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Siemens Power Academy TD – NA - PSSC 500 PSS®E Introduction to Power Flow and Steady State Analysis 1-2
PSS®E Program Overview
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Computer Operating System
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PSS®E Auxiliary Programs:
Format Conversion Programs
• Power Flow & Graphics
• Fault Analysis IPLAN (iplan)
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Optimal Power Flow
Dynamic Simulation
(Standard and Extended Term)
Simulation Plotting
ACCC Post Processor
Line properties (lineprop)
Generation Cost Curves (plinc)
Motor Parameters (imc)
V curves (vcv)
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Eigen-Values (lsysan)
PSSPLT (pssplt)
“ACTIVITY” Based Interaction within PSS®E
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USER
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User selects an Activity
ACTIVITY
Activity operates on data
in program memory
Working Data in Program Memory
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working data
stored on disk
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SAVE or RAWD CASE or READ
Retrieve data from
disk to form
working case
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Starting Up PSS®E
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n 3 basic ways to start up PSS®E in the MS Windows
environment:
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1) Click on: Start, Programs > Siemens PTI > PSSE 33 > PSS®E 33
- Starts up in PSSE33\EXAMPLE directory by default.
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2) Double-click on PSS®E33 desktop icon (User may have to create this first)
- Use Windows Explorer to create shortcut to PSSE33\PSSBIN\Psse33.exe
- Drag shortcut to desktop
- Edit Properties of desktop icon to specify desired
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Working Directory in the “Start in:” field.
- Can have multiple icons on desktop, each referring to a different Working
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Directory.
3) Open up a DOS-box attached to desired Working Directory, then type “PSSE”

For “die-hard” command-line junkies.
PSS®E Main Menu Upon Startup
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Views in the Power Flow Interface
Menu Bar
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Toolbars
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Diagram View
Tree View
Spreadsheet View
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Window
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Status Bar
Multiple Tabs
Major Components (Views)
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n Tree View: Network items as selectable elements in a hierarchical List,
organized by data type and reside in expandable/collapsible folders.
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n Spreadsheet View: All network data, with tabs for various data categories.
n Progress/Report View: All progress and report output.
n Diagram View: Facilitates creation and display of one-line diagrams in new
Slider format.
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n Toolbars: Allows convenient selection of analytical tools, creation of one-
line diagrams, generation of reports, selection of subsystems and view
management.
n Main Menu: Provides access to file handling, interface views, analytical
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functions, automation tools, I/O formatting, toolbar organization and online
help.
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n Status Bar: Provides information related to the diagram status and
operating mode.
Mouse Operation
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n Left Mouse Click to select
n Right Mouse Click to display menu of available operations.
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n Left Mouse Double Click on the Tree or the Diagram to locate item
in spreadsheet.
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Network Data Editing
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This row of data being edited. In V33 and
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V32, press <Enter> after data entry to One tab for each
confirm data change. (In V30 or V31, data category
must move cursor to another row or click
on pencil).
Power Flow Solution
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Power Flow>Solution>Solve
or Toolbar
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Convergence Monitor
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Power Flow Solution Report
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Power Flow > Reports > bus based reports
or Toolbar
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Program Settings (Misc > OPTN)
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n Input / output units
n Power flow solution
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default settings
n System base
frequency
n Options stored in save
case file.
n Options file
(PSSE.OPT) can be
created in User’s
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File Search Rules
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n PSS®E “looks” for various files that it needs or uses during program start-up
and execution in specific locations:
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- First looks in User’s Working Directory
- Then looks in User’s Home Directory
- Then looks in PSS®E default file location.
Example: file PARMPR.DAT (printer parameters)
and/or Working Directory.

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n This file can be in default location (PSSPRM), and/or Home Directory,
n If in Working Directory, that copy is used, ignoring all other copies.

n If not in Working Directory, but in Home Directory, that copy is used,
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ignoring all other copies.
n If not in either Working Directory or Home Directory, the copy in default
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location is used.
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Format Conversion Programs

Line properties (lineprop)

Generation Cost Curves (plinc)

Motor Parameters (imc)

3) Open up a DOS-box attached to desired Working Directory, then type “PSSE”

and/or Working Directory.

n If in Working Directory, that copy is used, ignoring all other copies.

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