Tutorial to run with GRAPE

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 Sample case : Turbine load perturbation

100

90
Turbine load (%)

0
0 300 1200
Time (s)

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1. Double click shortcut icon on your

desktop.

2. Click the New button to make the

new analysis case.

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3. Click the “…” button to select the

directory to save the analysis
result (saproj file).

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4. Select “C:¥grape_trial¥user case” and click the

“Select” button.

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5. Input “Turbine Load Perturbation”

in the “Project name” textbox.
And push the OK button.

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6-1.

6-2. 6-3.

6-1. Click the “Static condition” tab.

6-2. Click the “Calculation Condition” in the item list .

6-3. Click the “Restart condition” in the item list.

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7. The required information to run the calculation is automatically set.

Users do not have to configure more in this screen.

Notice : GRAPE Trial requires to configure the restart file.

When you run the calculation, please configure as the above screen.
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8-1.

8-2. 8-3.

8-1. Click the “Static condition” tab.

8-2. Click the “Calculation Condition” in the item list .

8-3. Click the “time step” in the item list.

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9. Input the values in the above figure to configure the

time step of this calculation.

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10-1.

10-3.
10-2.

10-1. Click the “Transient condition” tab.

10-2. Click the “Perturbations” in the item list .

10-3. Click the “Load perturbation” in the item list.

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11. Select the “Turbine load table” in the “Type”

combobox.

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Buttons to add
or delete a row

12. Input values as shown in the table above.

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Forms under calculation

13. Click the “Run” button to start the calculation.

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