Tab 1 – PSS®E Overview
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Power Flow & Steady State Analysis
Day 1
PSS®E Overview
Getting Started
Power Flow Solution
Adding & Modification of Data
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Day 2
Toolbars & Diagrams
Power Flow Solution Difficulties
Program Automation
Contingency Analysis
Data Management
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Power Flow & Steady State Analysis
Day 3
Balanced Switching
Fault Analysis
Data Management
P-V & Q-V Analysis
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Dynamic Simulation
Day 4
Dynamic Simulation Setup
Data Checking Overview
Basic Simulation Procedures
PSSPLT
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Day 5
Simulation Options
PSAS and Auxiliary Programs
Adding Models to Existing Setup
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PSS®E Overview
Program Structure
Settings
File Search Rules
Documentation
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On-line Help
How to Start
Views
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PSS®E Program Overview
Computer Operating System
PSS®E Auxiliary Programs:
Format Conversion Programs
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• Power Flow & Graphics
• Fault Analysis IPLAN (iplan)
• Optimal Power Flow
ACCC Post Processor
• Dynamic Simulation
(Standard and Extended Term) Line properties (lineprop)
• Simulation Plotting Generation Cost Curves (plinc)
Motor Parameters (imc)
V curves (vcv)
Eigen-Values (lsysan)
PSSPLT (pssplt)
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PSS®E Program Structure
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Network Data Input Power Flow Calculation Power Flow Report
Dynamic Model Setup Fault Calculation Overload Summary
Data Changing Contingency Analysis One-line Flow Diagrams
Dynamic Simulation Dynamic Plots
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“ACTIVITY” Based Interaction within PSS®E
USER
User selects an Activity
ACTIVITY
Activity operates on data
in program memory
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Working Data in Program Memory
Copy of Retrieve data from
working data disk to form
stored on disk working case
SAVE or RAWD CASE or READ
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Program Settings (Misc > OPTN)
Input / output units
Power flow solution
default settings
System base
frequency
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Options stored in save
case file.
Options file
([Link]) can be
created in User’s
Directory.
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File Search Rules
PSS®E “looks” for various files that it needs or uses during program start-up
and execution in specific locations:
First looks in User’s Working Directory
Then looks in User’s Home Directory
Then looks in PSS®E default file location.
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Example: file [Link] (printer parameters)
This file can be in default location (PSSPRM), and/or Home Directory,
and/or Working Directory.
If in Working Directory, that copy is used, ignoring all other copies.
If not in Working Directory, but in Home Directory, that copy is used,
ignoring all other copies.
If not in either Working Directory or Home Directory, the copy in default
location is used.
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PSS®E Documentation
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On-Line Help
On-line help (F1) linked to the description of a function in
the Users Guide Manual
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PSS®E GUI Users Guide
1. Introduction 17. Balanced Switching
2. Spreadsheet View 18. Transmission Pricing and Open
3. Diagram View Access
4. Data Selection Tree View 19. Optimal Power Flow
5. Tools 20. Dynamic Simulation Data Entry and
6. Power Flow Data Entry Modification
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7. Power Flow Data Modification 21. Dynamic Simulation Solutions
8. Data Reports 22. Dynamic Simulation PlotPackage
9. Case Comparison 23. Program Automation
10. Creating Power Flow Data Files 24. Output control
11. Power Flow Solutions 25. Event Studies
12. Power Flow Data Verification 26. Scenario
13. Linear Network Analysis
14. Network Reduction
15. Unbalanced Fault Analysis
16. Power Flow Reports
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PSS®E Program Operation Manual
1. Overview 14. Dynamic Simulation Activity
2. File System Descriptions
3. Startup 15. Program Automation
4. Operating Modes 16. Result Retrieval
5. Power Flow Data Entry, Modification, 17. Miscellaneous Activity Descriptions
and Display Activities 18. Dynamic Simulation Setup and
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6. Power Flow Solution Activity Procedures
Descriptions 19. Example Data Files
7. Linear Network Analysis 20. Model Writing
8. Network Reduction 21. Event Studies
9. Unbalanced Fault Analysis 22. Scenarios
10. Power Flow Reports
11. Balanced Switching
12. Transmission Pricing and Open
Access
13. Optimal Power Flow
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PSS®E Program Application Guide – Volume I
1. System Behavior and the Power System Simulator
2. Transmission Lines
3. The Per-unit Data System
4. Transformers in the Positive-Sequence
5. Power System Network Simulations
6. Basic Power Flow Activity Applications
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7. System Manipulation and Monitoring
8. Equivalents
9. Switching Studies
10. Contingency Analysis
11. Fault Analysis
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PSS®E Program Application Guide – Volume II
12. Dynamic Simulation Principles
13. Dynamic Simulation Setup
14. Generator Modeling
15. Static VAR Devices
16. Excitation System and Controller Models
17. Speed Governor System Modeling
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18. Modeling DC Transmission
19. Transmission Line and Other Relay Models
20. Load Modeling
21. Generic Wind Models
22. Photovoltaic (PV) System Model
23. Elementary Blocks for Handling Transfer Functions
24. Other Models
25. Data Verification
26. Linear Analysis
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PSS®E Model Library Manual
1. Generator 19. Generic Wind Mechanical
2. Compensator 20. Generic Wind Pitch Control
3. Stabilizer 21. Generic Wind Aerodynamic
4. Minimum Excitation Limiter 22. Generic Wind Auxiliary Control
5. Maximum Excitation Limiter 23. Switched Shunt
6. Excitation System 24. Branch Device
7. Turbine-Governor 25. Machine and Wind Protection
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8. Turbine-Load Controller 26. Two-Winding Device Transformer
9. Load Characteristic 27. Three-Winding Device Transformer
28. Two-Terminal DC Other
10. Load Relay
29. Miscellaneous Other
11. Line Relay
30. Machine Other
12. Auxiliary-Signal
31. Model Functions
13. Two-Terminal DC line
14. Multi-Terminal DC line
15. VSC DC line
16. FACTS Device
17. Generic Wind Generator
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PSS®E Documentation on Auxiliary Programs
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Starting Up PSS®E
3 basic ways to start up PSS®E in the MS Windows
environment:
1) Click on: Start, Programs > Siemens PTI > PSSE 33 > PSS®E 33
Starts up in PSSE33\EXAMPLE directory by default.
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2) Double-click on PSS®E33 desktop icon (User has to create this first)
Use Windows Explorer to create shortcut to PSSE33\PSSBIN\[Link]
Drag shortcut to desktop.
Edit Properties of desktop icon to specify desired Working Directory in the “Start in:”
field.
Can have multiple icons on desktop, each referring to a different Working Directory.
3) Open up a DOS-box attached to desired Working Directory, then type: PSSE
For “die-hard” command-line junkies.
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PSS®E Main Menu Upon Startup
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Views in the Power Flow Interface
Menu Bar
Toolbars
Diagram
View
Tree
View
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Spreadsheet Report/
View Progress
Window
Status
Multiple Bar
Tabs
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Major Components (Views)
Tree View: Network items as selectable elements in a hierarchical List,
organized by data type and reside in expandable/collapsible folders.
Spreadsheet View: All network data, with tabs for various data categories.
Progress/Report View: All progress and report output.
Diagram View: Facilitates creation and display of one-line diagrams in new
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Slider format.
Toolbars: Allows convenient selection of analytical tools, creation of one-
line diagrams, generation of reports, selection of subsystems and view
management.
Main Menu: Provides access to file handling, interface views, analytical
functions, automation tools, I/O formatting, toolbar organization and online
help.
Status Bar: Provides information related to the diagram status and
operating mode.
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Mouse Operation
Left Mouse Click to select
Right Mouse Click to display menu of available operations.
Left Mouse Double Click on the Tree or the Diagram to locate item
in spreadsheet.
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