EXPERIMENT 2: POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS USING CAPE SOFTWARE

ABSTRACT

This laboratory is about model power system and analyzes a power flow using CAPE software. Students are required to build a power system model which has 4 substations include a bus bar, line and load. Student also need analysis the faults and outage of the power system using CAPE software. The fault analysis of a power system is required in order to provide information for the selection of switchgear, setting of relays and stability of system operation. A power system is not static but changes during operation (switching on or off of generators and transmission lines) and during planning (addition of generators and transmission lines). Thus fault studies need to be routinely performed by utility engineers (such as in the CEB). CAPE Computer-Aided Protection Engineering software gives power system engineers advanced tools for network and protection simulation. Engineering students who gain experience with CAPE develop a thorough understanding of how the power system will respond under real-world fault conditions. The objective of CAPE is to promote a more secure and reliable protection system with less effort and cost. CAPE Power Flow provides initial conditions that allow CAPE Short Circuit to include load currents in its calculations. More accurate fault currents lead to more accurate settings.

OBJECTIVE At the end of this lab, student should be able to:

I. II. III.

Understand about CAPE software and how to use this software. Design model a simple power system using CAPE Software. Analyzes the power flow and faults using Cape Software.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

The main focused for the experiment was to model a simple power system which has a 4 substation include bus bar, line and load. The design must fulfill a limitation of system value, design constraints and data for generator and line. One of the lines is outage and symmetric and asymmetric faults are applied at every bus bar.

CONCLUSION

From this lab, now we are be able to understand about CAPE software and how to use this software. CAPE (Computer-Aided Protection Engineering) software is built for engineers responsible for protection of high voltage transmission systems and distribution systems within electric power utilities. CAPE protection tool designed for high voltage transmission systems and distribution systems within electric power utilities. Functions include short circuit analysis, protection coordination, relay settings and checking with a system simulator, load flow, OPF, short circuit reduction, breaker duty evaluation and line constants calculations. Then, we also able to design model a simple power system using CAPE Software. The primary objective of the One-Line Diagram module is to make it really easy to prepare the integrated network and protection system models, and the single-line diagram. Building new network could hardly be more intuitive. The Network Toolbar has icons representing each type of component: buses, generators, motors, lines, power transformers, earthing transformers, series capacitors, capacitor and inductor banks, bus ties, and so on. To place one, click on its icon, move the cursor into the drawing area, and follow the instructions in the help box that floats with the cursor and just double-click or right-click on the symbol If want to change anything. We also able to analyze the power flow and faults using Cape Software. Simulate short circuits and see the protective devices response. Instantly compute any fault quantities for any type of fault, in any size network, without reduction. CAPE Short Circuit study conditions can include, Open and fallen conductors, simultaneous faults, faults among any number of buses and ground, faults with impedances or known current injections, faults between voltage levels and fault location and impedance computed from measurements. We are applied the symmetrical fault ( 3 phase fault) and asymmetrical faults ( line-to-line, line-to-ground and double line-to-ground) to bus bar in every substation.