System Reconfiguration Analysis Program (SYSRAP): User's manual

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5892889

Patton, J B ^[1]; Rizy, D T ^[2]; Lawler, J S ^[3]

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1. Patton (J.B.), Knoxville, TN (USA)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
3. Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (USA). Dept. of Electrical Engineering

SYSRAP (for System Reconfiguration Analysis Program) is a distribution automation applications software package for assessing system reconfiguration opportunities and volt/var control on radial electric distribution feeders. The software program which is written in Turbo Pascal Version 5.0 was developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of the Athens Automation and Control Experiment (AACE), a large-scale distribution automation and control project sponsored by the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Management. SYSRAP is unique because it combines power flow and short-circuit analyses with data base management and is especially well suited for answering system operator questions with respect to switch orders, capacitor bank dispatch, and regulator tap adjustments. The program runs on a personal computer, executes power flow and short-circuit analyses for detailed feeder models including voltage-sensitive loads, and is adept at reorganizing the feeders' data base to reflect switching operations and changes in the status of volt/var equipment. The topics covered in the manual include: the installation of SYSRAP on an IBM or IBM-compatible personal computer; background and motivation for the software program along with functional descriptions of its capabilities, algorithms, and data handling techniques; descriptions of the SYSRAP screens, menus, and expected input data; and help information for menu selections. Also, the manual illustrates the use of SYSRAP to investigate some distribution automation applications; and describes how RTSYSRAP, the real-time version of SYSRAP, interfaces to a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System via an ASCII data file consisting of distribution system analog and status values. 18 figs., 7 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5892889
• Report Number(s): ORNL-6575; ON: DE91012994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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ALGORITHMS
AUTOMATION
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTER PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DOCUMENT TYPES
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MANUALS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
OPERATION
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
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