Apply of power grid analysis tools in teaching

Abstract

The importance of power system analysis software tools (PSA ST) is increasing day by day. This is happening because of rapidly developing electrical grids, rising of the total amount of generated and consumed electricity. Many of “old fashion” PSA ST were created a long time ago and do not satisfy the requirements of modern systems. Therefore many companies do their best to design the most cross functional and modern software tool. But, as well as systems become more complicated, the more complicated PSA ST become and many of them do not suit well for study purposes. Students need to understand the basics of power system analyzing and a large amount of modern PSA ST functions can confuse them and make their studies harder. The main purpose of this thesis is to compare different PSA ST from student’s perspective and find one that suits the best for education.