See the transient. Solve the system.

Papillon is the official South African sales representative and an accredited training provider for PSCAD™/EMTDC™.

World-renowned simulation software

Fast, accurate and fully integrated.

PSCAD™/EMTDC™ enables engineers to schematically construct a circuit, run a simulation, analyse results and manage data in one graphical environment. It can model virtually any electrical power system.

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PSCAD integrated graphical simulation environment

PSCAD™ / EMTDC™

Simulation expertise since the 1980s. Commercial software for 30+ years.

37,000

Seats worldwide

Countries

1,600

Organisations

EMTDC™ is the simulation engine at the heart of PSCAD™, representing and solving differential equations in the time domain for electromagnetic and electromechanical systems. PSCAD adds the control and visualisation environment engineers use to operate it.

Applications & modules

One environment. A wide field of study.

Core applications

Insulation coordination: lightning, switching, TOV and TRV
Harmonics, ferroresonance and power quality
Power electronics: HVDC and FACTS
Wind, solar and distributed generation
Protection and relays
Equipment failure analysis
Research, development and education

Additional modules

FACE — Field and Corona Effects.

Enerplot — Offline plotting and analysis.

PRSIM — Converts PSS®E and PowerFactory data files to PSCAD V5 and V4.6, imports dynamic, sequence and location data, creates network equivalents and re-initialises generated projects.

Routine PSCAD studies

Built for the hard problems.

Contingency studies of AC networks

Sub-synchronous resonance and control interaction

Renewable integration and model validation

Relay coordination and transformer saturation

Switching, fault and impulse overvoltages

Filter design and harmonic analysis

FACTS and HVDC control-system design

Variable-speed drives and industrial systems

Lightning, steep-front and fast-front studies

Accredited training

Five days from schematic to real application.

Papillon's introductory course enables delegates to use PSCAD in real engineering applications while refreshing the core principles required for high-quality simulation work.

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