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SummaryofEPRITestCircuits

ThreemodelsofactualelectricpowerdistributioncircuitsaremadepublicinOpenDSSformat.A
summaryofeach,labeledCkt5,Ckt7,andCkt24,isgivenbelow.

Circuit Alias
System voltage (kV)
Number of customers
Service xfmr connected kVA
Total feeder kvar
Subtransmission Voltage (kV)
3-Ph SCC at Sub Sec. (MVA)
Primary circuit miles total
Percent residential by load
No. of feeders on the Sub bus

Ckt5
12.47
1379
16310
1950
115
114
48
96
1

Ckt7
12.5
5694
19320
2400
115
475
8
39
14

Ckt24
34.5
3885
69373
3300
230
422
74
87
2

Themodelsarecontainedinseparatefoldersunderthesamenames.
ResearchersareencouragedtousethesemodelstoinvestigateSmartGridissues.
Diagramsofeachcircuitwithlinethicknessesdrawnproportionaltopowerflowareprovidedonthe
followingpages.
Tobegin,openthefileineachcircuitfolderbeginningwithRun_...intheOpenDSSprogram.Then
selecttheline(s)youwishtoexecutefromthefileandrightclick.Thiswillgiveyouseveraloptions,the
firstofwhichistoexecutetheselectedlines.
IfyougetamessagethattheMasterfilecannotbefound,rightclickagainandselectChangetothis
directory.Alternatively,youmayedittheRunfiletoputinthefullpathnameofthemasterfile.This
willautomaticallychangethedefaultOpenDSSdatadirectorywhenitisexecuted.

Ckt5

Ckt7

Ckt24

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