Ribbon Description

This section describes the menu structure of the DeepEdit Main ribbon features. The menu structure of the network editor is organized into eight groups: File, Main, View, Analysis Tools, and Special. There are other contextual menus that become visible depending on the simulation stage or selection.

File

The File menu (Figure 46) contains the options for uploading and writing files to and from the network editor.

Figure 46. File Menu

• New Schematic File: Creates a new temporary empty schematic (in memory).

• Open Existing Schematic:

• Open: Opens-up a file system browser and opens up an existing > schematic file (if selected.

• Example: Opens-up an example manager.

• OpenDB: Opens the schematic stored in the default DeepDB database > (there are 2 configurable sources: MS Access and SQLight).

• ViewDB: Opens a viewer for the DeepDB.

• Save

• Save: Save current schematic to disk.

• Savedb: Saves current schematic in DeepDB database.

• Save As Schematic:

• Save_As: Saved current schematic in different file to disk.

• PLP Study Manager: PLP manager. No longer supported.

• SEEDS Study Manager: Hydro-thermal Coordination tool for the Deep-Editor. Please refer to the specialized manual for more details about this tool.

• PIET Manager: PIET Manager. No longer supported by DeepEdit.

• PET Manager: PET software manager. Interface to create PET input cases and visualize PET results.

• Close: This will exit DeepEdit application.

Note: The PLP Study Manager, SEEDS manager and PIET manager, PET Study Manager options are only enabled previous agreement between the interested company/user and the Deep-Editor developers.

Main

The main section of the ribbon contains the most relevant and frequently used features of DeepEdit editor.

Figure 47. Main Menu

Each section (or groups) in the MAIN ribbon is explained next.

Schematic

These shortcuts to the file and database operations are explained in the File menu section.

Edit

The Edit menu aggregates options for creating and modifying components. It facilitates custom modifications, clipboard "copy" and "paste" operations and others:

• Edit: Shows current component’s window

• Cut: Cut selected components from schematic to clipboard.

• Copy: Copy selected components from schematic to clipboard.

• Paste: Pastes components from clipboard to schematic’s top-left corner.

• Copy_To: Copy selected components from schematic to clipboard.

• Paste_From: Paste components in file to active schematic’s top-left corner.

Special

So special but rather common schematic operations can be performed:

• Find: Find and navigate to components in schematic.

• Select_All: Selects all components in current schematic window.

• In-Out_Service: Toggles in-out of service parameter of selected components in schematic.

• C<->S: Current solution to specified (soll) for injections and loads.

Component

The component section introduces the most used objects in Power System schematics:

• Generator: Insert new Generator element.

• Transformer: Insert new 2-winding Transformer element.

• Load: Insert new Load (withdraw point) element.

• Busbar: Insert new Busbar element.

• Line: Insert new Transmission Line element.

• Breakpoint: Insert new breakpoint in Transmission Line elements.

• Text Label: Insert new text label.

Simulation

This section contains some simple tools available in the basic distribution of DeepEdit:

• Load Flow: AC Power Flow by the complete Newton-Raphson method.

• DC Load Flow: DC Power Flow (with losses).

• Economic Dispatch: Economic dispatch wizard for configuring and executing economic dispatch (also known as DC-OPF).

• Optimal Power Flow: Optimum Power Flow with quadratic cost curves by the SQP (Sequential quadratic programming) method.

• Short-Circuit Study: Three-phase short-circuit calculation (balanced).

Help

This menu contains the help files for the different DeepEdit methodologies and options.

• Sensitive Help: Displays the related help to user clicks.

• About DeepEdit: Version information and credits.

• Options: Main deep-editor options.

• Select: Toggles object selection button

Editor

This button menu allow user to switch between DeepEdit’s 3 different schematic editors:

• Network: Network unilinear viewer

• Market: Financial contract viewer

• Hydro: Display of hydraulic elements (e.g., basins, reservoirs, rivers, run-of-river power stations, tributaries, etc.).

View

The View menu contains tools to facilitate the visualization networks elements. The "Select Editor" submenu allows the user to switch between editors:

View menu contains other visualization tools such as has zoom, view connections, screen size change, among others.

The main Deep-Editor option window can be displayed from this menu.

Figure 48. View Menu

Analysis Tools

The Analysis Tools menu features the calculation tools for the DeepEdit network editor. Tools are separated according to their time frame: static, daily, annual and planning tools. The Time Control option is also available to be launched from this menu.

Figure 49. Analysis Tools Menu

Static calculation tools are the routines most used by DeepEdit users, including DC and AC power flow, OPF, economic dispatch alternatives and market tools.

The transmission pricing tools are accessible from the Analysis Tools menu. This comprehensive set of market tools are available under the Yearly Tools submenu.

Analysis Tools Hierarchy

• Static Tools

• Technical

• Load Flow: AC Power Flow by the complete Newton-Raphson method.

• Fuzzy Load Flow: Power Flow using the fuzzy set method.

• DC Load Flow: DC Power Flow (with losses).

• Economic Dispatch: Economic dispatch with quadratic cost curves, > losses and safety restrictions of the transmission network.

• Optimal Power Flow: Optimum Power Flow with quadratic cost curves by > the SQP (Sequential quadratic programming) method.

• DG Optimal Dispatch: Optimal dispatch of distributed generation.

• Admittance Matrix: Calculation and visualization of the matrix of > nodal admittances.

• Short-Circuit Study: Three-phase short-circuit calculation > (balanced).

• State Estimation: Launches the State Estimator.

• Voltage Level Visualization: Display of voltages in schematic.

• Market:

• Spot Prices Visualization: Locational price visualization tool.

• Transmission Pricing: Easy to calculate and display the > instantaneous flow shift factors, transmission usage and > transmission pricing results.

• Daily Tools:

• Technical:

• Unit Commitment: Unit Commitment by dynamic programming technique.

• Schedule Feasibility Tool:

• Daily Simulation:

• Cross border transaction:

• Market:

• Power Exchange: Uninodal energy exchange (requires database > connection MDE.mdb to hold the market bids).

• Multinodal Power Exchange: Multimodal energy exchange. Requires OPF > (using quadratic optimizer). Requires database connection MDE.mdb > to hold the market bids.

• Daily Load Forecasting:

• Energy Balance:

• Yearly Tools:

• Technical:

• Yearly Simulation: AC power flows from generation dispatch and > component availabilities from TPDB.mdb database.

• Yearly Load Flow Statistic:

• Market Tools / Transmission Pricing: The following transmission > pricing calculation methods are currently supported by DeepEdit. > For more details on transmission pricing, please refer to the > Analysis Tools: Pricing Module section of this user manual.

• GGDF without counterflow

• GGDF with counterflow

• GLDF without counterflow

• GLDF with counterflow

• GGDF Ley Corta (Chile)

• GLDF Ley Corta (Chile)

• Bialek Method for Generators

• Bialek Method for Loads

• Kirschen method

• Postage stamp Method

• MWM method

• Other methods proposed in Chile (sub-transmission, CNE, etc.).

• Planning Tools:

• Genetic Algorithm: Optimal expansion based on genetic algorithms.

• Optimal Feeder Planning: Optimal planning of distribution branches.

• Market Monitoring Tools:

• MMS Indicators: Calculation of indexes Market Share, Credibility, > Spot Price, Reservoir Level.

• Market Monitoring System:

• Visual Solution Import: External results visualization tool (dispatch software importer). This tool allows user to load into schematic (pre-designed by the user) the "external" dispatch results computed by the following economic dispatch, operational and planning software:

• PLP

• OSE2000

• PCP

• PLEXOS

• PET

Help

Special

Text labels are special objects that can be placed in the Schematic window.

Figure 50. Special Menu

This option is used to create the following non-network elements:

• Text: Creates new labels to be placed in the Network Schematic.

• Measurement: Probes are “Measurement” elements to indicate the busbar location of the giving measure (Probes are connected to Busbars). Probes are the core-elements for the DeepEdit’s State Estimator tool.

• Constraints: Constraints are generic-class objects to represent mathematical expressions. These mathematical expressions can be included in the optimization problems and other simulation tools.

• Add-ons: DeepEdit special add-ons and external contributions are displayed in this section of the ribbon. Currently DeepEdi’t add-on is the selection of additional tools for the book “Atrapando el Sol en los Sistemas Eléctricos de Potencia” available at http://sepsolar.centroenergia.cl/

Contextual Menus

Editor contextual menus are activated when the user selects a different editor from the Main Ribbon tab. The contextual menus are automatically displayed by DeepEdit depending on the selection:

• Network contextual menu

• Market contextual menu

• Hydro contextual menu

The Network menu facilitates the creation on new Network components. It is organized into four different categories: one, two and three pole components and planning elements.

Figure 51. Network contextual menu

The Market contextual menu facilitates the creation on new market components. It is organized in one category (basic) containing all possible market components.

Figure 52. Market contextual menu

The Hydro contextual menu facilitates the creation on new hydro components. It is organized in one category (basic) containing all possible hydro components.

Figure 53. Hydro contextual menu