: Provides real-time monitoring, state estimation, and load forecasting.
  • Arc Flash: Includes AC and DC arc flash analysis.
  • Data Exchange: Supports integration with MS Access, Excel, and third-party software.
  • Transmission Line: Covers line constants, ampacity, and HV DC transmission link.
  • Renewable Energy: Features wind turbine generators and photovoltaic arrays.
  • Energy Management System: Includes automatic generation control and economic dispatch.
  • User-Defined Dynamic Modeling: Offers a graphical logic editor and transfer function blocks.
  • Network Analysis: Provides short-circuit analysis and load flow.
  • Ground Grid Systems: Utilizes finite element and IEEE methods.
  • Intelligent Substation: Focuses on substation automation and smart grid integration.
  • DC Systems: Includes load flow and battery sizing.
  • Panel Systems: Covers ANSI and IEC panel systems.
  • Power Quality: Offers harmonic load flow and frequency scan.
Short-Circuit Analysis: ETAP automates short circuit studies using ANSI/IEEE or IEC standards, calculating fault currents and comparing them against manufacturer ratings, with alarms for overstressed devices.
Load Flow Analysis: The Load Flow module simulates multiple loading and generation conditions, supports radial and loop systems, and offers advanced solution techniques for fast convergence.
Standards Compliance: ETAP adheres to IEEE and IEC standards, ensuring reliable analysis across power system components.
Motor Acceleration Module Overview: This module evaluates the impact of load changes on electric power systems, allowing for motor starting and system transitions with capabilities for sequence-starting machines and simulating Motor Operated Valves (MOVs).
Capabilities: Includes dynamic modeling for motor acceleration and stopping, event sequencing, load ramping, and system loading transitions, with visualization of results and alerts.
Comprehensive Modeling: Features no voltage or system connection limitations, dynamic models for induction/synchronous motors, and user-defined load models, with automatic error checking and time domain result visualization.
Reporting: Offers graphical displays of time-varying results, auto-alerts for abnormal conditions, and export options to third-party CAD systems and word processing programs, with customizable reports using Crystal Reports®.
Libraries & Models: Includes various motor and load models, such as double-cage and single-cage models, and characteristic motor and polynomial load models.
Features: Supports multiple motor/load acceleration, sequencing, and switching actions, with transformer LTC/voltage regulator actions and generator/grid operating parameters, allowing for fast bus transfer and unlimited actions/events in simulations.
Plots: Offers flexible plotting options for various parameters, with customization and export options to Microsoft® Excel.
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Short Circuit - ANSI Load Flow Motor Acceleration

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Power System Enterprise Solution ETAP is the most comprehensive analysis platform for the design, simulation, operation, control, optimization, and automation of generation, transmission, distribution, and industrial power systems.

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Cable Systems Customize ETAP to fit your needs, from small to large power systems ETAP Enterprise Suite provides one solution to your power system design, analysis, and operation needs. ETAP offers a comprehensive suite of analysis modules that can be configured to suit your specific needs. This modular approach allows you to purchase only the modules you need. Featured in this brochure Star Protective Devices Intelligent Load Shedding Base Package Cable Ampacity & Sizing Transmission Line Constants Report Manager Project Management Wizards Output Report Comparator Multi-Dimensional Database...

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Instant Results, Comprehensive, Graphical Summary ANSI / IEEE Standards C37 & UL 489 Automatic Device Evaluation for Load Terminal Short Circuit Calculation Display Critical & Marginal Alerts Save hours of tedious hand calculations and take the guess- work out of short circuit studies by automating the process with multiple calculation and result analysis tools within ETAP. , The Short-Circuit module makes it easy to go from selecting elements from the comprehensive libraries of short circuit current ratings to performing dozens of different types of short circuit analysis with the purpose of...

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Device Duty Calculation & Evaluation for Single & Multiple-Phase Systems, Panel, & UPS Capabilities • Automatic 3-phase device evaluation • Device evaluation based on total or maximum through fault current ANSI and IEC standards are used for calculating short circuit current for parts of the network below main panels, subpanels, UPS, and phase adapters. Device duty calculation compares the calculated fault current from these networks for evaluation of protective devices and automatically generates critical and marginal alerts based on user-defined alarm limits. • Automatically adjust conductor...

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ANSI / IEEE Standards ANSI Short Circuit IEEE ggty- duty |gf • 1-phase & panel systems device evaluation • Determine maximum & minimum short circuit fault • Calculate V2 cycle, 1.5-4, & 30 cycle balanced • Check momentary & interrupting device capabilities • Check closing & latching capabilities • Evaluate symmetrical or total rated circuit breakers • Special handling of generator circuit breakers for system & generator faults • Interrupting duty as a function breaker contact parting time • Standard & user-definable contact parting time • Automatically includes No AC Decay (NACD) ratio • User...

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• -pole / 2-pole short circuit device duty for 1-phase 1 panel / UPS systems High-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear, Part 100:High-Voltage Alternating-Current Circuit Breakers • nbalanced L-G, L-L, & L-L-G faults analysis U High-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear, Part 200: AC Metal-Enclosed Switchgear and Controlgear for Rated Voltages Above 1 kV and up to and including 52 kV • ompares device ratings with calculated short C circuit values High-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear, Part 203: Gas-Insulated Metal-Enclosed Switchgear for Rated Voltages Above 52 kV • ser-definable voltage C factor...

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Load Flow Analysis One Program, One Database, One Solution Create & Validate System Models with Ease & Accuracy With ETAP’s advanced Load Flow module, you can create and validate your system model with ease and obtain accurate and reliable results. Built-in features like automatic device evaluation, summary alarms / warnings, result analyzer, and intelligent graphics make it the most efficient Load Flow program available today. Voltage Drop Power Factor Correction ETAP calculates bus voltages, branch power factors, currents, and power flows throughout the electrical system. ETAP allows for swing,...

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Most Efficient Load Flow Program Available Study Options • Option to update initial conditions • Phase-shifting transformers • Auto-adjust LTC / regulator settings • Power factor correction • Saves solution control parameters for each scenario • Make changes to your system & re-run studies instantly • Conduct unlimited “what if” studies within one database • Calculate bus voltages, currents, & power factors • Bus / transformer / cable reactor overload warnings • Calculate power flows • Update loading for DC load flow • Voltage drop calculations 3-Phase and 1-Phase Power Flow: Calculate power...

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Simultaneous Analysis of Different Scenarios Load Flow Result Analyzer ETAP Load Flow Result Analyzer is a time- saving tool that compares and analyzes multiple reports in a single view. You can compare the results of general information about a project or more specific information such as the load flow results for buses, branches, loads, or sources. ■ ] Load Fb* RtiuH Afutyztr Harmil LnaC jtu^d THCkVA • Understand results of multiple studies in one glance • Compare & view multiple load flow results in a single view • Analyze & compare reports from multiple projects • Create a base line report...

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Detailed Modeling with Accurate Results Features • ewton-Raphson, fast decoupled, & accelerated N Gauss Seidel • enerator governors with isochronous or droop mode G • enerator exciters with AVR or Mvar / PF controllers G • ransformer load tap changers (LTC / regulators) T • dvanced solution techniques for fast convergence A • ultiple loading conditions M • ultiple generation conditions M • wing, voltage regulated, & unregulated power sources S • oltage drop calculations V • oad forecasting L • lert view to display critical & marginal limit violations A • us / transformer / cable overload warning...

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