Adoption of electromagnetic transients program (EMTP) on personal computers

Author

Natarajan, R. ; Gentzler, David B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Miner. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

4

fYear

1989

fDate

11/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1550

Lastpage

1556

Abstract

The electromagnetic transients program (EMTP) was downloaded from mainframe to a computer. The details of compiling, linking, memory requirements, and execution time for a mainframe and a personal computer running this software are compared. Two case studies are presented comparing the performances of EMTP on a mainframe and a personal computer. This research establishes the viability of using this software on a personal computer for power system transient computations. Appreciable memory savings are found in the PC version. The compiling time for the software in the PC is found to be around two hours. The run times for programs are found to be satisfactory. Directions for future research are discussed

Keywords

microcomputer applications; power system analysis computing; software packages; transients; compiling; electromagnetic transients program; execution time; linking; memory; performances; personal computers; power system analysis computing; software packages; transient computations; Analytical models; EMTP; Microcomputers; Power system analysis computing; Power system modeling; Power system protection; Power system simulation; Power system transients; Software packages; Transient analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.41708

Filename

41708