SIMSEN 2.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter name

Folder section

1. General information .. 1
(Recommendations, warnings, address, news, differences with previous version 2.2.10)
2. Installation 2
(How to install the software and start the program)
3. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 3
(Most frequent problems)
4. Graphical output program Visual 4
(Users manual)
5. Available units .. 5
(List of available units in the current version)
6. Tutorial 1 ... 6
(SIMSEN overview: application fields, history and development, examples)
7. Tutorial 2 ... 7
(Simulation stages)
8. Tutorial 3 ... 8
(Using the interface to build a circuit)
9. Tutorial 4 ... 9
(Parameters, Mathematical expressions, read/write access, Load-Flow, simulation versus
time, output)
10. Tutorial 5 ..... 10
(Transient response of an R-L-C circuit)
11. Tutorial 6 . 11
(Start up of an induction motor)
12. Tutorial 7 . 12
(Short-circuit of a hydro generator)
13. Tutorial 8 . 13
(Induction motor fed by a voltage source inverter tuned with vector control)
14. Tutorial 9 . 14
(LCI (Load Commutated Inverter) drive tuned with digital control)

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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Recommendations
The simulation software package SIMSEN has been developed to help engineers in the study
of complex power systems. Although the system is user friendly, it is advised to read all the
documentation provided, especially the tutorials 3 to 9. Execute these tutorials carefully and
you won't have any problem with your own examples.
1.2 Warnings
The simulation software package SIMSEN is nothing but a numerical tool and can in no case
solve correctly a problem with wrong input data. The user must be able to estimate the
validity of his results. Anyway, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology cannot be held
responsible for any misinterpretation of results or for erroneous results due to a wrong
utilization of the software.
1.3 Address
If you have any question, remark or problem with your simulations, please contact us at the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Electrical Machines Laboratory (LME)
CH-1015 Lausanne
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Web Site

+41 21 693 56 09
or
+41 21 693 26 87
simsen@epfl.ch
http://simsen.epfl.ch

+41 21 693 26 88

1.4 Demo version 2.3

Users must be aware that the limited demo version 2.3 can only manage circuits wit a
maximum of 10 elements. All the given examples and tutorials can however be simulated.

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1.5 News
The present version 2.3 of SIMSEN offers the following new features.

Induction machine parameters conversion from characteristic quantities to equivalent

circuit diagram.
Batch processing: possibilities to launch several simulation through a single batch
command
Possibility to have large simulation parameters file.
Improvements of the post-processing program: Visual

The version 2.3 contains all the feature of version 2.2.10 and is this way 100% compatible.

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2. INSTALLATION
2.1 Directories
Insert the CD-ROM in the drive and start the setup.exe program. The following subdirectories are defined:
Main:

Sub 1:

Sub 2:

Content:
Root or main directory

C:\SIMSEN23
\EXAMPLES

\Simsen_Help
\Visual_Help

1hydro.stm, hydro generator in transient operating

modes (corresponds to tutorial 7)
1turbo.stm, short circuit of a large turbo generator
acnet.stm, AC Network
cascade.stm, slip-energy-recovery drive with sliprings induction motor
dcdrive.stm, DC motor drive with current
converter
dtc2l.stm, induction motor fed by a two level
voltage source inverter tuned with DTC (Direct
Torque Control)
hvdcsvc.stm, HVDC transmission with SVC
rlc.stm, transient response of a R-L-C circuit
(corresponds to tutorial 5)
smex.stm, synchronous machine with excitation
converter
smfc.stm, LCI (Load Commutated Inverter) with
synchronous machine and digital regulation
(corresponds to tutorial 9)
startim.stm, start up of an induction motor
(corresponds to tutorial 6)
transfo.stm, 18 pulse transformer supplying a
diode rectifier
vector2l.stm, induction motor fed by a two level
voltage source inverter tuned with vector control
(corresponds to tutorial 8)
vector3l.stm, induction motor fed by a three level
voltage source inverter tuned with vector control
vsi.stm, multi level Voltage Source Inverter (VSI)
feeding an induction motor
Edisim23.exe,
Inisim23.exe,
Sim23.exe,
Visual.exe main exe files
Help files for Simsen
Help files for Visual

\TUTOR3
\TUTOR5
\TUTOR6
\TUTOR7
\TUTOR8
\TUTOR9

Free space for tutorial 3 users files

Idem tutorial 5
Idem tutorial 6
Idem tutorial 7
Idem tutorial 8
Idem tutorial 9

\1HYDRO
\1TURBO
\ACNET
\CASCADE
\DCDRIVE
\DTC2L
\HVDCSVC
\RLC
\SMEX
\SMFC
\STARTIM
\TRANSFO
\VECTOR2L
\VECTOR3L
\VSI
\EXE

\TUTORIALS

As SIMSEN does not need to install specific DLLs, you may also copy the complete
directory from the CD-Rom to your hard disk.

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2.2 How to start SIMSEN

To start the program, start the edisim23.exe program. It provides the graphical input
interface. With a shortcut to that program., you may start SIMSEN directly from the desktop.
2.3 Benchmark
Some users experienced very long computation times when simulating. This was due to a bad
network drive. It is recommended to simulate your examples on your hard disk, even if the
exe programs are called from a server. To check the installation of SIMSEN, you may launch
one of the given examples. Start the Edisim23 program, click in the middle of displayed
window, select the submenu File/Open and load the example file vector2l.stm from the
subdirectory \simsen\examples\vector2l. Enter the Simulation mode with the submenu
Simul and then start the simulation by selecting the program Sim. Answer <Yes> in the
displayed window and let the simulation proceed. This simulation has been completed in 27
seconds on a PC 500 MHz Pentium III with 128 Mb ram and IDE hard disk drive. Compare
this with your simulation time taking into account the hardware differences.