ELECTRICAL SOFTWARE TOOLS OVERVIEW (PDF)

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- C0 J' K8 T$ G; Z8 ^0 U% s1.- INTRODUCTION:
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ELECTRICAL SOFTWARE packages for system analysis can be basically divided into two classes of tools:

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+ n# r. {: V. W0 L/ \: ~Commercial software packages available on the market for e.g. are:
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EuroStag,
Simpow,
Digsilent Power Factory,
Etap,
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CAPE,
CYME,
etc.
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follows an .all-in-one. Philosophy and are typically well-tested and computationally efficient. Despite their completeness, these softwares can result cumbersome for educational and research purposes.
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Even more important, commercial softwares are closed., i.e. do not allow changing the source code or adding new algorithms. For research purposes, the flexibility and the ability of easy prototyping are often more crucial aspects than computational efficiency.
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  _* _  n' }# A! x) SOn the other hand, there is a variety of open source research tools, which are typically aimed to a specific aspect of power system analysis. An example is UWPFLOW which provides an extremely robust algorithm for continuation power flow analysis.