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What is New in Paladin DesignBase5.0

Service Pack 2

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Dear Valued Customer:

Thank you for selecting Paladin DesignBase, the best design and modeling software

available today, and the only power system design software that allows your models to be

utilized in our Paladin Live solution.

You are joining a community of power system design professionals that support some of the

worlds most demanding mission-critica l fac ilities. Our Paladin family software is used to

Design, Model, Simulate, Analyze and Optimize power grids in a wide array of tec hnical

fields such as data c enters, critica l power applications such as off-shore oil platforms,

Federal government applications and the US Navy. We help ensure improved availability

and reliability, increased efficiency and improved throughput for companies such as

Boeing, Northrup Grumman, VISA International, Shell, Texas Instruments, Rolls Royce, Elf,

Alcoa and many other companies around the world who rely on Paladin DesignBase to

support their most important power systems designs.

Rec ent releases of Paladin DesignBase incrementally addressed customer requirements in

three primary areas:

1. Maximizing power systems designers personal productivity and ease-of-use.

2. Increasing capabilities for team-based design and the overall project.

3. Simplifying data management functionality between both DesignBase and third-party

programs, specifically in terms of allowing models to precisely encapsulate the robust data

required for on-line facility management using Paladin Live.

With Paladin DesignBase 5.0 Service Pack 2 we have continued this overall development

direc tion, while introducing new industry-leading capabilities in exciting areas, including:

A. Short Circuit Program

3 Phase Short Circuit fault buses selection option, either from drawings or from

memory

Added output CSV file for IEC 61363 detail report

Added new DC Source for DC Classical SC calculations

Added new DC Source for the calculations and built the estimating method

based on IEC61660.

B. Protection Device Coordination

New Solid State Breaker curve preview

Updated Relay program user interface

Improvements in usability of Digitizer

User adjustable Bus Curve in PDC TCC

Created Multiple Labels in PDC curves

Enhancement of the PDC Show/Restore View icon


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Created on/off icon for Opening/Closing the PDC tool-box

On/Off option for Designed Load Amp part of Bus Curve in PDC TCC

New PDC interpolate Function

Transformer Damage Curve Updates according to IEEE C57.12.59 2001

Shows coordinates when moving each PDC curve's arrow in PDC program Added Delete and Append option for elements in PDC study

Added a searching feature for a specific element in multiple PDC studies

Added new G&W relays

Created Crosshair for PDC curves (including value representation on axis)

Enhanced Solid State Breaker curve preview

C. Arc Flash Study

Increase the Arc flash constraint limit on looking for upstream protec tion devices

Enhanced the Arc Flash calculation wizard based on selected bus Arc flash labels always presents System Voltage rather than LF voltage when the

SC Calculated by LF pre-fault voltage

D. Harmonic Analysis

Applied the last slope fac tor to extrapolate resistance R for frequency scanning

Added On/Off option for Harmonics status

Applied scenarios to control On/Off for harmonic sources

E. AC/DC Power Flow

New 3P Inverter and DC Source Models

Enhanced the calculation for DC Current Control and voltage c ontrol for

Rectifiers

F. Ground Grid Program

Added Undo/Redo commands

Added Lock/Unlock features

User Interface improvements

Increased the dec imal numbers in the output report

G. Advanced Power Cable Ampacity

Feature to save units when c hanged from main window

H. Advanced Transient Stability Analysis


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Increased the limit of Variable shown in the results for general-

models/AVR/Governor/PV models

Enhanced simulation window to show information about events occurring

Showed more decimal numbers for PU values in order to generate smoother

curves

On/Off status of General Models based on device status in different scenarios

Added Signal monitoring tab feature to General Models

I. And Much More

User interface improvements

Error Checker reports improvements

Text Editor spread-sheet view improvements

Added two new features (Adobe Reader and XPS Viewer) in Text Report

program

Added backup/ restore options for project folder/library files

Unzip project without having WINZIP/WINRAR

Created a new DC Source symbol in DC catalogs

Created a new Inverter symbol in 3P Bus catalogs

Added a new shunt capacitor symbol in all the bus catalogs

Added new options in Import/Export Programs

Lists complete descriptions for installed DB license features

Added a port number field to C lient License Manager

The evolution towards Paladin DesignBase 5.0 Service pack 2 represents millions of dollars

and many years of development effort, not only by our on-staff development team, but

by users like you who provide us with valuable guidance on new features and functions.

We thank you for your continued business, and for making Paladin DesignBase the most

effective and productive modeling platform in the mission-critical arena.


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Contents

A. Short Circuit Program ................................................................................................................................... 8

1) Bus Selection New Features of 3 Phase Short Circuit Programs .............................................................. 8

2) Save/Import Bus Selection in User Defined Text File ............................................................................ 10

3) Report to CSV file in Detailed Report of IEC363 SC Program ................................................................. 14

4) Add new DC Source for calculations and build the estimation method based on IEC61660. ............... 14

5) New DC Source for Classical Methodology ............................................................................................ 16

B. Protection Device Coordination ................................................................................................................. 17

1) Adjust Bus curve length in PDC TCC ....................................................................................................... 17

2) Show/Hide coordinate symbol .............................................................................................................. 18

3) Add device curve text in PDC program .................................................................................................. 20

4) Enhancement for the PDC "Restore View" icon in PDC toolbar ............................................................ 20

5) Creating on/off icon for Opening/Closing the PDC tool-box ................................................................. 21

6) On/Off for Designed Load Amp part of Bus Curve in PDC TCC .............................................................. 21

7) Transformer Damage Curve Updates according to IEEE C57.12.59-2001 ............................................. 23

8) Show coordinates when moving each PDC curve's arrow in PDC program .......................................... 24

9) Add "delete" option for elements in PDC study to prevent Appending to wrong Study ...................... 24

10) Append new component into existing PDC studies .......................................................................... 25

11) Add options for deleting one or more PDC studies ........................................................................... 26

12) Add a searching feature for equipment name in multiple PDC studies ............................................ 27

13) Creating Crosshair for PDC curves (including value representation on axis) ..................................... 28

14) Digitizer usability improvements. ...................................................................................................... 29

15) Enhanced Solid State Breaker curve preview .................................................................................... 30

C. AC & DC Arc Flash Evaluation..................................................................................................................... 32

1) Increase the Arc flash limitation limit on looking for upstream protection devices ............................. 32

2) Enhancing the Arc flash calculation wizard based on selected bus ....................................................... 33

3) Arc flash labels should always present System Voltage rather than Load Flow voltage when the SC

Calculated by LF pre-fault voltage ................................................................................................................. 33

D. Harmonic Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 35

1) Added on/off option for harmonic sources ........................................................................................... 35

2) Apply scenarios to control on/off for harmonic sources ....................................................................... 35

E. AC/DC Power Flow ..................................................................................................................................... 36


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1) Enhanced the Calculation of DC Current Control in Rectifiers .............................................................. 36

2) Sample to simulate AC-DC network for both SC and Load Flow ............................................................ 37

F. Ground Grid Program ................................................................................................................................. 44

1) Undo/Redo functions ............................................................................................................................. 44

2) Lock and Unlock functions ..................................................................................................................... 44

3) Spreadsheet view of grid elements ....................................................................................................... 45

G. Advanced Power Cable Ampacity .............................................................................................................. 46

H. Advanced Transient Stability ..................................................................................................................... 47

1) New features for results of general-models/AVR/Governor/PV models .............................................. 47

2) Relating General Models on/off based on device status in different scenarios .................................... 48

3) New features for simulation windows ................................................................................................... 49

I. Miscellaneous Features ............................................................................................................................. 50

1) Client License Manager .......................................................................................................................... 50

2) Add two new Text Report browser for Adobe Reader and XPS Viewer ................................................ 52

3) Add Backup/Restore options for project folder/library files and both together ................................... 53

4) Unzip project without having WINZIP/WINRAR .................................................................................... 55

5) Create a Upgrade all the PA sample files icon after installing DB5 SP2 ............................................. 55

6) Editor and Text Editor Usability improvements. .................................................................................... 56

7) Error Checker Enhancements: ............................................................................................................... 57

8) Add Case Study list box, Add icon and Delete icon in Short Circuit toolbar .......................................... 58

9) Other Miscellaneous Enhancements: .................................................................................................... 59


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A. Short Circuit Program

1) Bus Sele c tion Ne w Fea tures of 3 Pha se Sho rt Circ uit Prog ram s

This feature gives the user an option to select buses either from drawings or from the

buses saved in the short circuit program:

Open the sample file IEC-YY projec t file. (ie: C:\ DesignBase5\ Samples\ 3PhaseSC)

Choose one of AC 3ph SC methods:

- AC ANSI/IEEE

- AC Classical

- AC IEC 60909

- AC IEC 61363

In this example we selected AC Classical:

Select number of buses from the drawings (In this example BUS 1, PPC 3, G1)

Open SC Option dialog box and see which buses were selected (In this example

BUS 1, PPC3, G1) from the drawings in the list, since the default option From

Current Page is selec ted.


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Switch to option From Saved to ensure saved buses are showing in the list (In this

example BUS 1, PPC 3, G1).

Switch back to From current Page and the buses selected from the drawings will

be displayed (In this example buses A4P, A7P, A8P, BUS 1, ).

Add buses from All Filtered Buses list (In this example A3CP, A4P, BUS 1, PPC3, G1)

and c lick Save button.

Switch to option From Saved and notice the buses in the list stay the same.


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Switch back to From current Page and the buses selected from the drawings

are back on the list (In this example BUS 1, PPC3, G1).

Switch to option From Saved again, click OK to go back to the drawing and you

will see the nodes A3CP, A4P are selected besides BUS 1, PPC3, G1.

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Sa ve / Imp ort Bus Sele c tion in User De fine d Tex t File

Open the IEC-YY project file. (ie: C:\ DesignBase5\ Samples\ 3PhaseSC)

Choose one of the AC 3ph SC methods:

- AC ANSI/IEEE

- AC Classical

- AC IEC 60909

- AC IEC 61363

In this example we selected AC Classical:


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Select Selected Buses option and select some buses (In this example BUS 1, Bus

2, G1, G2)

Select the Export button and export the list to the text file (SCBusList.txt)

This file will keep the selected bus list which you may import anytime to do SC

study.


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Continue with SC study and generate the results (V4Results.txt)

Close the software

Launch DesignBase

Run the SC program (AC Classical)

Use the selec ted Buses and the Import option to open from the selec ted bus list

(SCBUSLIST.txt)


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3) Rep o rt to CSV file in Deta iled Rep ort o f IEC363 SC Prog ram

Now users can export the Detailed Report as a CSV file in SC IEC363:

4) Ad d ne w DC Source for ca lcu la t ions and bui ld the est im at ion me thod b ased on

IEC61660.

This new feature includes a new model for DC sources according to IEC61660:


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The Short Circuit page should be set by considering the following items:

SC Rating could be either Rated Amps or rated kW.

DC Smoothing Reactor Data is the same as Rectifier in IEC61660 standard

AC Impedance data is the equivalent impedance converted to AC low voltage

side. The values can be entered manually or calculated from Maximum SC current

at the terminal bus to match IEC 61660 standards as follows

=6 1000

(. 13660 1)

Iscmaxcan be entered directly or calculated from Rated Amps and SC factor Ksc.

Estimate Rac button is used to estimate AC Impedance with Rac/Xac fixed

Running the DC IEC61660 SC program will result to the following report:

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Recti f i er( s) Dat a

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -AC Ci r cui t Si de DC Ci r cui t

Syst em Act ual Rat ed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Bus Name V V Cd A Z- mOhm R- mOhm L- mH R- mOhm L- mH- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -DCS 250 250 DS 2000 4. 0760 2.3541 0. 0106 98. 68 0. 0300

Which means : Rac = 2.354 mOhms

The Analyze button will generate Output Branch Results Reports:


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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Bus Resul t s

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Sust ai n Peak Peak Ri si ng Decl i neTheveni n I k I p Tp T1 T2 Rat e of Ri se

Bus Name Cd R( Ohm) L ( mH) A A mSec mSec mSec A/ mSec

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -DCS DS 0. 0833 0. 3389 3000 3000 12. 20 4. 07 100. 00 738F1 0. 0833 0. 3389 3000 3000 12. 20 4. 07 100. 00 738

The contribution of dc Source DCS Ik= 3000 A ,which will match the value in the editor as

expected.

5) New DC Source for Classica l Me thodo logy

A new DC source which has discussed before is also verified to cover DC Classical ShortCircuit method.

The editor of this new DC source model includes the same data as the rectifier.


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B. Protection Device Coordination

1) Ad just Bus curve leng th in PDC TCC

The length of a Bus curve can be adjusted by dragging the handle at the bottom of the

Bus curve.


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2) Show / Hide c oo rd inate sym bo l

The coordinate symbols can be shown by right-clicking "Show/Hide Coordinate" menu

item on the TCC window and then selec ting Yes in the following dialog box.

The coordinate symbol can be hidden again by right-clicking "Show/Hide Coordinate"

menu item on the TCC window and then confirming in the appeared dialog box.

The coordinate

symbol will be

shown

Right Click


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Create multiple coordinate symbols in PDC curves

The new multiple coordinate symbols can be created by right-clicking the Insert

Coordinate menu item on TCC window and then selecting Yes in the following dialog

box.

Multiple

coordinate

symbols

Right Click


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3) Ad d dev ice c urve tex t in PDC program

The multiple annotation symbols can be dragged from the Annotation catalog into TCC

view.

4) Enha nc em ent for the PDC "Restore View" ic on in PDC too lba r

In the PDC toolbar, the Restore View icon is only shown when showing the PDC study

and the Show Study icon is only shown when not showing the PDC study. The zoom of

the main drawing is kept as the same as before anything was changed after clicking

Show Study icon and then clicking Restore View icon.


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5) Creat ing on/ of f icon for Ope ning/ Closing the PDC tool-box

After clicking the Show/Hide Symbol Catalogs icon, the catalog window will appear.

After clicking the Show/Hide Symbol Catalogs icon again, the catalog window will

disappear.

6) On/ Off for Designe d Loa d Am p p a rt of Bus Curve in PDC TCC

When unchecking the Hide Design Load Amps check box in the following Bus Curve

dialog box, the Bus design load amps will be shown in TCC view below. This option is

designed to show or hide the Bus design load amps in TCC view.

Show/Hide

Symbols

Catalogs


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7) Transform e r Dam ag e Curve Upd a tes a c c o rding to IEEE C57.12.59-2001

When the cooling type is a Dry-Type and the transformer belongs to categories I or II, IEEE

CS7.12.59-2001 standard c an be selec ted in the following dialog box.


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8) Show c oo rd inates when m oving e ac h PDC c urve 's arrow in PDC program

When holding down each PDC curves arrow and moving it, the coordinate values will

be shown in the Toolbar.

9) Ad d "dele te" opt ion for e lem ents in PDC study to p reve nt App end ing to wrong Study

In a PDC single line page, after selec ting the elements in a PDC study then pressing

Delete button, the following dialog box will be shown to ask whether or not to delete the

study.

Hold downPDC

Curves arrow

and move it

Watch

coordinate

values


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10 )Ap pe nd new c om po nent in to ex ist ing PDC stud ies

Add new elements into existing PDC by appending them into a corresponding PDC

study:

Existing PDC Study

Select new elements and then

Append to the existing PDC study


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12 )Ad d a sea rc h ing fea ture for eq uipm ent nam e in m ul tip le PDC stud ies

After clicking Edit/Search Equipment in PDC Studies menu item in PDC toolbar, the

following dialog box will be shown. All the selec ted equipment on the left side is

included in the selec ted PDC study on the right side.

When searching for one or more equipment name in multiple PDC studies in the above


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dialog box, the equipment found in each PDC study will be shown below:

13 )Crea ting Crossha ir for PDC c urves (includ ing va lue rep resentat ion o n a xis)

By holding down the arrow handle of the c oordinate symbol and moving it, the following

crosshair will automatically be shown. By releasing the arrow handle of the coordinatesymbol, the crosshair will automatically disappear.


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The coordinate values will be shown in Toolbar and TCC view below.

14 )Dig it izer usab i li ty imp rovem ents.

The Digitizer program has been enhanced to return to the build program by pressing the

new Return to Build Program button in the Digitizer. The Digitizer minimizes and returns you

to the build program. From there the user can continue editing the same curve or edit a

different curve.


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15 )Enha nc ed Solid State Break er c urve preview

A new curve preview has been created for enhancing the usability of Solid State Breakers

which now includes Long and Short Time Pickup and Instantaneous Pickup all in the same

diagram:


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Other features included in PDC Program are:

- Updated G&W relays

- Shows bus name in PDC single line

- Does not show PDC drawings in the page drop down menu

- Sort PDC study name in the PDC toolbar

- Addition of two new features to change pen thickness and order of the user defined

SC arrows

- Automatic addition of buses to PDC Studies when a branch is selected

- Enhanced Relay Program user interface


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C. AC & DC Arc Flash Evaluation

1) Increa se the Arc flash l im ita t ion l imit on loo king for upstrea m protec t ion d evic es

The maximum fault contribution levels will be available for users to set. Its default value is 10

and can be increased up to 20 branches in upstream circuit. The user can set this value

based on his protection strategy and size of the network and the calculation speed on the

computer. This will update short circuit and PDC studies for contribution levels

automatically. This setting means every bus/equipment should be protected by a device in

at most 20 levels up branches.


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2) Enhanc ing the Arc f lash ca lcu la t ion w izard b ased o n selec ted b us

This feature will automatically recalculate and show the results of the selected bus. The

user can change the selected bus in Show Bus and arc flash engine will automatically

calculate and show the results in this window.

3) Arc fla sh lab els should a lwa ys p resent System Voltag e rathe r tha n Loa d Flow v oltag e

whe n the SC C alc u la ted by LF pre-fau l t vo l tag e

When the Short Circuit Calculation uses Power Flow Voltage as pre-fault voltage, then

all calculations will be based on Load flow voltage as a pre-fault and the Arc-Flash

Engine would also use this voltage which might be different from system voltage. To keep

the system data consistent, Arc-Flash labels should present System Voltage rather than

what the user considered in SC calculations. Labels are a lways present in System Voltage

but Arc-Flash report still will show LF voltage as a pre-fault voltage.


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D. Harmonic Analysis

1) Ad de d on/ of f op t ion for harm onic source s

This feature creates new option for the user to be able turn on/off harmonic sources in a

study.

2) Ap ply scena rios to c ontro l on/ of f for harmo nic source s

In addition we applied this option to c ontrol harmonic sources on/off feature by

Scenarios.


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E. AC/DC Power Flow

1) Enha nc ed the C a lculat ion o f DC C urrent C ontrol in Rec tif iers

The DC load flow now includes the DC current control order with Zero Amp for the RatedCurrent.

In addition, a Warnings message will be generated if Rec tifier DC Voltage Control Order

Is set to Zero after running DC Load Flow Report Manager\ Log File:

Bus Source < REC1>:

System Voltage is applied for DC Control Voltage Order due to it


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2) Sam p le to simula te AC -DC netw ork for bo th SC a nd Loa d Flow

Service Pack 2 also includes new symbols and settings to ease the modelling of

integrated AC -DC networks. This sec tion will present how to model this kind of network

with a simple example as shown below for a typical AC/DC configuration.

The sample file can be accessed from: C:\ DesignBase5\ Sam pe ls\ ACDCLF\ AC_DC_Conver ter .ep r

Modelling in DesignBase:


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- DC-AC Devic e ( Inverter)

As shown in the drawing OCC-4WI is an inverter with two components connec ted to the

DC and AC networks separately. The inverters DC Component which is connec ted to

the DC side should be dragged and dropped from the DC catalog.

This component can be controlled as DC Current Control or DC Voltage Control

which can be set in its Load Flow tab page. It works as a bus for Short Circuit studies.

The AC C omponent works as a Source on the AC Side and it should be dragged from

AC catalog by looking for Inverter symbol.The AC component should have the samename as the DC component:


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For Short Circuit studies this should be set as a Current Limitation Source which can be

calculated from Rated Parameters. For load flow the PG should be set to zero and PL

should be non-zero in order to pass the DC control from DC component. (PG=0, PL0)

- AC -DC Bi-Direc t iona l Co nve rter

As shown in the main drawing OCC-GTI is a bidirec tional converter:

The bi-directional model includes two different modes: a rectifier mode and an inverter

mode. Each mode is modeled by different components for AC and DC sides separately

and should be ac tivated individually by defining the two different scenarios.

The inverter mode includes the same components which are described above by using

the same name for both components. (in this example the AC Source and it is

deac tivated in the current scenario were used)

In the rectifier mode the DC side is modeled with a DC Source (rec tifier) and the AC side

is modeled with an AC load which can be dragged from AC catalog by looking for

Rectifier Symbol. Both components should have the same name. ( This example used DC

Source).

The AC component is a Bus for Short Circuit Studies. For load flow study its kvar should be


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set at Zero in order to accept the current control results from DC side.

The DC component is also set as a DC Source on the DC Side and can be dragged from

the DC catalog by looking for the DC source.

For Short Circuit Studies, its SC Current can be limited and is estimated by AC impedancefrom the Rated Parameters per IEC61660 standard. For load flow standards the DC

Control should be set either to Current Control or Voltage Control and by using the

same name as the AC side Rectifier Load it can pass the control parameters to the AC

side.


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- DC-DC C onve rter

As shown in the drawing OCC-DCDC is a DC converter with two components connected

with LV=120 V and HV=240V sides.

A DC-DC converter can be dragged from the DC catalog. There is no meaningful data

for the branch since the two voltage networks are isolated from eac h other in the real

world.


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The HV Source can be dragged just by selecting a DC Source from the DC c atalog. Its

Short Circuit Current can be limited by using an estimation of AC impedance from the

Rated Parameters per IEC61660 standard. For the load flow it should be set to DC

Current Control with zero Amps in order to pass the control from LV to HV

Selec t Current C ontrol and set Order =0 to transfer the power from LV side.


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- Sc ena rios need to be de f ined :

Scenarios can be used to switch the status of the bidirectional converter.

Rec tif ier Mod e

AC Source is switched off and DC Source is activated to pass the power from AC to DC.

Inverter Mod e

DC Source is switched off and AC Source is activated to pass the power from DC to AC .


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3) Sp read shee t view o f grid elem ents

New buttons for adding new elements and a lso a selection option either from spreadsheet

selection or from diagram have also been added.


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G. Advanced Power Cable Ampacity

Cable Ampacity Program is enhanced to show diagram units now and it can be changed

through the main windows rather than the project setting dialog.


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H. Advanced Transient Stability

1) New fea tures for results of gen eral-m od els/ AVR/ Go ve rnor/ PV mo d els

In the new version of the advanced transient software, the limit of the variable shown in

the results for general-models/AVR/Governor/PV models has been increased by up to

44 signals.

User can select View Graphical Results and under the UDM tab (new feature to show user

defined model variables) he/she will be able to select desired number of signals to be

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2) Rela t ing G ene ra l Mo de ls on/ off ba sed on d ev ice status in different sc ena rios

To prevent the software from creating an error message when its associated bus/branch isout of service in the single line (in current scenario), an automatic updatable on/off status

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3) New features for simu lat ion wind ow s

In order to enhance the transient simulation windows, an Event Log window has been

added to the main windows to show a list of events that happen during simulation based

on View Text Results. In addition, the main windows curves have been generated by

more decimal values to show a smoother curve for voltage PU and frequency values:


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I. Miscellaneous Features

1) Cl ient Lice nse Ma nag er

The serial number will be shown in the Client License Manager page if there is a serial

number in the license file. The new four CORE, SUPER, POWER and PE license packages will

be shown if one of those license packages exists in the license file.

The port number can be changed and can be changed bac k after clicking the Defaultbutton in the following dialog box. The default port number is 27002 when using the license

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By clicking the Show License Information button in the client license manager dialog box,

the complete descriptions for the installed DB license features and package name will be

shown as follows:


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2) Ad d tw o ne w Text Rep ort browser for Ad ob e Rea d er and XPS View er

Launch the Text Report program by selec ting Tools/Global Edits/Change the settings for

the Text Report as follows:

Two new formats including Adobe Reader and XPS Viewer have been added. The current

settings such as font size, font color, watermark, and so on for Adobe Reader and XPS

Viewer can be c hanged when clicking the Change C urrent Settings button.

For example, when changing the font color to blue and watermark to DRAFT, saving the

settings and then selecting Adobe Reader as a browser, the PF report will be created as

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In the same way, when changing the font color to red and watermark to SAMPLE, saving

the settings and then selec ting XPS Viewer as a browser, the PF report will be created as

follows:

3) Ad d Bac kup / Restore op t ions for pro jec t fo lder/ l ib rary f iles and bo th together

When selecting File/ Backup Library Files in DB5 SP2, the following dialog box will beshown. All the selected library files can be zipped to a backup file. The default path to the

backup files is C:\ DesignBase5\ Bac kUp. All the selected options from the Data folder and

can also be browsed from different locations.


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When selec ting File/ Restore Library Files in DB5 SP2, the following dialog box will appear.

All the files in the selected zip file will be unzipped to the selected folder when clicking

Restore button in the following dialog box.


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4) Unzip p rojec t w ithout ha ving WINZIP/ WINRAR

By Selecting File/Unzip Project the user can select any packed folder including the

projec t files into the current folder. Following dialog box will be shown which show the path

of packed folder.

5) Cre a te a Up g rad e a ll the PA sam p le files ic on a fter insta lling DB5 SP2

After installing DB5 SP2, a Upgrade all the PA sample files icon is created. By clicking this

icon, all the sample files under c:\ designbase5\ samples folder will be upgraded:


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6) Ed itor and Tex t Ed itor Usa b ility im p rovem en ts.

All Text Editor equipment filters can be edited.

The user can select and copy/paste in the Text Editor Spreadsheet:


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Periodic field entry as spreadsheet for AC Voltage Profile:

7) Error C hec ke r Enha nc em ents:

Error Checker reports Harmonic devices which are not connec ted to network and

harmonic devices which are connected to an unpowered island.


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Error Checker can now correc t certain errors automatically. The user can Right-Click on the

highlighted entries to open the menu, and c hoose to correc t the single error or all similar

errors.

8) Ad d C a se Study l ist box , Ad d ic on a nd Delete ic on in Short Circuit too lba r

If the Case Study for the Options with @ in the SC option dialog box checked, the C ase

Study list box, Add icon, and Delete icon will be created in the Short Circuit toolbar as

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The case study name is listed in Case Study list box. Different case study names can be

selected. When clicking Add icon (or +), a case study can be added. When clicking

Delete icon (or X), a case study can be deleted.

By unchecking Case Study for the Options with @ in the SC option dialog box, the Case

Study list box, Add icon, and Delete icon will disappear in Short Circuit toolbar as follows:

9) Othe r Misc el lane ous Enha nc em ents:

- User interface improvements

- Created a new DC Source symbol in DC catalogs

- Created a new Inverter symbol in 3P Bus catalogs

- Added a new shunt capacitor symbol in all the bus catalogs

- Added new options in Import/Export Programs


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