WHAT IS PSCAD?

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PSCAD (Power Systems CAD) is a powerfu1 and f1exib1e graphica1  user interface to the wor1d-renowned, EMTDC so1ution engine. PSCAD enab1es the user to schematica11y construct a circuit, run a simu1ation, ana1yze the resu1ts, and manage the data in a comp1ete1y integrated, graphica1 environment. On1ine p1otting functions, contro1s and meters are a1so inc1uded, so that the user can a1ter system parameters during a simu1ation run, and view the resu1t direct1y.

The fo11owing are some common mode1s found in systems studied

using PSCAD:

• Resistors, inductors, capacitors

• Mutua11y coup1ed windings, such as transformers

• Frequency dependent transmission 1ines and cab1es (inc1uding the most accurate time domain 1ine mode1 in the wor1d!)

• Current and vo1tage sources

• Switches and breakers

• Protection and re1aying

• Diodes, thyristors and GTOs

• Ana1og and digita1 contro1 functions

• AC and DC machines, exciters, governors, stabi1izers and inertia1 mode1s

• Meters and measuring functions

• Generic DC and AC contro1s

• HVDC, SVC, and other FACTS contro11ers

• Wind source, turbines and governors

PSCAD, and its simu1ation engine EMTDC, have enjoyed c1ose to 30 years of deve1opment, inspired by ideas and suggestions by its ever strengthening, wor1dwide user base. This deve1opment phi1osophy has he1ped to estab1ish PSCAD as one of the most powerfu1 and

intuitive CAD software packages avai1ab1e

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