PowerSimulator™ 5 > Enhanced with the system operator in mind

With NERC and FERC mandating a systematic approach to training, power system simulation and training requirements have increased over time. PowerSimulator™ has evolved in step and is now available with a standard web-based interface to make your simulation experience faster and easier. The PowerSimulator™ 5 allows you to access your simulator model or training exercises from anywhere over the web. The same great user-oriented PowerSimulator™ has been enhanced with new navigational tools and training features, all with rock solid reliability.

For the system operator, the PowerSimulator™ 5 upgrade marks a major milestone in ease of use, speed, reliability, navigability, and applications for simulation based training.

More than 50% of all current NERC certified system operators are trained using PowerSimulator™. We have listened to your feedback and included this in the new version. Realistic, real-time, system specific simulation is now affordable for even the smallest transmission operators and balancing authorities with as little as 100 MW peak load.

Upgrade Summary

Known for its ease-of-use and intuitive control of power system models, you can rest easy that all the core features of previous versions of PowerSimulator™ are still present. However, the new and enhanced features that are introduced in the PowerSimulator™ 5 upgrade interleave naturally and empower users to do more. It also represents years of development by IncSys and Powerdata - utilizing today’s most innovative technologies.

What You Will See

Window Image Upgrade - Control panel, tabulars, and equipment dialog boxes now have a more modern look and open more fluidly. Use of Pop-ups have been minimized.
Information Panel - Located under the control panel in the session window, this helpful feature gives the user real time information on system frequency, loading, and ACE - all of which can be changed for various islands or balancing areas.
Event Scenarios and Recorder - Custom user defined event scenarios can now be created using the new Event Scenario Recorder feature.
Filtering and Sorting - Many lists, such as station diagrams, and equipment listed in the tabulars can now be filtered easily, even by using substrings. This makes finding a particular substation or feeder, for example, in a large model even easier. Tabulars can also be sorted multiple times on different values.
Navigational Tools- All system maps and station diagrams can now be scrolled easily by clicking and dragging on black background areas. This helps users monitor the system more effectively. In addition, the user is visually alerted when an object can be modified as the cursor itself changes to a hand icon.
Charting Advances - Charting has been enhanced and can now be displayed on the bottom of any station diagram and tracks multiple islands. In addition, the AGC Summary and Electrical Islands Display utilize the advanced charting.
Streamlined Model Building - PowerSimulatorTM 5 utilizes the PSSE importer which rapidly builds power system models and displays. This means your model can be built and regional-drill ready in only 3 months. Maintenance and customization software allows your model to grow with your organizational needs.
Forced Outage/Fault Simulator - The forced outage simulator makes scenarios highly realistic with the ability to simulate a wide variety of equipment faults with and without stuck breakers.
Bad Data Simulator -Data points on the system can now be manually blocked to simulate faulty field measurement devices or a break down in SCADA connectivity. This will seriously challenge the skills of even the most experienced system operators.

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The products and programs using PowerSimulator™ are designed to meet the NERC simulation compliance standards: