Features of ATPDesigner

The features of ATPDesigner are described in the manuals. Here is a brief, non-exhaustive overview.

• Simulation of high-voltage, medium-voltage, low-voltage and extra-low-voltage power grids
  
• Easy setup of an electrical circuit using drag and drop
  
• Libraries for electrical equipment: lines, transformers
  
• Presentation of the results of the Load Flow Calculation
  
  • in Tooltips and as text in the network diagram
    
  • as Phasor Diagram or in Spreadsheets
• Import and export of time-series data for voltages, currents, etc. as a column-oriented text file or in text files compliant with the COMTRADE format, serving as a universal interface to other analysis systems.
  
• Documentation of the results of the load flow calculation in reports
  
• Built-in web server with REST API for control via the internet
  
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Steady-State of Power Grids - Load Flow Calculation

• Planning and inspection of electricity networks at all voltage levels
  
• Short-circuit current calculation
  
  • for all short-circuit types: 3pE/3p/2p/2pE/1pE
    
  • using the superimposition method
    
  • in accordance with VDE 0102 (IEC 60909)
    
• Distributed generation systems in accordance with VDE-AR-N 4110/4120
  
• Calculation of schedules and load curves using load profiles and forecasts
  
• Assessment of equipment utilisation, e.g. VDE 0276, DIN EN 50160, BDEW traffic light system
  
• Calculation of network losses and network utilisation analyses
  
• Power networks with compensated (RESPE) or isolated (OSPE) neutral point
  
• Simulation of network protection functions in extra-high, high, medium and low-voltage power grids
  
• Analysis of the reactions of the protection relays
  
• Analysis of grid protection schemes
  
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Dynamic Behaviour - Electro Magnetic Transients Simulation (EMT)

Calculation of dynamic behavoiur of power grids (transients)= in power grids

• Simulation of the time-dependent signals of voltages v(t) and currents i(t) at any network node
  
• Displaying the simulated time-dependent signals of voltages v(t) and currents i(t) in diagrams
  
• Analysis of a frequency spectrum using the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), calculation of complex vectors, calculation of r.m.s values
  
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Power Grid Planning, Steady-State Analysis of the Power Grid

ATPDesigner provides a wide range of calculation methods as well as analysis functions based on the Load Flow Calculation to calculate the steady-state of the power grid.

• Diagnosis of the power grid: power grid status analysis and power grid status assessment
  
• N-1 power grid analysis
  
• Power flow analysis using load profiles and forecasts
  
• Measurement-scaled load flow calculation
  
• Electric mobility: Utilisation analysis of power grid equipment
  
• Network congestion analysis
  
• Identification of the electrical supply area
  
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