On Jul 25, 2009, at 12:40 AM, Hrushikesh Patro wrote:
Dear Sir Zimmerman,
(1) I want to know if I have missed any release between matpower
3.2 and 4.0.
No, you have not.
(2) Matpower is mainly for power flow studies in a power grid ,
whether it is possible to include in matpower the study of
auxiliary power supply systems in a typical power plant having
diesel generators, power and auxiliary transformers and switchgears/
MCC, battery and Rectifier/ Inverter systems
(3) As an example, I want to analyse sequential loading of diesel
generators , change over transient of normal power supply to reserve
power supply, load flow and fault analysis of auxiliary power
systems in a nuclear power plant having components mentioned in
point (2)
As you mentioned, MATPOWER really is about power flow and optimal
power flow in a power grid. Whether it can be used for other purposes
depends entirely on how closely the model from your problem matches
that of a traditional power grid.
But I really appreciate the works done in matpower and power system
analysis toolbox for power flow studies, which are dreams for me
when I was doing my masters in power systems engineering around 15
years back.
MATPOWER was first released about 12 years ago, so I'm not sure what
you were using 15 years back.
--
Ray Zimmerman
Senior Research Associate
428-B Phillips Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
phone: (607) 255-9645
