Flexible system modeling

Utilities and consultants with an in-depth knowledge and tradition of conducting power system operation performance and optimization studies have frequently requested adequate and accurate procedures and tools to tackle this special field of power system analysis appropriately. This need to solve complex operation analysis and special component planning problems has prompted the development of adequate methods and tools at DIgSILENT Systems in cooperation with FICHTNER C.E. This article focuses on various possibilities to approach this problem and reports on the applied strategies and methods. Comprehensive examples are given to demonstrate the capabilities of the implemented procedures