Power Engineering Education Committee
Digital Educational Resources
Table of Contents
Educational Software:
free software (public domain or
royalty free) for educational use
To get your software linked to this page please contact Dr. Leonard Bohmann .
- PowerWorld™
Simulator : (12 bus version) solves the
power flow and economic dispatch problems. It is an interactive power
system simulation package designed to simulate high voltage power
system operation on a time frame ranging from several minutes to
several days. Powerful visualization techniques are used on an
interactive basis, resulting in an extremely intuitive and easy to use
graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes animated one-line
diagrams with support for panning, zooming and conditional display of
objects. The software runs under Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT.
- Alternative
Transients Program (ATP): is the most widely used
Electromagnetic Transients Program
in the world! ATP is a universal program system for digital simulation
of transient
phenomena of electromagnetic as well as electromechanical nature. With
this digital program, complex networks and control systems of arbitrary
structure can be simulated. ATP has extensive modelling capabilities
and additional important features besides the computation of transients.
- UWPFLOW
: a "commercial-grade" continuation power flow program, that
can be used to research static voltage stability phenomena in detailed
AC-HVDC-FACTS power system models. The program is written in C and C++,
and two versions for WINDOWS 95 and UNIX are available, including
examples and a brief tutorial.
- PCFLO and PCFLOH PCFLO is a load
flow program which also includes short circuit and harmonics
capabilities. PCFLOH is a harmonics-only version of PCFLO, with special
user interface for harmonic studies. PCFLO contains some features not
found in many load flow programs. For example, it lists the power loss
on each line and transformer. It allows the user to control the
transition point from Gauss-Seidel to Newton-Raphson. Also, it lists
the optimal bus
order for selected method 1, 2, or 3 in a
separate output file, which is helpful to students who are learning how
to properly order busses. (for Windows 95/98/NT):
- MATPOWER: A MATLAB Power System Simulation Package. It is a package of Matlab M-files for solving power flow and optimal power
flow problems. It is intended as a simulation tool for researchers and
educators that is easy to use and modify. MATPOWER is designed to give
the best performance possible while keeping the code simple to
understand and modify.
- JPower : Java Power Flow Analysis
is a typical dynamic web page based on Java & CGI. This shows you a
potential power of Java in power system applications and education.
- TEFTS:
This is a simple transient stability program to research
Transient Energy Function (TEF) and voltage stability issues in dynamic
models of AC-HVDC systems. The program is written in C, and two
versions for DOS (16-bit) and UNIX are available, including examples
and a brief tutorial.
- Voltage
Stability Toolbox : The Voltage Stability Toolbox (VST), developed
at the Center for Electric Power Engineering, Drexel University,
combines proven computational and analytical capabilities of
bifurcation theory and symbolic implementation and graphical
representation capabilities of MATLAB and its Toolboxes. It can be used
to analyze voltage stability problem and provide intuitive information
for power
system planning, operation, and control. To use VST you need : 1.
MATLAB Version 5 (available from The MathWorks), 2. MATLAB Symbolic
Toolbox (available from the MathWorks), 3. Voltage Stability
Toolbox Files, 4. Windows 95 Windows, NT Workstation 4.0 or UNIX.
- SIMULATION
OF ELECTRIC MACHINE AND DRIVE SYSTEMS USING MATLAB AND SIMULINK
An extensive collection of programs covering dc
motor drives, induction motor drives, steady state characteristics of
ac machines, synchronous machines, and power electronic signals and
simple electric circuits.
- PSAT,
Power System Analysis Toolbox: The main features of
PSAT are Power flow, Continuation power
flow,
Optimal power flow, Small signal
stability
analysis, Time domain
simulation, Phasor Measurement
Unit
(PMU) placement,
Complete graphical
user
interface, CAD for network
design
(Simulink library), User defined models,
Conversion of data
files from several formats, Export results to
EPS,
plain text, MS Excel and LaTeX files, Interfaces to GAMS
and
UWPFLOW programs, Command line usage,
GNU/Octave
compatibility.
- Voltage Instability Demonstrator:
A Java based demonstration of static voltage instability on a 2-bus
system.
- Economic Loading Dispatch Demonstrator: A Java based demonstration of economic dispatch with three
generators on a lossless system.
- TOWERABC: Calculates line
constants for overhead three-phase, single-circuit or double-circuit,
transmission lines and produces contour plots of rms V, E, and H, plus
sound. It can be used for 50/60 Hz, and also for harmonic frequencies.
- ABC012 : Handy phase sequence
calculator. Microsoft FORTRAN Power Station 4.0 source and executable
are included.
- Power-El : Fifty files that can
be used to simulate individual electronic power converters employing
the widely available Pspice software
- Flash v.1.7 ( Basic program or compiled DOS Executable ) estimates a
lightning outage rate for transmission lines. This program was
developed by the IEEE Lightning and Insulator Subcommittee working
group on Estimating the Lightning Performance of Transmission Lines. A
description of the program, with quick instructions, is given at the
end of IEEE Standard 1243-1997 Design Guide for Improving the
Lightning Performance of Transmission Lines .
- NETDRAW and LAKU : NETDRAW is a program for
the graphical user interface, while LAKU is the load flow and short
circuit calculation program. The program is runs on a PC under Windows
95 and Windows NT. NETDRAW supports the languages German, English,
French and Portuguese, while LAKU supports German, English, and French.
For small networks (max. 8 nodes) the admittance matrix can be
displayed and solved step by step online, resulting, after up to 99
iterations, in the node voltages, of which the iteration run can be
displayed. Further more Netdraw is designed to be used as a graphical
interface for NETOMAC(R) the steady state and dynamic simulation
software of SIEMENS company.
- Power
Education Toolbox : This toolbox contains a
program for power flow, state estimation (wls and lav) and network
observability analysis functions. The zip file containing the program,
help files, and a small 14-bus test system
- FlowDemo.NET
is an interactive, internet (java) based
application to visualize power flow in an electric transmission
system. The demonstration program allows you to such things as open
switches, change loads, and change generation in 6 predefined
topologies.
- HASIP:
Harmonics Analysis for Ships and Industrial Power Systems computes
harmonic distortion levels, allows the user to simulate the
effectiveness of filters, and performs IEEE 519 (harmonics standard)
compliance checks for ships and othertightly connected three-phase power systems such as industrial facilities.
- SAG1: voltage sag analysis and propagation
Course
Materials
-
PowerLearn : Contains many
self-contained units of course materials corresponding to a topic
related to power system engineering. Examples of module topics include
per unit system, transmission line thermal limits, and distribution
planning. Each module consists of three components: presentation,
library, and simulator. The presentation contains two items: (1) notes,
with examples and problems, and (2) summary in bulleted form.
(available in HTML, MS Word, and PowerPoint). The library is a
collection of miscellaneous visual or textual elements pertaining to
the module. The simulator is an interactive, highly visual MATLAB
program that runs on the student version of MATLAB 5.0.
- Educational Case Study on Power System Restoration
: This case study provides an educational
opportunity for electrical engineering students at the sophomore/Junior
level to expand their knowledge about power systems in general, and
more specifically power system blackout restoration. Besides offering
explanations of concepts, this case study uses
the dynamic environment of html to help create links for more detailed
and often more visual representations of key concepts. The end
goals for the student are:
1) To complete open-ended exercises to see how they can immediately
apply their newly acquired knowledge.
2) An introduction to advanced power system subjects.
- Power Systems Test Case Archive
The UW Power System Test Case Archive provides World Wide Web access to
power system data (test cases). Contains: Power Flow Test Cases (14,
30, 57, 118, and 300 Bus), Dynamic Test Cases (17 Generator, 30 Bus
"New England" Dynamic Test Case, and 50 Generator), and descriptions of
Data Formats (IEEE Common Data Format , PTI Power Flow Data Format, and
PECO PSAP Format)
- Electric
Machines and Power Systems Course Materials
Dr. Indulkar's web page contains course notes, example problems (with
solutions), and laboratory experiments in electric machines and power
systems. The material is suitable for 3rd and 4th year undergraduate
students.
- Intelligent Systems in Power Systems : The module on intelligent systems in power systems contains
three submodules: (1) security assessment, (2) fault analysis, and (3)
distribution feeder protection. They have been tested on senior level
power engineering classes. The module includes presentations and
computer demos.
- Transfer
Capability Calculator : This site provides a
calculator to interactively calculate transfer capabilities on sample
power systems as well as tutorial and research material on transfer
capability, particularly calculations involving sensitivity and
uncertainty and generalizing DC load flow methods.
Power
Engineering Education Committee Panel Sessions
-
Research
Proposal Preparation Panel
Handouts from the IEEE PES 2001 Winter Meeting, Columbus, OH
-
Grand Challenges In
Electric Power Engineeirng Panel
Handouts from
the IEEE PES 2002 Winter Meeting, New York, NY or
Handouts from the IEEE PES 2002 Summer Meeting,
Chicago,
IL
-
Teaching
Deregulation Panel
Handouts from the IEEE PES 2002 Summer Meeting, Chicago,
IL
-
Orginizing
Research Consortia Panel
Handouts from the IEEE PES 2002 Summer Meeting, Chicago,
IL
- NSF
Initiatives
- Power/Energy Focus
Presentation By Dr. James Momoh, Program
Director, CNCI at the
IEEE
PES 2002 Summer Meeting, Chicago, IL
- NSF
Overview
Presentation by Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, Program Director, CNCI at the 2005
General Meeting, San Francisco, California, June 14, 2005
- Panel Sessions from IEEE PES 2003 General Meeting
Power
Engineering Education Resources Survey
PEEC regularly conducts a survey of power engineering
education within North America. We will shortly be collecting data for
the next survey at:
Power
Engineeering Education Resource Survey. This also has links
to the previoulsy published surveys.
The completed surveys have been published in the
IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems. The latest survey is:
Dr.
James D. McCalley
1113 Coover Hall
Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515)294-4844
Fax: (515)294-4263
E-mail: jdm@iastate.edu
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