Electrocon International to Exhibit CAPE Protection Software at Western Protection Relay Conference

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Oct. 13, 2014 - PRLog -- Electrocon International, the full-service developer and marketer of CAPE software for protection system simulation and data management, will exhibit the latest enhancements to CAPE at the Western Protection Relay Conference (WPRC) in Spokane, October 14-16, 2014, hosted by Washington State University.

“WPRC is an excellent venue for Electrocon to showcase CAPE,” remarked Paul F. McGuire, EE, MSEE, PE and President of Electrocon International. “The conference is attended by protection engineers who understand the importance of modeling the protection system with detailed models of their networks rather than using more generic modeling found in some solutions.”

CAPE software supports the system protection function within electric power utilities. CAPE is used by major utilities in more than 50 countries on six continents worldwide because of its serious tools for detailed modeling that help engineers manage voluminous and complex network data, uncover potential problems, and examine alternative solutions.

CAPE (Computer-Aided Protection Engineering) software is built for engineers responsible for protection of high voltage transmission systems and distribution systems within electric power utilities.

* Detailed modeling capabilities based on a single open source database.
* Support for analysis and simulation to solve data management issues, uncover potential network and protective device problems, and evaluate alternatives.
* Support for networks of any size.
* Support for setting complex modern digital relays.
* Support for relay coordination functions and wide-area studies.
* Ability to integrate with conventional transient stability programs to allow the kind of evaluation of wide-area control needed to avoid cascading outages and blackouts.

CAPE handles networks of any size, large or small. CAPE users have systems ranging from under 100 buses to 30,000 buses. Several have protection systems with 20,000 to 50,000 relays.

Simulating short circuits and showing the responses of protective devices

With CAPE, you use a mouse to click and drag elements on a one-line diagram, and to open breakers, apply faults, and simulate protective system responses. Conducting automated fault studies and wide area coordination reviews, developing incisive custom reports, and identifying fault locations, all become practical, efficient activities that add value to the organization.

More detail gives you more realistic results

CAPE’s ability to handle rich detail allows users to create models accurate enough to realistically predict likely misoperations. CAPE handles model-specific comparator equations, phase and fault selection logic, manufacturer- and model-specific setting names; and internal supervision logic. CAPE comes with a library of relays, distribution reclosers, and fuses, all ready to use out of the box.

Get the most from your data

CAPE is built upon a true relational database, which is included with CAPE software. CAPE’s underlying DBMS is fully ODBC- and SQL-compliant; therefore, the CAPE database may be accessed with programs like Oracle and Microsoft Access. All of the CAPE modules use the same CAPE database data, so any data item is entered once and may be used many times.

For more information about CAPE or Electrocon services, visit us on the web at www.electrocon.com or call +1 734-761-8612 extension 202 or email eii@electrocon.com.