Smart Wires Inc.

Analytics

Advisory and Consulting Services

Global team of power system experts

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 modeling 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 some of leading transmission system operators, so they understand the unique needs of these organizations.  

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, allowing us to effectively connect and communicate based on your needs.

We are committed to providing transparent and auditable results that enable easy integration of our solutions and help you achieve your strategic goals.

The Smart Wires difference

  • Wide range of services available, including tailor-made packages
  • Specialized expertise in modeling 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

Advisory and consulting services

Studies

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

  • Steady state contingency analysis
  • Boundary/path/transfer capacity optimization
  • Maintenance outage scheduling
  • Short circuit
  • Cost-benefit assessments
  • Production cost analysis
  • Congestion management
  • Power system balancing
  • Control interactions (including SSCI)
  • Sub-synchronous resonance and torsional interaction (SSR and SSTI)
  • Dynamic performance
  • Harmonic emissions
  • Harmonic immunity
  • Frequency analysis
  • System strength
  • Lightning
  • Switching
  • Temporary overvoltage
  • Transient recovery voltage
  • Additional insulation coordination
  • Independent study review
  • Connection and interconnection studies
  • Network model development
  • Hardware-in-the-loop (including protection relay-in-the-loop)
  • Transient voltage stability
  • Voltage stability margin
  • New applications
  • Bespoke studies  

SmartValve™ models

We can provide product models* in the following platforms to facilitate your studies:

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

*SSSC model readily available in the software

Modelling SmartValve in network planning software

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