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PowerWorld Data Structure Differences PDF
PowerWorld Data Structure Differences PDF
Definitions Implications
Loads
• PSLF calls this entire thing “line” • Intermediate Buses are NOT in the
bus table
• PSLF calls the pieces a “section”
• Gens, Loads, and Shunts at
intermediate buses is NOT allowed
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Area/Zones for Shunt Objects
• PSLF and Simulator allow Generators, Loads, and
Switched Shunts to have a different area or zone
than the terminal bus. PSS/E only allows this for
Loads.
– These objects are then treated as tie-lines in area and
zone interchange calculations
– PSS/E has a special solution option to specify whether
to include the interchange as “LINES ONLY” or “LINES
AND LOADS”. Simulator and PSLF always use Lines and
Loads.
• PSLF also allows area and zone designations for
specific branches and transformers
– Simulator reads this into special EPC file fields but does
not use them for anything
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BalancingAuthority
• Balancing Authorities are something new in
PSLF and PowerWorld Simulator Version 19
– Functionality is identical to an Area
– It’s essentially an alternate set of Area
designations