Power
Engineering
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CYMExpress
Newsletter
Volume 8, Issue 1 - October 2012
News
Another successful CYMDIST-CYMTCC Users Group
The CYME 7.0 suite of
applications will be released
towards the end 2012,
featuring:
The yearly CYMDIST-CYMTCC Users Conference,
held last June, enjoyed a great attendance for its full
week of presentations, workshops and meetings.
•Low voltage networks
modeling and analysis
It started off with a full day workshop on Distribution
Overcurrent Protection covering types of protection
devices and protection coordination approaches. On
the next day, the upcoming features of the CYME 7
software were presented and discussed, along with
prototypes and plans for future enhancements of its
CYMDIST and CYMTCC engineering applications.
The third day was devoted to users input through a
forum centered on their specific requirements, special
presentations featuring advanced usage of the software as developed by users of our software, and oneon-one meetings during which individual issues were
discussed with the CYME engineers. To conclude the
week, participants gained useful information about
the various uses of the current software during the
two days of hands-on workshops.
•Volt/Var optimization
•DC networks modeling
and analysis
•Enhanced protective
device coordination
•Python® scripting
New release of CYMCAP to
be announced soon, featuring
extended capabilities of the
MDB module, including library
enhancements, soil dry-out
calculations, isothermal
contour plot and the capability
to model an unlimited number
of layers.
Upcoming Events
The next CYMDIST and
CYMTCC training is
scheduled to take place
in October in Montreal,
Canada and in December in
Atlanta, GA, USA.
See www.cyme.com/
courses/softwaretraining/ for
details.
Visit us at:
•Solar Power
International, September
10 to 13, Orlando,
Florida, USA
•Cooper Industries Smart
Grid Conference, South
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
USA
with the CYME software package and also a chance
to see and help shape the direction that CYME is taking the software in future versions.” says John Stigter,
City of Medicine Hat Electric Utility, summarizing his
experience of the 2012 CYMDIST-CYMTCC Users
Group.
“I thoroughly enjoyed the overall atmosphere and professional camaraderie of the 2012 conference. It was
an excellent opportunity for some practical training
CYMCAP Users Group and Workshop - A great event
Last August, in conjunction with the CIGRÉ conference in Paris, Cooper Power Systems organized a
full day of activities centered on cable ampacity calculations. The 30 participants were thrilled to meet
world cable expert Dr. George Anders and attend
his half-day seminar on the rating of cables in non
standard installations and unfavorable thermal environments. His theoretical presentation and practical
examples of modeling issues and rating problems
were much appreciated by all, who found the topics
to be very useful in their work.
The afternoon was devoted to the presentation
of the latest enhancements and the planned developments on the CYMCAP software. The open
forum discussion was a great opportunity where
the CYMCAP users had the opportunity to discuss
these elements, express their own needs and views,
and progress in their knowledge of the CYMCAP
software.
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This first edition of the CYMCAP Users’ Group in
Europe was a rewarding experience and Cooper
Power Systems is looking forward to organizing
similar events in the future. We thank all the participants for making this event a great success.
CYMExpress
October 2012
Upcoming CYME 7: Keeping in sync with the needs of the industry
Whether planning the replacement of aging
infrastructure, the deployment or integration
of novel power technologies, the expansion
of the existing network or the optimization of
the grid capacity, the CYME 7 power engineering software will keep the electrical engineers in control of the added complexity of
their network.
Along with new features and modules, several existing analysis modules of the CYME
software have been enhanced to further
improve the modeling of electrical networks
and bring the analysis functions to a new
level of sophistication, precision, flexibility
and speed.
Besides the constant improvement of the
equipment modeling and the network editing
features of the CYME software, new modules and tools add to its current network
modeling capabilities; applicable to distribution networks and industrial networks.
•The Volt/VAR Optimization module uses
robust algorithms to analyze Volt/VAR regulating devices simultaneously to find optimal concurrent settings to help achieve
peak shaving and demand reduction, thus
helping to improve energy efficiency and
network reliability.
•DC short-circuit and power flow simulations have been added to the software,
along with comprehensive modeling of
DC network equipment such as batteries,
chargers, UPS and converters. The DC
networks have a seamless interface to the
AC network for power flow and harmonic
analysis. The harmonic effects of nonlinear DC equipment are now calculated
by the Harmonic Analysis module and reported.
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We are also introducing with this version
Python® scripting capabilities, which allows you to execute scripts to alleviate the
weight of any routine work and to write your
own algorithms to extend the capabilities of
the CYME software modules even further.
•The Network Diagnostic tool will help you
debug your network by applying engineering rules to pinpoint erroneous data.
In addition, the protective device coordination analysis has been enhanced for
more flexibility featuring a live preview mode
and a sequence of operation for protective
devices. The simulation options have been
extended with the introduction of instantaneous protection and energy confinement
simulations. The Coordination and the
Reach and Load criteria are integrated into
the Network Protection Analysis dialog box
to offer easier access.
•The Low-Voltage Distribution Network
Modeling module includes the modeling of service drop cables, the detailed
representation of single-phase center-tap
transformers and spot load connections to
either full or half secondary side voltage;
which will allow you to enhance your model such that any study on your distribution
network is more thorough.
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The Advanced Project Manager module now
features a Scenario Manager that allows
the user to run any particular analysis or use
different simulation parameters on any number of cases.
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Contact the CYME sales team for more information: sales@cyme.com.