Electrocon International to Showcase CAPE 14 at Georgia Tech Protective Relaying Conference

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - April 22, 2015 - PRLog -- Electrocon International, the full-service developer and marketer of CAPE software for protection system simulation and data management, will exhibit at the Annual Georgia Tech Fault and Disturbance Analysis  and Protective Relaying Conferences taking place Monday-Friday, April 27-May 1, 2015. Electrocon will demonstrate CAPE 14, the next generation version of Electrocon’s CAPE family of computer-aided protection software. CAPE offers extensive tools for detailed relay modeling that help engineers manage voluminous and complex network data, uncover potential problems, and examine alternative solutions. Supporting the system protection function within electric power utilities, CAPE is used by transmission, distribution and generation companies as well as electrical engineering firms in more than 50 countries on six continents.

“The feedback we have received from existing CAPE users and prospects that have worked with and seen CAPE 14 has been extremely positive. Users of other programs with generic or limited detail models, quickly see the advantage of the highly detailed models used by CAPE which provides them with more comprehensive capabilities,” remarked Paul F. McGuire, EE, MSEE, PE and President of Electrocon International. “The Georgia Tech conferences provide Electrocon an excellent opportunity to reach a large number of protection engineers in order to showcase the CAPE 14 new features and enhancements.”

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CAPE 14 includes a number of new features designed to enhance usability and improve engineering productivity, including:
* Automated time-distance diagrams with an option to store in database.
* Edit forms for adjusting existing double/triple/quadruple, ring, and breaker-and-a-half detailed bus structures.
* Point-to-point line structure for graphical representation of transmission lines and connection of point buses, bus ties, transformers, and shunts.
* On-line documentation with fast, simultaneous keyword-searching across all help.
* Support for NERC standards PRC-019-1 (coordination of Generator Voltage Regulator Controls with Unit Capabilities and Protection), PRC-023-2 Transmission Relay Loadability), PRC-025-1 (Generator Relay Loadability), and PRC-026-1 (Stable power Swing Relay Loadability).
* CAPE-TS Link™ option to integrate the detailed protection system model of CAPE with the time-domain model of the Siemens PTI PSS®E transient stability simulation.
* IPS-CAPE Bridge™ option to provide two-way data exchange between the IPS-RELEX™ protection system data management software and the CAPE protection system simulation environment.
* Special support for generator protection coordination tasks; display of generator capability curves; loss-of-field protection.
* Frequency relay models.
* Volts-per-Hertz relay models.
* 100+ new detailed relay models developed since CAPE 2010 bringing the total relays to more than 6000 detailed relay styles, reclosers and fuses.
* Modeling of generator and induction motor fault decay in Short Circuit, System Simulator, and Relay Checking.
* Support for modeling unbalanced three-phase transformers.
* Enhanced Shunt Capacitor Bank Performance macro.
* Quickscan fault studies.
* Quick protection system simulations in Short Circuit.
* CT saturation simulation in differential relays.
* Sliding fault impedance feature.

Bridging the gap between Planning and Protection
A new optional module in CAPE 14 is the CAPE TS-Link module which integrates the detailed protection system model of CAPE with the time-domain model of the Siemens PTI PSS®E transient stability simulation. CAPE-TS Link was designed to aid in conducting compliance studies for the NERC PRC-026-1 standard for “Relay Performance During Stable Power Swings”. This unique simulation tool combines Electrocon’s premier stepped-event protection system simulation with time-domain transient stability programs.  It enables for the first time a reliable simulation of the bulk electric power system in a way that models the effect of protective relay operations on the dynamic behavior of the system.

The ability of the installed or planned protective devices to meet the critical clearing time criteria can now be demonstrated. CAPE’s library of detailed distance, overcurrent, voltage, and differential protective devices has been augmented with frequency and out-of-step relays to support unexcelled realism.

CAPE-TS Link is an option for CAPE 14 users with Siemens PTI PSS®E. Special introductory pricing is being offered to CAPE customers adding this module as a part of their upgrade to CAPE 14.

CAPE handles networks of any size, large or small.

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.

For more information about CAPE, CAPE 14 or Electrocon services, visit us on the web at http://www.electrocon.com or call +1 734-761-8612 extension 202 or email eii@electrocon.com.