One of the most important enhancements is the ability to create color intensity plots of the
touch and step voltages (or any other computation quantity) along several profiles that do
not necessarily cover a regular surface. This is very helpful when studying the touch and step
voltages of the area close to the conductors of the grid, for large or sparse grids.
This results in fast computational times for large surfaces without the necessity of creating
many small surfaces for simultaneous analysis, giving the user the chance to focus precisely
on areas of interest.
In previous versions of the software, it would have been necessary to either specify a very
large surface covering the entire grid or several small surfaces covering only the areas of
interest. In the former case, this would result in a very large number of observation points
and a correspondingly long computation time, while the latter case would require the creation
of several plots for the analysis. Now, there is no compromise: you can specify several small
surfaces and analyze them all at once.
Ever get frustrated by not being able to work with the Input or Output toolbox while an
engineering case was running? CDEGS 2002 has resolved your concerns. The Input and Output
toolboxes remain free while an engineering case is running under a different Job ID and/or
working folder.
It is now possible to use the network current distribution computed in one MALZ run to
compute the potential or magnetic fields in another run. This feature, which is also
available in HIFREQ and in MALT, can drastically reduce the computation time when extra
profiles are needed to complete the analysis after a run has been performed.
A new interference analysis utility (ROW_CETU) is available. ROW_CETU automates the
transfer of transmission tower currents (computed by Right-of-Way and SPLITS) to conductive
analysis software such as MALZ and HIFREQ. From here, conductive interference analysis can
be performed to obtain the total (inductive and conductive) interference levels.
Some users may already be familiar with the current source model in the SPLITZ module.
A current source model has been introduced in the Monitor Fault module. It allows the user
to specify the current levels of known faults. The program uses this information to compute
an effective source impedance for an unknown fault so that it can be used in the corresponding
SPLITS run.
There are many other features and improvements which are listed on our website but the only
way to really get to know them is to use them! If you need assistance with any of the new
features, get in touch, we would be happy to help out.
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2002 Users' Group Meeting in L.A.