Development of data translators for interfacing power-flow programs with EMTP-type programs: Challenges and lessons learned

Francisco De León; Dariusz Czarkowski; Vitaly Spitsa; Juan A. Martinez; Taku Noda; Reza Iravani; Xiaoyu Wang; Ali Davoudi; Gary W. Chang; Ali Mehrizi-Sani; Ilhan Kocar

doi:10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2227836

Development of data translators for interfacing power-flow programs with EMTP-type programs: Challenges and lessons learned

Francisco De León, Dariusz Czarkowski, Vitaly Spitsa, Juan A. Martinez, Taku Noda, Reza Iravani, Xiaoyu Wang, Ali Davoudi, Gary W. Chang, Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Ilhan Kocar

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This paper describes the challenges and lessons learned when developing industrial-grade data translators aimed for the interfacing of power-flow programs with Electromagnetic Transients Program-type programs. It has been found that the greatest challenges to overcome include: 1) the lack, in the databases used in power-flow programs, of vital pieces of information necessary to perform transient studies; 2) inconsistency in the format of data files; 3) the presence of data entry mistakes in very large databases; 4) the validation of the translated data; and 5) the analysis of the large amount of data that transient simulations provide. Several examples are presented to show the implemented solutions. Finally, recommendations based on experience are made to help future developers of interfacing tools.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6449395
Pages (from-to)	1192-1201
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2227836
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP)
Electromagnetic transients
power flow

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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De León, F., Czarkowski, D., Spitsa, V., Martinez, J. A., Noda, T., Iravani, R., Wang, X., Davoudi, A., Chang, G. W., Mehrizi-Sani, A., & Kocar, I. (2013). Development of data translators for interfacing power-flow programs with EMTP-type programs: Challenges and lessons learned. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 28(2), 1192-1201. Article 6449395. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2227836

De León, F, Czarkowski, D, Spitsa, V, Martinez, JA, Noda, T, Iravani, R, Wang, X, Davoudi, A, Chang, GW, Mehrizi-Sani, A & Kocar, I 2013, 'Development of data translators for interfacing power-flow programs with EMTP-type programs: Challenges and lessons learned', IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 28, no. 2, 6449395, pp. 1192-1201. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2227836

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