EasyPower

Key features and analysis

• Comprehensive fault analysis: Calculate three-phase, single line-to-ground, double line-to-ground, line-to-line, and DC faults.
• Equipment duty verification: Automatically compare calculated fault currents against manufacturer ratings.
• AC decay and DC offset: Simulate AC decay and DC offset to calculate symmetrical and asymmetrical currents.
• High X/R duty: Apply rating corrections when system X/R ratios exceed device test limits.
• Voltage sensitivity: Flag hazardous voltage dips to prevent equipment misoperation and downtime.
• Remote calculations: Calculate remote bus voltages and current contributions from all remote sources, including generators, motors, and utilities.

Reports and deliverables

• Customizable technical reports: Generate detailed fault and duty reports exportable to spreadsheet.
• Annotated system diagrams: Annotate the single-line diagram with fault levels and rating violations.

Codes and standards

• ANSI/IEEE C37.010, C37.5, C37.13
• UL 489, 248
• NEMA AB-1
• NFPA 70 (NEC)
• IEEE 141 (Red Book), IEEE 399 (Brown Book), IEEE 242 (Buff Book)
• IEEE 3002.3
• Power System Handbook (Beeman)
• IEC 60909
• IEC-56, 62271
• IEC-947-2, 127

Key features and analysis

• Interactive TCC analysis: Drag curves to visually adjust coordination with instant device setting updates.
• SmartPDC™ automation: Automatically configure and adjust device settings to avoid miscoordination.
• Comprehensive device library: Leverage verified manufacturer-specific breakers, fuses, trip units, and relays.
• Phase and ground coordination: Analyze phase and ground fault elements in a single interface.
• Arc flash integration: Visualize how setting adjustments impact arc flash energy on the TCC single-line diagram.
• Motor starting and inrush: Verify devices withstand energization transients to prevent nuisance tripping.
• Equipment damage protection: Verify upstream devices clear faults to prevent equipment damage.
• Fault integration: Clip TCC curves at maximum fault current and display fault current tick marks.
• Advanced modeling: Model Zone Selective Interlocking (ZSI) and Maintenance Mode switches.

Reports and deliverables

• Device setting reports: Create detailed documentation of settings to aid field implementation.
• Customizable TCC plots: Generate high-quality plots annotated with single-line diagrams, fault current tick marks, and custom text.

Codes and standards

• IEEE C57.109, IEEE C57.12.59
• NFPA 70 (NEC)
• CEC
• ICEA P-32-382
• IEEE 141 (Red Book), IEEE 399 (Brown Book), IEEE 242 (Buff Book)
• IEEE 3004
• IEC 76-5

Key features and analysis

• Voltage drop and violation analysis: Calculate system-wide voltage levels and highlight buses exceeding thresholds on the single-line diagram.
• Equipment loading and overload detection: Instantly detect overloads on electrical equipment to prevent damage.
• Power factor and system loss calculation: Quantify active and reactive losses, and calculate power factor at every point in the system.
• Three-phase, single-phase and DC analysis: Model balanced and unbalanced three-phase, single-phase, and DC systems to calculate phase-specific voltage drops, loading, and imbalance.
• Source modeling and control: Simulate generation schemes with Swing, PV, and PQG control models.
• Load tap changer (LTC) simulation: Simulate automatic voltage regulation and MVAR flow control with LTC modeling.
• Impact motor starting: Analyze voltage drops and system-wide impacts of starting large motors.
• Global load and motor scaling: Model operating scenarios by applying scaling factors to groups of motors and loads.

Reports and deliverables

• Interactive single-line diagram: Visualize calculated flows, voltage levels, and losses directly on the single-line diagram.
• Customizable technical reports: Generate detailed reports on violations, overloads, and losses, with the ability to export to spreadsheet.

Codes and standards

• IEEE 399 (Brown Book)
• IEEE 3002.2

Key features and analysis

• Frequency scan: Conduct impedance scans to identify resonant frequencies and view system response.
• Harmonic current flow: Trace integer and non-integer harmonic currents to visualize flows and identify impact.
• Summation and distortion: Calculate critical indices including THD, TIF, K-Factor, system losses, and transformer/conductor derating.
• IEEE 519 compliance: Verify voltage and current distortion limits, including Total Demand Distortion (TDD), against standard recommendations at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC).
• Extensive source library: Access a customizable library of harmonic-producing equipment or define equipment-specific properties.
• Filter simulation: Model harmonic filters, including notch and high-order types, to simulate harmonic mitigation.
• Accurate impedance modeling: Account for skin effect, long-line correction, and positive, negative, and zero-sequence impedances.

Reports and deliverables

• Interactive single-line diagram: Visualize harmonic impact with annotated values and highlighted limit violations directly on the single-line.
• Customizable plots: Generate detailed frequency scan plots and harmonic spectrum bar charts.
• Comprehensive reports: Produce detailed text summaries to document system behavior and compliance.

Codes and standards

• IEEE 519
• IEEE 1547
• IEEE 2800
• IEEE 3002.8
• IEEE C57.110
• UL 1561

Key features and analysis

• Reliability metrics: Calculate failure rates, inherent availability, and average repair times for the total system or critical branches.
• Financial impact: Quantify the annualized cost of downtime and evaluate equipment repair versus replacement expenses.
• Automated data mapping: Populate the EasyPower system model automatically with empirical data from the IEEE 493 library.
• Redundancy analysis: Model complex systems with up to triple redundancy to evaluate how parallel paths improve availability.
• Scenario evaluation: Compare the cost and reliability impact of different maintenance or design strategies.
• Unavailability drivers: Identify specific equipment and failure modes driving system unavailability.
• Custom libraries: Import and manage custom reliability data from spreadsheets or user-defined sources.

Reports and deliverables

• Pareto charts: Visualize the largest contributors to downtime to prioritize improvement efforts.
• Comprehensive reports: Produce detailed text summaries of all metrics and financial risks.

Codes and standards

• IEEE 493 (Gold Book)
• IEEE 3006

Key features and analysis

• Dynamic voltage analysis: Calculate voltage dips at terminals and system-wide buses to prevent equipment misoperation and downtime.
• Motor acceleration analysis: Verify that motors produce sufficient torque to overcome mechanical loads and reach rated speed.
• Impact loading: Analyze the dynamic system response to sudden mechanical load changes on running motors.
• Scripted event simulation: Automate time-based scenarios including faults, switching actions, motor starts, and load changes.
• Protective device response: Simulate the operation of breakers and fuses to verify device operation.
• Parameter derivation tool: Generate accurate dynamic motor models from manufacturer curves using a built-in digitizer.
• Advanced motor models: Utilize double-cage induction and synchronous models accounting for sub-transient flux dynamics.
• Motor model library: Access a library of manufacturer-specific and typical motor data to quickly populate parameters.

Reports and deliverables

• Interactive single-line diagram: Observe system conditions directly on the single-line diagram, stepping through simulations.
• Customizable plots: Monitor variables like speed, torque, and voltage over time with multiple traces per plot.
• Comprehensive logs: Troubleshoot simulations with detailed logs of script actions, trips, and warnings.

Key features and analysis

• Transient stability: Evaluate recovery and synchronization following faults, generator loss, and switching.
• Load shedding: Simulate under-frequency or under-voltage shedding schemes to preserve system integrity.
• ATS behavior: Model automatic transfer switch behavior including time delays and voltage thresholds.
• Power system stabilizers (PSS): Analyze the impact of PSS models on damping oscillations.
• Dynamic arc flash: Calculate arc flash energy during complex switching sequences.
• Scripted event simulation: Automate time-based sequences of faults, breaker operations, and load changes.
• Exciter and governor models: Access an extensive library of generators, exciters, and governor models.
• Generator modeling: Employ advanced round-rotor and salient-pole models accounting for flux dynamics.

Reports and deliverables

• Interactive single-line diagram: Observe system conditions directly on the single-line diagram, stepping through simulations.
• Customizable plots: Monitor machine speed, voltage, and frequency over time with multiple traces per plot.
• Comprehensive logs: Troubleshoot simulations with detailed logs of script actions, trips, and warnings.

Codes and standards

• IEEE 421.5 (exciters)

Key features

• Comprehensive AC modeling: Simulate three-phase and single-phase systems.
• Integrated DC: Model DC topologies and hybrid AC/DC systems, including photovoltaics, batteries, rectifiers, and inverters.
• Voltage support: Support voltages up to 1,500 kV.
• Source definition: Configure generators and utility interconnections using impedance data, fault duty ratings, and power flow controls.
• Comprehensive device library: Leverage verified manufacturer-specific breakers, fuses, trip units, relays, and switches to accurately model device characteristics.
• Transformers: Configure 2-winding, 3-winding, and zigzag units based on equipment properties, including Load Tap Changer (LTC) options.
• Cables and transmission lines: Specify conductor size, including insulation and raceway configurations for cables, to automatically calculate impedance and ampacity.
• Switchgear and bus data: Define equipment ratings, bracing, and enclosure dimensions to capture physical and electrical specifications.
• Motors and loads: Simulate induction and synchronous motors, lumped loads, and Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs).

Key features

• Interactive single-line diagram: Build and edit the model by placing equipment, connecting components, and editing equipment data on the single-line diagram.
• Drawings: Create multiple drawings with custom title blocks and annotations from the power system model.
• Data text blocks: Display equipment data and analysis results on the single-line diagram with user configurable data text blocks.
• Auto Layout: Automatically position, arrange, and align components across the single-line diagram using configurable spacing rules.

Key features

• Single file management: Store all scenarios in one project file, eliminating version control errors and redundant data entry.
• Configuration modeling: Simulate main-tie-main transfers, generator switching, and emergency power configurations to validate all system configurations.
• "What-if" analysis: Evaluate proposed design changes, such as equipment upgrades, load additions, or settings adjustments before implementation.
• Visual indicators: Automatically highlight equipment and settings that differ from the base case for easy identification.
• Integrated analysis: Run any analysis on specific scenarios without altering the base model.

Reports & Deliverables

• Scenario comparison reports: Compare Arc Flash and Equipment Duty results across multiple scenarios in a single interactive spreadsheet.
• Worst-case identification: Automatically identify and store the worst-case arc flash incident energy and equipment duty violations across all modeled operating modes.

Key features

• Integrated field data capture: Capture equipment data, photos, and notes using a built-in camera or by synchronizing with an external camera, automatically linking the media to specific items on the single-line diagram for streamlined data entry.
• External camera synchronization: Synchronize images taken with an external camera by matching time stamps to placeholders created in the software, automatically linking photos to equipment without manual association.
• Media gallery management: View, organize, and filter collected media files using tags and links within a dedicated Media Gallery interface.
• Built-in image editing: Edit captured photos directly within the software, including rotating, cropping, and adding annotations or drawings to highlight specific equipment details.

Key features

• Technical documentation: Create comprehensive technical reports in text and spreadsheet formats, exportable to Microsoft Excel®, Word®, and CSV.
• Annotated single-lines: Produce detailed single-line drawings with custom page sizes, title blocks, and annotations.
• TCC plots: Generate Time-Current Characteristic plots that include customized text, title blocks, and company logos.
• Label designer: Design standards-compliant arc flash labels using a powerful editor that supports custom text, images, and QR codes.
• Work permit templates: Create fully editable energized electrical work permits populated with analysis data using customizable Microsoft Word® templates.
• Schedule export: Export Panel and MCC schedules directly to spreadsheet or CAD (DXF) formats.
• CAD export: Export single-line diagrams to any CAD system using DXF format.

Key features and analysis

• Automated sizing: Size low-voltage cables, protective devices, transformers, and distribution equipment (panels, MCCs, switchgear) based on calculated loads.
• Intelligent rules: Apply specific sizing rules by automatically distinguishing between Motor, Feeder, and Transformer circuits.
• Voltage drop correction: Calculate voltage drop for steady-state and motor-starting conditions, automatically upsizing conductors to meet defined limits.
• Selective coordination: Automatically select upstream and downstream low-voltage circuit breakers that coordinate.
• NEC load calculations: Apply NEC demand factors and methods to determine accurate load requirements.
• Customizable design library: Enforce specific equipment and design standards using configurable design templates to match project or company preferences.

Reports and deliverables

• Code-referenced reports: Document equipment sizing decisions with specific NEC code references and rule-based criteria.
• Bill of materials: Generate itemized material lists with cost estimates based on library values.

Codes and standards

• NFPA 70 (NEC)

Key features

• Import: Import data from CSV files to build new or update existing models.
• Export: Export data to CSV files for review and editing.
• Revit integration: Support bi-directional data exchange with Autodesk® Revit® to synchronize electrical equipment details and analysis results.
• SKM import: Import system information from SKM data export CSV files to support migration of existing projects into EasyPower.
• SCADA import: Import load data from SCADA files to improve model accuracy for demand planning and contingency studies.
• CAD export: Export single-line diagrams and schedules to CAD systems using DXF format.