InterPSS divides power system simulation into two main categories: 1) Transmission system analysis and 2) Distribution system analysis. InterPSS distribution system analysis module is design for medium and low voltage power distribution system analysis. In the distribution system analysis, power system equipments, such as generator and motor, are described using nameplate values, such as Ohms, or HousePower. InterPSS distribution system analysis shares the same underlying power system simulation framework and core simulation engine with InterPSS transmission system analysis.
In InterPSS distribution system analysis, power system equipments, such as generator and motor, are described using nameplate values, such as Ohms, or HousePower. It is design for medium and low voltage power distribution system analysis.
Distribution System Representation
Currently InterPSS distribution system analysis can by used to model the following bus equipments:
Currently InterPSS distribution system analysis could be used to model the following branch devices:
Loadflow Analysis
After you build an InterPSS distribution system project, you have defined enough information for loadflow analysis. By running loadflow analysis, you can find bus voltage, voltage dip, branch KW/Kvar flow and branch current flow.
Short Circuit (SC) Calculation
After you build an InterPSS distribution system project, you have defined enough information for short circuit calculation. By running Short Circuit calculation, you can calculate short circuit current, when there is a bus fault or a branch fault. You can select any fault location and apply 3-Phase, Line-Ground, Line-Line or Line-Line-Ground fault.
SC Standard and Multi-Point SC Calculation
One of the main purposes of short circuit calculation is for equipment selection and protective device coordination. Normally one would calculate short circuit current value at the following three points:
Different countries and different manufactures have different standards. However, you always need to perform multiple short circuit calculations. You can then use the calculation results to find out X/R ratio and to determine the DC component for protective device coordination. InterPSS allows you to perform up to 5 point short circuit calculation. Future version will allow advanced user to plugin their own standard.
Voltage Profile Analysis
Load and generation, in distribution systems, change with time. You may want to define load profile, a set of load points, and/or generation profile, to study how bus voltage varies with load change. You can also define service profiles for transformers to switch on/off to study the effect of such switching on system loss to optimize reactive power flow.
If you are new to the InterPSS graphic One-line editor, please read the InterPSS Graphic Editor User Guide to get familar with the basic steps to create an InterPSS project.
To define a Distribution system project, select Distribution application type. The Network Type is always ACSC, which means you can perform Loadflow and Short Circuit analysis.
ANSI Standard
When select ANSI standard, you can define up to five short circuit calculation points.
InterPSS currently has six distribution bus types: Utility 、Generator 、SynMotor 、IndMotor 、MixedLoad and NonContribute.
Utility Bus
Utility Bus is treated as a Swing bus in loadflow calculation and a contributing bus in short circuit analysis.
The following equations are used to calculate the internal impedance for the Utility Bus:
Generator Bus
SynMotor Bus
Synchronous Motor bus. Input data is the same as the Induction Motor bus.
IndMotor Bus
For modeling an induction motor
MixedLoad Bus
For representing mixed static load and motor bus
NonContribute Bus
NonContribute Bus has no contribution to loadflow analysis and short circuit calculation.
Feeder Branch
For representing a feeder.
Breaker Branch
For representing a breaker.
Transformer Branch
For modeling a transformer branch
After completing a distribution system project, you can run Loadflow Analysis and SC Analysis by select the menuitem or the toolbar button. Advanced user can write The Custom Run Scripts to define a custom run process. Please see How to Script Custom Analysis Run for details.
In distribution system Loadflow analysis, InterPSS treats the Utility bus as a Swing bus; the Generator bus a PQ generation bus; SynModor bus, IndMotor bus and MixedLoad bus as a constant power load bus. The nameplate values will be transfered to PU to perform the Loadflow analysis.
Select a Loadflow method and enter necessary info, then click Run to run Loadflow analysis. If the Show Loadflow Summary check box is selected, you will be presented with the Loadflow result summary, as shown in the following diagram.
Select the Bus Style to change the Loadflow output in the IEEE BusStyle format. By click the SaveAs button, you can save the Loadflow results into a file. Click Close button to close the result disply box. Then the Loadflow results are annotated onto the One-line diagram, as shown in the following diagram:
Load Profile Analysis
When the Load Schedule Analysis option is selected in the project data panel, you can specify multiple Load points at load buses and/or generation points at generator buses. When you run Loadflod analysis, InterPSS will run multiple Loadflow for all the points. The following is a sample output of a Load Profile analysis output.
After a Load Profile Analysis run, by clicking a load bus, you can plot its P, Q and voltage profile.
In distribution system SC analysis, InterPSS treats the Utility bus, the Generator bus, the SynModor bus, and the IndMotor bus as contributing source. Motor load part of the MixedLoad bus is also treated as contributing source. The nameplate values will be transfered to PU to perform the SC analysis. When you run SC analysis, you will be presented with the following dialog box:
For bus fault, select a bus and Bus Fault type
For branch fault, select a branch and Branch Fault type. In addition to data defined in the bus fault section,
Select the Run button to run SC calculation. After the run, you will be presented with the following result summary screen:
SC results also will be annotated on to the One-line diagram after a SC calculation run.
Run ANSI Multi-Point SC
When the ANSI standard is selected in the project data panel, you can define up to five SC points. Different generator/motor SC impedance could be specified for different SC points to perform multiple-point SC calculation. The following is a sample output of a Multi-Point SC run.
After a successful Loadflow or SC run, you can create Loadflow and SC reports, by selecting the menuitems under the Output menu or the "R" button.
Currently, you can create Loadflow analysis report in two formats: 1) Summary format and 2) the IEEE Bus Style format. Last reports are saved under the parent project, as shown in the following diagram.
A Sample Loadflow Summary Report
A Sample Loadflow IEEE Bus Style Report
The following is a sample SC report.
Please note : InterPSS report is template driven. You can create your own report template and plug into InterPSS to create your own custom report. Please see How to Customize InterPSS Report for details.
In the InterPSS release distribution, there is a distribution system sample project folder : Distribution, in the Sample Workspace, where you can find distribution system samples. You can run these samples to explore InterPSS distribution system analysis capabilities.