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open. Replace the “1” in each of the T-cl entries with a “-1", This will force the simulation to
treat the breakers as closed.
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The fault blocks are located at points where you can implement faults, One is at about 75%
of the length of the lower line, another is at 83%, another at 100% (at BUS4) and one at 150%
(at BUS3). You can move these to other places in the system. The system as sent does not have
any faults enabled. To set a fault, you need to double left click the fault block icon for the fault
location you want to use. You will see the following dialog box. The numbers in the “VALUE”
column are the ones you need to change to create a fault, The help menu for the dialog box will
provide an overview of all of the parameters.
The parameters that you will need to change to implement a fault are the “Nxx_GO” values.
For example, to do a SLG fault on phase A occuring 50 milliseconds (3 cycles) into the
simulation, you should change NA_GO to 0.05. If you want to implement a LL fault between
phases B and C occuring 50 milliseconds into the simulation, you should change BC_GO to
0.05. To do a DLG fault from B to C to ground you need to set NB_GO and NC_GO to both
turn on. Make sure your turn off any previous faults before you create a new one (set the start
time back to a large number (but smaller than the stop time (xx_STP).
I suggest leaving Nx_STP set to beyond the end of the simulation (ie, the fault will stay on
the system). This will make analysis a little easier. The simulation is presently set to run for a
total of 200 milliseconds which should be sufficient for most cases.
Af you are familiar with ATP, you can replace with with time controlled switches if you are
prefer to use them.
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The LEM module shown below is a metering point. The outputs are the instantaneous line-
to-neutral voltages, line-to-line voltages, phase current, RMS voltages (true RMS so the non-
60Hz components add to the RMS value), RMS currents and instantaneous power.
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To run ATP from ATPdraw,
1. Left click on the “ATP” pull down menu
2. Choose “Make Files As” as shown in the figure below.
3. Use the menu to navigate to where you want to have the simulation output data save
‘The default is a directory under the ATPDraw installation directory. You need to
know where this file (which will have a “.PL4” extension) is saved to call it from
Analyzer.
4. Then again left click on the “ATP” menu and this time choose “run ATP” or simply
press the “F2” key on your keyboard. You should have a Command Prompt window
‘open on your screen that will show the progress of simulation scrolling past. The
window will close when the simulation is complete (whether there is an error or not).
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‘After your simulation is complete, you can view your results with the plotting program that I
sent along called PlotXY. The archive I sent you should have it set up so it appears in the “ATP”
pulldown menu as well. The menu in the figure above has additional options since I have some
other programs on my computer. When the program opens you will see:
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To select a variable for plotting simply left click the mouse on that name and it will appear in
the list on the right. If you select the “Plot” button the a new the waveforms will
show up.
If you prefer to do you analysis of these cases with PlotXY and only look at the
instantaneous overcurrent elements that will be sufficient for at least partial extra credit.
Using ATP Analyzer
ATP Analyzer was developed by BPA to make it easier for protection engineers to use ATP
simulations (the development of ATPDraw was also supported by BPA for the same reason).
‘When you open ATP Analyzer you will get an empty window. Choose File > New ~ Main
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Browse to find the file you wish to open (if you didn’t give any specific directory location for
the “Make File As” command in ATPDraw, this will be in the “ATPDraw4/atp/” directory.
‘When you select the file a set of plots will show up on your screen, These are the first entries
of the PL4 file, Select “Done” to close this window.
‘When you close the window you will see two windows inside the ATPAnalyzer window.
Delete the signals in the “Main Case Signal Selections” in the Analog signals list (select one at a
time or as a group and then choose “Cut” from the Edit Selections pull down menu or press the
delete key on your keyboard). Then replace them with the ones shown in the figure below. If you
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