SOFTWARE & LICENSING
PSD is the official sales representatives for PSCAD software and licenses in South Africa. PSCAD™/EMTDC™ is a fast, accurate, and easy-to-use power system simulation software for the design, analysis, optimization, and verification of all types of power systems.
The software enables the user to schematically construct a circuit, run a simulation, analyze the results, and manage the data in a completely integrated, graphical environment. It is a multi-purpose tool that can be used for the design and modeling of virtually any electrical power system.
PSCAD Training
PSD is an accredited training provider for PSCAD software. Our 5 day PSCAD introductory course enables the deligates to use the PSCAD software in real life applications while also refreshing their knowledge on basic engineering principles required when carrying out simulations.
PSCAD™/EMTDC™
- World-renowned simulation software PSCAD™/EMTDC™
- Simulation expertise since 1980s, commercial software for 30 years
- PSCAD as of January 2015:
- 37,000 seats
- 85 countries
- 1600 organizations
- Users include electrical utilities, wind farms, equipment manufacturers, consulting companies, and more
- EMTDC™, simulation engine and an integral part of PSCAD™, represents and solves differential equations in the time domain for both electromagnetic and electromechanical systems
- PSCAD™ provides the user with control and visualization technologies to operate EMTDC™
- PSCAD™ enables the user to schematically construct a circuit, run a simulation, analyze the results, and manage the data in a completely integrated, graphical environment
PSCAD™ APPLICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL MODULES
- Insulation coordination: lightning, switching, TOV, and TRV;
- Harmonics, ferroresonance, and power quality;
- Power electronics: HVDC and FACTS;
- Wind, solar, and distributed generation;
- Protection and relays;
- Equipment failure analysis;
- R&D and education
- FACE – Field and Corona Effects
- Enerplot – Offline Plotting and Analysis
- PRSIM
- Convert PSS/E and PowerFactory data files to PSCAD V5 and V4.6.
- Import detailed dynamic data.
- Import sequence data.
- Import location data for auto-routing and seamless graphical representation.
- Form network equivalents for unexpanded segments of the network.
- Re-initialize the generated PSCAD project.
- Contingency studies of AC networks consisting of rotating machines, exciters, governors, turbines, transformers, transmission lines, cables, and loads
- Sub-synchronous resonance (SSR) and Sub-synchronous Control Interaction (SSCI) studies of networks with machines, transmission lines, converters, and HVDC systems
- Renewable resource integration studies and model validation including wind turbines and solar PV plants
- Relay coordination
- Transformer saturation effects
- Over-voltages due to a fault or breaker operation
- Insulation coordination of transformers, breakers, and arrestors
- Impulse testing of transformers
- Evaluation of filter design
- Harmonic analysis including resonance
- Control system design and coordination of FACTS and HVDC; including STATCOM, VSC, etc.
- Variable speed drives of various types, including cycloconverters and transportation and ship drives.
- Optimal design of controller parameters
- Industrial systems including compensation controllers, drives, electric furnaces, filters, etc.
- Investigation of new circuit and control concepts
- Lightning strikes, faults, or breaker operations.
- Steep front and fast front studies.
- Investigate the pulsing effects of diesel engines and wind turbines on electric networks.