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Analytics

Power system expertise for interconnection studies, network planning, and grid technology integration. Our engineers have worked inside leading TSOs across four continents.

Advisory services for transmission owners and operators

Smart Wires Analytics team provides a range of advisory services to transmission owners and operators around the world, including studies for generation and load connections, power system planning, and technology integration.

Our power system experts have used advanced software and modelling to develop solutions for more than 100 power systems across Europe, Australia, North America, and South America. Many of our experts have worked directly in the network planning and operation departments of leading transmission system operators.

We provide both remote and on-site services, with the option to embed an expert in your team for a period of time. Our experts are fluent in a dozen languages and located in time zones around the world. We are committed to providing transparent and auditable results that enable easy integration of our solutions and help you achieve your strategic goals.

Smart Wires Analytics team
Smart Wires power system analysis

Why operators choose our Analytics team

Wide range of services available, including tailor-made packages
Specialised expertise in modelling and integrating modular SSSCs
RTDS testing lab on-site
Experience developing solutions for over 100 power systems
Global team of power system experts across multiple time zones
Collaborating with planning software vendors to develop generic SSSC models

Studies

We offer a wide variety of study services to suit the individual needs of each customer.

Steady State Studies

  • Steady state contingency analysis
  • Boundary/path/transfer capacity optimisation
  • Maintenance outage scheduling
  • Short circuit

Economic Analysis

  • Cost-benefit assessments
  • Production cost analysis
  • Congestion management
  • Power system balancing

Dynamic Time Domain Studies

  • Control interactions, including SSCI
  • Sub-synchronous resonance and torsional interaction, SSR and SSTI
  • Dynamic performance
  • Harmonic emissions and immunity
  • System strength

EMT Studies

  • Lightning
  • Switching
  • Temporary overvoltage
  • Transient recovery voltage
  • Additional insulation coordination

Additional Studies

  • Independent study review
  • Connection and interconnection studies
  • Network model development
  • Hardware-in-the-loop, including protection relay-in-the-loop
  • Transient voltage stability

Customer Defined Analysis

  • New applications
  • Bespoke studies

SmartValve™ models

We can provide product models in the following platforms to facilitate your studies. If your team uses a different tool, our engineers can work with you to implement models in additional platforms.

PowerFactory*
INTEGRAL*
Organon*
ASPEN
MATLAB / Simulink
PSCAD / EMTDC
PSLF
PSS®E
RSCAD / RTDS
TSAT
PowerWorld
NEPLAN

* SSSC model readily available in the software

SmartValve modelling in network planning software
Modelling SmartValve in PowerFactory

Modelling SmartValve in PowerFactory 2023

We have developed a comprehensive guide to modelling SmartValve in DIgSILENT PowerFactory 2023. The guide walks through setting up steady state, dynamic, and EMT models for the SmartValve SSSC in your network studies.

Available to transmission planners and consultants. Fill in your details to download.

Technical papers

Selected publications from our power system engineering team.

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