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Star / ARTTS

Product catalog summary
Overview
ETAP is a versatile platform designed for the design, simulation, operation, control, optimization, and automation of power systems. It offers a modular structure, enabling users to select specific modules tailored to their needs.
Device Coordination & Selectivity
ETAP Star facilitates Time Current Characteristic (TCC) analysis with a user-friendly graphical interface, extensive device libraries, and integrated analysis modules. It supports both AC & DC coordination, adheres to ANSI & IEC standards, and provides tools for addressing false trips and relay mis-operations.
Features and Benefits
  • Graphically adjustable device settings with comprehensive verification and validation (V&V) device libraries.
  • Integration with one-line diagrams and embedded short circuit analysis.
  • Graphical animation of protective device operations and sequence-of-operation playback.
  • Customizable TCC curve layout with automatic current and voltage scaling.
Relay Testing & Simulation
The ETAP Advanced Relay Testing and Transient Simulator (ARTTS) combines hardware and software for relay testing, calibration, and simulation, providing actual steady-state and transient relay responses.
Library and Data Management
ETAP includes a verified and validated device library, allowing for the creation and addition of new devices. The library merge manager aids in managing library content from various files.
Conclusion
ETAP offers a comprehensive solution for power system design and analysis, with tools for device coordination, relay testing, and library management. Its modular design ensures flexibility and scalability for diverse power system requirements.
ARTTS Overview
The document details the functionalities of the ARTTS software and hardware for testing protective relays, energy meters, and transducers, emphasizing its integration with ETAP for simulating relay responses under various conditions.
Specifications
The ARTTS system features an intuitive graphical user interface, virtual front panel control, and graphical vector control. It supports various tests and can test 24 different relay types with high accuracy and customizable reports.
Procedures
The document describes exporting relay settings from ETAP Star to ARTTS for testing, simulating relay responses under steady-state and transient conditions to evaluate protection system design and operation.
Software Modules
ARTTS software supports both manual and automatic testing, featuring 'Click and Test' functionality for efficient testing, a report manager for customizing outputs, and supports importing relay characteristics in RIO format.
Hardware Specifications
The test set includes multiple AC/DC current and voltage outputs with independent adjustments, continuous duty cycle, and high waveform resolution, offering automatic protection for overload conditions.
Quality Assurance
ETAP is verified and validated against field results and real system measurements, ensuring technical accuracy. The quality assurance program complies with standards such as ISO 9001:2000 and ANSI/IEEE 730.1.
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Catalog excerpts

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Dynamics & Transients > FEATURED IN THIS BROCHURE STARProtective Devices Power Quality > Network Analysis Transmission Line > ARTTS Relay Testing & Simulation DC Systems > Data Exchange Ground Grid Systems > Energy Management System Automatic Generation Control > Monitoring & Simulation Base Package Intelligent Load Shedding >

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StarView Toolbar S tarView T oolbar s AC & DC coordination s High impedance & percentage differential relay (87) s ANSI & IEC coordination & protection standards s Phase, ground, & directional overcurrent relay (51/50, 67) s Phase & ground coordination modes s Detailed implementation of voltage restraint & control relay (51V) s Graphically adjustable device settings s Comprehensive modeling of electronic & hydraulic reclosers (79) s Comprehensive V&V device libraries s Overload relay - CT based & Inline relays (49) s Integrated with one-line diagram s Comprehensive relay interlocks s Intelligent...

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s Illustrate system wide coordination s User-definable curves & fault arrows s Click & drag curves to adjust settings s Transformer damage curve & inrush curve modeling s Automatic current & voltage scaling s Generator decrement & damage curves s Customizable TCC curve layout with embedded one-line diagram s Multiple motor starting curves based on starting voltage s Motor & stator damage curves s Automatic layout of the one-line diagram in Star TCC View s Automatic clipping of curve based on calculated or user-defined fault current s Integration of short circuit analysis with protective devices...

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Graphical Adjustment > Device curves can be graphically adjusted in the Star View. Handles are provided on the device characteristic curves to identify adjustable regions. Available ranges for a selected curve can be displayed and identified by clicking the Hide/Show Range button. The available ranges are grayed out when an adjustable curve is selected. Star Plot Options > Star Plot Options tool provides all the necessary options to customize the display of the Star TCC curve. You can customize the display of current and time axes, legend, grid, curve plotting properties, and more. Graphical...

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Star / ARTTS-8

Integration of Arc Flash Analysis & Star View > ETAP Arc Flash is a fully integrated module that takes advantage of all the capabilities already built into Star. The program calculates the individual arcing current contributions and arc fault clearing time of all the protective devices involved in the arc fault by interfacing with Star. The calculated and allowable incident energy curves can be plotted in Star View as a function of time and current. TCC and Arc Flash Results Generator Decrement Curve Generator Decrement Curve > Star provides plotting of the generator decrement curve and display...

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Motor Starting / Damage Curve Device Setting Report: > D e v i ce S ett i n g R e p ort: C Customize reports and export to Microsoft ustomize re p orts and ex p ort to Microso ft > ή ή Excel Excel >

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Star Sequence-of-Operation evaluates, verifies, and confirms the operation and selectivity of the protective devices for various types of faults for any location directly from the one- line diagram and via normalized TCC curve views.Sequence-of-Operation provides a system wide solution for an accurate and realistic operating time and state of protective devices, such as relay, fuse, circuit breaker, trip devices, contactor, etc. The operation time is calculated for each protective device based on its settings, time current characteristic, and interlocks for a specified fault location and type....

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Normalized (Shifted) TCC mode is an analysis feature in ETAP Star View which is based on Sequence-of-Operation calculation. This analysis mode provides a graphical view of the operation times of protective devices based on their corresponding settings and characteristics for specified fault location and type. Normalized TCC mode graphically displays the TCC curves of protective devices in relation to one and another for a given fault. > Graphical Animation of Protective Device Operation s Graphically place a fault anywhere on the one-line diagram s Automatically calculate & display the fault...

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s Library copy & merge manager s Most comprehensive & up-to-date protective device information s Verified & validated libraries using published manufacturer data s User-definable libraries easily create & add new devices s Digitalization points & equation based relays s True-to-the-form modeling of protective devices s Legacy as well as state-of-the-art device manufacturer models s Customized library ֖ user curve library > s Fuse s Relay (OCR, OLR, DIF) s Recloser s Electronic Controller s HV Circuit Breaker s LV Circuit Breaker s Solid State Trip s Electro-Mechnical s Thermal Magnetic s Motor...

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ETAP allows merging of library files using the copy and merge functions. The merge function allows you to merge a partial or complete library file from one library to another library, making it simple to manage the library content from various library files. > Track and verify library changes The checker access level is provided for verification of changes to project engineering properties and libraries data. This allows for control and validation of library data. > Library Merge Manager Library Checker: ETAP is the only high-impact electrical engineering software to comply with widely accepted...

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Precise, Flexible, Accurate Fully Integrated Hardware & Software Relay Testing Solution > The ETAP Advanced Relay Testing and Transient Simulator (ARTTS) is a new concept that utilizes hardware and software technologies for testing, calibrating, and simulating relays. ETAP ARTTS combines the short-circuit and protection device coordination capabilities of ETAP with the relay testing hardware. It provides actual steady-state and transient responses of relays for comparisons with the manufacturers published data. ARTTS is designed to improve system protection, coordination, and reliability, hence...

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