Transient Studies - Etap

Transient Stability Analysis
The ETAP Transient Stability Analysis program is designed to investigate the system
dynamic responses and stability limits of a power system before, during, and after system
changes or disturbances. The program models dynamic characteristics of a power system,
implements the user-defined events and actions, solves the system network equation and
machine differential equations interactively to find out system and machine responses in time
domain. You can use these responses to determine the system transient behaviour, make
stability assessment, set protective device settings, and apply the necessary remedy or
enhancement to improve the system stability.

This chapter describes different tools to assist you in running transient stability studies. An
overview on the basics of transient stability study is also provided.

This chapter is organized into 9 sections:

1. The Transient Stability Toolbar section explains how you can launch a transient stability
calculation, open and view an output report, select display options, view plots, view actions
that are taken in the study and perform sequence of operation playback.
2. The Study Case Editor section explains how to create a new study case, to define
parameters for a study case, to create a sequence of switching events and disturbances, to
globally define machine dynamical modelling method, to select plot/tabulation devices, and
to set device tolerance adjustments, etc.
3. The Display Options section explains what options are available for displaying some key
system parameters and the output results on the one-line diagram, and how to set them.
4. The Calculation Methods section provides some theoretical backgrounds and quick
reference for the fundamentals on transient stability study, which are very helpful for users
who do not have extensive experience on running transient stability studies.
5. The Required Data section is a very good reference for you to check if you have prepared
all necessary data for transient stability calculations. These data range from the system side,
such as bus and branch information, to the machine side, such as machine model and
parameters, exciter model and parameters, and governor model and parameters.
6. The Output Reports section explains and demonstrates the format and organization of the
transient stability text reports.
7. The One-Line Diagram Displayed Results section explains the available one-line
displaying results and provides one example.
8. The Plots section explains what plots for transient stability are available and how to select
and view them.
9. The Action List section explains how to view the actions that are implemented in the study,
and how to observe the system sequence of operation by moving the time slider.
The Transient Stability Toolbar will appear on the screen when you are in the Transient
Stability Study Mode.

Run Transient Stability

Select a Study Case from the Study Case toolbar. Then click on the Run Transient
Stability button to perform a Transient Stability Study. A dialog box will appear to ask you
to specify the Output Report name if the output file name is set to Prompt. When the
calculation completes, the Transient Stability Study results will appear on the one-line
diagram and are stored in the Output Report, as well as in the plot file.
Display Options
Click the Display Options button to customize the one-line diagram annotation options
under the Transient Stability Study Mode and to edit the one-line diagram display for
transient stability calculation results. See Display Options for more information.
Alert View
This button is disabled for ETAP. This feature will be available in a future release of ETAP.
Report Manager
Click on the Report Manager button to select a format and view transient stability output
reports. Transient stability analysis reports are provided in Crystal Report Viewer, PDF, MS
Word, Rich Text, MS Excel formats. A number of predefined reports are found from here in
Complete, Input, Results and Summary pages respectively.
You can also select output files in Crystal Report Viewer format from the Output Report list
box on the Study Case toolbar.

The Output Report database for Transient Stability Studies has a .TS1S extension.
Action List
Click on the Action List button to view actions in the Study Case. The action list is updated
every time when a new Study Case is done. The information in the Action List will be also
available in Action Summary Report. The action list contains a complete list of actions
including those defined in the Transient Stability Study Case and those from relay operations.
The invalid actions due to system constraints are also reported in this list. Use the time-slider
to observe the system Sequence-of-Operation. Left and right arrow keys will advance the
time-slider to the previous/next action or the previous/next plot point.
Transient Stability Plots

Click on the Transient Stability Plots button to select and plot the curves of the last plot file.
The transient stability plot files have the following extension: .tsp. For more information see
Plots section.
Halt Current Calculation

This button is normally disabled. When a transient stability study, this button becomes
enabled and shows a red stop sign. Clicking on this button will terminate the current
calculation. The one-line diagram displays and plots will not be available if you terminate the
calculation before it completes, and the output report will be incomplete.
Get On-Line Data
This button is active when ETAP Real-Time Advanced Monitoring is enabled in your ETAP.
Press this button to use Real-Time values such as loading, bus voltages, etc as your initial
conditions for Transient Stability.

Note: Operators can use this module to predict system response before taking an action in the
real system.
Get Archived Data
This button is active when ETAP Real-Time Event Playback is enabled in your ETAP. Press
this button to use Archived values such as loading, bus voltages, etc as your initial conditions
for OPF.

Note: Using archived values gives you the opportunity to study previous operating conditions
from any of ETAP modules and define alternate solutions.
Transient Stability Study Case Editor
Overview
The Transient Stability Study Case Editor contains solution control variables, loading
conditions, event and action specifications, machine modelling selections and a variety of
options for output reports and plots. ETAP allows you to create and save an unlimited
number of Study Cases. Transient stability calculations are conducted and reported in
accordance to the settings of the Study Case selected in the Study Case toolbar. You can
easily switch between Study Cases without the trouble of resetting the Study Case options
each time. This feature is designed to organize your study efforts and save you time.
As a part of the multi-dimensional database concept of ETAP, Study Cases can be used for
any combination of the three major system toolbar components, i.e. for any configuration
status, one-line diagram presentation, and Base/Revision Data.
When you are in the Transient Stability Analysis mode, you can access the Transient
Stability Study Case Editor by clicking on the Study Case button on the Transient Stability
Study Case toolbar. You can also access this editor from the System Manager by clicking on
the Transient Stability subfolder under the Study Cases folder.
There are two ways to create a new Study Case. You can click on the “New Study Case”
button on the Transient Stability Study Case toolbar to copy an existing Study Case to the
new Study Case.
Or you can go to the System Manager, select the “Multi-dimensional Database” section, select the
study case drop-down list, right-click on the Transient Stability Study Case folder, and select Create
New. The program will then create a new Study Case, which is a copy of the default Study Case, and
adds it to the Transient Stability Study Case folder.

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