E-TRAN由Electranix公司开发，在PSS/E和PSCAD/EMTDC之间进行数据转换和整合。主要的功◆能包括把PSS/E的原始数据格式转换成电力系统数据，以便在PSCAD软件中使用。
AnewversionofE-Tranhasbeenreleasedthatincludes:
AddedPSS/EV31support
Translationofallstandardmachine,exciters,governors,stabilizers,min/maxexcitation,andcompoundingfrom.dyrfile
Addedsupportforlocklesstrial/demolicenses
SupportforIntelV9andV10Fortran90Compilers
Addedsupportfornewtransformerdataformatforresistances(PSCADV5)
AddedE-TRANRuntimecomponenttoreaddatafromPSS/E.dyrfileanduseinPSCADcustommodelsorcircuits
AddedE-TRANRuntimecomponenttodetectandfindnumericalinstabilities
AddedE-TRANRuntimecomponenttoscalemodels(ie
IntroductiontoE-TRAN
UsersofEMT(ElectromagneticTransients)simulationprograms(suchasPSCAD/EMTDC)oftenfacedifficultiesinobtainingdataanddevelopingcasessuitablefortheirstudies.Manyutilitieshavethedataavailablefortheirentiresysteminloadflowprograms,butagreatdealofeffortisrequiredtore-enterthenetworkdataforuseinEMTprograms.
Threecommonchallengeswhichmustbeovercomeare:
Translationofcircuit/networkdata(differencesinPUsystems,dataentry...).
Thegenerationofnetworkequivalents.
Initializationofmachine,generatorsorsourcesinlargeinter-connectednetworks.
WehavedevelopedtheE-TRANtranslatorinhousetoautomatetheprocessesthatwehadtorepeatforeachnewstudyweperformedforourcustomers.TheuseofE-TRANhasnotonlysavedusconsiderabletimeandeffortwhileperformingstudiesforclients,butithasgivenusadditionalconfidenceinourstudyresults.
E-Trancan:
TranslatePSS/E.rawfilesintofullyinitializedPSCADfiles
Generateexcellentnetworkequivalents
Correctlyinitializecomponentstoloadflowsteadystatevalues
Providecapabilityforasubstitutionlibrary,allowingtheusertousetheirdetailedmodelsinplaceofsimpleloadflowdata
