Modeling and simulation software for power system analysis
EasyPower offers powerful software tools that simplify complex electrical power system analysis, making it easy to model, analyze, and deliver solutions across all power system lifecycle phases.
Modellazione
Quickly model electrical power systems including three-phase, single-phase, AC, and DC systems with manufacturer-specific components
Analisi
Perform advanced simulations such as short circuit, protection & coordination, arc flash, power flow, and many more.
Consegna
Produce essential project deliverables and safety documents, including analysis reports, drawings, graphics plots, equipment settings, and arc flash labels.
Key features
Analisi
Arc Flash
Perform arc Flash and shock hazard assessments to determine PPE requirements, generate compliant arc flash labels, and create work permits for electrical safety.
EasyPower® Arc Flash
Calculate incident energy, arc flash boundaries, and shock protection boundaries to support OSHA and NFPA 70E compliance. The platform provides tools to support a comprehensive electrical safety program, helping you meet OSHA requirements, align with NFPA 70E guidelines, and evaluate risk mitigation strategies.
Key features and analysis
- Full system calculations: Analyze three-phase, single-phase, and DC hazards in a single model.
- HV open air: Analyze open-air hazards up to 800 kV, producing NESC-aligned results for three-phase, line-to-line, and line-to-ground faults.
- Scenario comparison: Automatically analyze different modes of operation to report worst-case incident energy.
- Impact analysis: Visualize the impact of protective device settings adjustments on incident energy and boundaries.
- Visual hazard indicator: Highlight high-risk equipment and violations based on user-defined limits.
- Integrated method: Use stepped time-domain simulation to capture AC decay, device operation of multiple devices and accurately solve for multi-sourced and looped networks.
- Advanced protection modeling: Model Zone Selective Interlocking (ZSI) and Maintenance Mode switches.
- Current-limiting fuses: Calculate let-through incident energy using IEEE 1584 equations.
- Comprehensive device library: Leverage manufacturer-specific breakers, fuses, trip units, and relays for precise clearing times.
Reports and deliverables
- Label generation: Generate and print labels for the system directly from the Arc Flash Report.
- Custom label designer: Built-in designer for custom layouts, logos, and QR codes.
- Work permits: Generate editable Energized Electrical Work Permits with task-specific data.
- Detailed reporting: Create spreadsheets detailing incident energy, boundaries, and PPE levels.
Codes and standards
- NFPA 70E
- IEEE 1584
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910
- HV Open Air Method – OSHA, NESC
- Ralph Lee Method
- ANSI Z535
- NFPA 70 (NEC)
Short Circuit
Calculate system fault currents and compare against equipment short circuit current ratings.
EasyPower® Short Circuit
Calculate system-wide fault currents and perform equipment duty verification. Compare calculated faults against ratings to prevent catastrophic failures and ensure compliance.
Key features and analysis
- Comprehensive fault analysis: Calculate three-phase, single line-to-ground, double line-to-ground, line-to-line, and DC faults.
- Equipment duty verification: Automatically compare calculated fault currents against manufacturer ratings.
- AC decay and DC offset: Simulate AC decay and DC offset to calculate symmetrical and asymmetrical currents.
- High X/R duty: Apply rating corrections when system X/R ratios exceed device test limits.
- Voltage sensitivity: Flag hazardous voltage dips to prevent equipment misoperation and downtime.
- Remote calculations: Calculate remote bus voltages and current contributions from all remote sources, including generators, motors, and utilities.
Reports and deliverables
- Customizable technical reports: Generate detailed fault and duty reports exportable to spreadsheet.
- Annotated system diagrams: Annotate the single-line diagram with fault levels and rating violations.
Codes and standards
- ANSI/IEEE C37.010, C37.5, C37.13
- UL 489, 248
- NEMA AB-1
- NFPA 70 (NEC)
- IEEE 141 (Red Book), IEEE 399 (Brown Book), IEEE 242 (Buff Book)
- IEEE 3002.3
- Power System Handbook (Beeman)
- IEC 60909
- IEC-56, 62271
- IEC-947-2, 127
Protection and Coordination
Evaluate selective coordination and overcurrent protection, adjust time-current curves (TCCs), or automatically set protective devices.
EasyPower® Protection and Coordination
Key features and analysis
- Interactive TCC analysis: Drag curves to visually adjust coordination with instant device setting updates.
- SmartPDC™ automation: Automatically configure and adjust device settings to avoid miscoordination.
- Comprehensive device library: Leverage verified manufacturer-specific breakers, fuses, trip units, and relays.
- Phase and ground coordination: Analyze phase and ground fault elements in a single interface.
- Arc flash integration: Visualize how setting adjustments impact arc flash energy on the TCC single-line diagram.
- Motor starting and inrush: Verify devices withstand energization transients to prevent nuisance tripping.
- Equipment damage protection: Verify upstream devices clear faults to prevent equipment damage.
- Fault integration: Clip TCC curves at maximum fault current and display fault current tick marks.
- Advanced modeling: Model Zone Selective Interlocking (ZSI) and Maintenance Mode switches.
Reports and deliverables
- Device setting reports: Create detailed documentation of settings to aid field implementation.
- Customizable TCC plots: Generate high-quality plots annotated with single-line diagrams, fault current tick marks, and custom text.
Codes and standards
- IEEE C57.109, IEEE C57.12.59
- NFPA 70 (NEC)
- CEC
- ICEA P-32-382
- IEEE 141 (Red Book), IEEE 399 (Brown Book), IEEE 242 (Buff Book)
- IEEE 3004
- IEC 76-5
Power Flow
Perform steady-state load flow calculations for balanced and unbalanced systems to analyze voltage drop, equipment loading, system losses, and power factor.
EasyPower® Power Flow
Perform steady-state load flow calculations for balanced and unbalanced systems to analyze voltage levels, generation, line flows, equipment loading, system losses, and power factor.
Key features and analysis
- Voltage drop and violation analysis:Calculate system-wide voltage levels and highlight buses exceeding thresholds on the single-line diagram.
- Equipment loading and overload detection:Instantly detect overloads on electrical equipment to prevent damage.
- Power factor and system loss calculation: Quantify active and reactive losses, and calculate power factor at every point in the system.
- Three-phase, single-phase and DC analysis: Model balanced and unbalanced three-phase, single-phase, and DC systems to calculate phase-specific voltage drops, loading, and imbalance.
- Source modeling and control: Simulate generation schemes with Swing, PV, and PQG control models.
- Load tap changer (LTC) simulation: Simulate automatic voltage regulation and MVAR flow control with LTC modeling.
- Impact motor starting: Analyze voltage drops and system-wide impacts of starting large motors.
- Global load and motor scaling: Model operating scenarios by applying scaling factors to groups of motors and loads.
Reports and deliverables
- Interactive single-line diagram: Visualize calculated flows, voltage levels, and losses directly on the single-line diagram.
- Customizable technical reports: Generate detailed reports on violations, overloads, and losses, with the ability to export to spreadsheet.
Codes and standards
- IEEE 399 (Brown Book)
- IEEE 3002.2
Harmonics
Analyze power quality by evaluating harmonic distortion, predicting system resonance, and modeling harmonic filters.
EasyPower® Harmonics
Analyze power quality by evaluating harmonic distortion and modeling harmonic filters. The module identifies system resonance, calculates equipment derating and losses, and verifies compliance with utility limits.
Key features and analysis
- Frequency scan: Conduct impedance scans to identify resonant frequencies and view system response.
- Harmonic current flow: Trace integer and non-integer harmonic currents to visualize flows and identify impact.
- Summation and distortion: Calculate critical indices including THD, TIF, K-Factor, system losses, and transformer/conductor derating.
- IEEE 519™ compliance: Verify voltage and current distortion limits, including Total Demand Distortion (TDD), against standard recommendations at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC).
- Extensive source library: Access a customizable library of harmonic-producing equipment or define equipment-specific properties.
- Filter simulation: Model harmonic filters, including notch and high-order types, to simulate harmonic mitigation.
- Accurate impedance modeling: Account for skin effect, long-line correction, and positive, negative, and zero-sequence impedances.
Reports and deliverables
- Interactive single-line diagram: Visualize harmonic impact with annotated values and highlighted limit violations directly on the single-line.
- Customizable plots: Generate detailed frequency scan plots and harmonic spectrum bar charts.
- Comprehensive reports: Produce detailed text summaries to document system behavior and compliance.
Codes and standards
- IEEE 519
- IEEE 1547
- IEEE 2800
- IEEE 3002.8
- IEEE C57.110
- UL 1561
Affidabilità
Calculate system reliability and availability to identify key vulnerabilities, evaluate redundant configurations, and analyze the financial impact of downtime.
EasyPower® Reliability
Quantify system reliability and inherent availability, assess the financial impact of downtime, automate data mapping, and identify critical failure points to support data-driven maintenance decisions.
Key features and analysis
- Reliability metrics: Calculate failure rates, inherent availability, and average repair times for the total system or critical branches.
- Financial impact: Quantify the annualized cost of downtime and evaluate equipment repair versus replacement expenses.
- Automated data mapping: Populate the EasyPower system model automatically with empirical data from the IEEE 493 library.
- Redundancy analysis: Model complex systems with up to triple redundancy to evaluate how parallel paths improve availability.
- Scenario evaluation: Compare the cost and reliability impact of different maintenance or design strategies.
- Unavailability drivers: Identify specific equipment and failure modes driving system unavailability.
- Custom libraries: Import and manage custom reliability data from spreadsheets or user-defined sources.
Reports and deliverables
- Pareto charts: Visualize the largest contributors to downtime to prioritize improvement efforts.
- Comprehensive reports: Produce detailed text summaries of all metrics and financial risks.
Codes and standards
- IEEE 493 (Gold Book)
- IEEE 3006
Transient Motor Starting
Analyze the transient impact of complex motor starting events on voltage, speed, torque, and current to ensure optimal system performance.
EasyPower® Transient Motor Starting (TMS)
Analyze the time-domain dynamic response of the system during complex motor starting events to prevent voltage collapse and equipment damage.
Key features and analysis
- Dynamic voltage analysis: Calculate voltage dips at terminals and system-wide buses to prevent equipment misoperation and downtime.
- Motor acceleration analysis: Verify that motors produce sufficient torque to overcome mechanical loads and reach rated speed.
- Impact loading: Analyze the dynamic system response to sudden mechanical load changes on running motors.
- Scripted event simulation: Automate time-based scenarios including faults, switching actions, motor starts, and load changes.
- Protective device response: Simulate the operation of breakers and fuses to verify device operation.
- Parameter derivation tool: Generate accurate dynamic motor models from manufacturer curves using a built-in digitizer.
- Advanced motor models: Utilize double-cage induction and synchronous models accounting for sub-transient flux dynamics.
- Motor model library: Access a library of manufacturer-specific and typical motor data to quickly populate parameters.
Reports and deliverables
- Interactive single-line diagram: Observe system conditions directly on the single-line diagram, stepping through simulations.
- Customizable plots: Monitor machine speed, voltage, and frequency over time with multiple traces per plot.
- Comprehensive logs: Troubleshoot simulations with detailed logs of script actions, trips, and warnings.
Dynamic Stability
Perform transient simulations of system events to analyze the dynamic interactions between generator governor and exciter responses, loads, and other equipment to ensure stability.
EasyPower® Dynamic Stability
Perform transient simulations of system events to analyze the dynamic interactions between generator, governor and exciter responses, loads, and other equipment to ensure stability.
Key features and analysis
- Transient stability: Evaluate recovery and synchronization following faults, generator loss, and switching.
- Load shedding: Simulate under-frequency or under-voltage shedding schemes to preserve system integrity.
- ATS behavior: Model automatic transfer switch behavior including time delays and voltage thresholds.
- Power system stabilizers (PSS): Analyze the impact of PSS models on damping oscillations.
- Dynamic arc flash: Calculate arc flash energy during complex switching sequences.
- Scripted event simulation: Automate time-based sequences of faults, breaker operations, and load changes.
- Exciter and governor models: Access an extensive library of generators, exciters, and governor models.
- Generator modeling: Employ advanced round-rotor and salient-pole models accounting for flux dynamics.
Reports and deliverables
- Interactive single-line diagram: Observe system conditions directly on the single-line diagram, stepping through simulations.
- Customizable plots: Monitor machine speed, voltage, and frequency over time with multiple traces per plot.
- Comprehensive logs: Troubleshoot simulations with detailed logs of script actions, trips, and warnings.
Codes and standards
IEEE 421.5 (exciters)
Core
System Modeling
Create integrated single-line diagrams for three-phase, single-phase, AC, and DC systems using manufacturer-specific device libraries.
EasyPower® System Modeling
Construct a precise digital replica of your electrical infrastructure within an integrated single-line diagram. Model comprehensive AC, DC, and hybrid topologies to form the accurate foundation for all system analysis.
Key features and analysis
- Comprehensive AC modeling: Simulate three-phase and single-phase systems.
- Integrated DC: Model DC topologies and hybrid AC/DC systems, including photovoltaics, batteries, rectifiers, and inverters.
- Voltage support: Support voltages up to 1,500 kV.
- Source definition: Configure generators and utility interconnections using impedance data, fault duty ratings, and power flow controls.
- Comprehensive device library: Leverage verified manufacturer-specific breakers, fuses, trip units, relays, and switches to accurately model device characteristics..
- Transformers: Configure 2-winding, 3-winding, and zigzag units based on equipment properties, including Load Tap Changer (LTC) options.
- Cables and transmission lines: Specify conductor size, including insulation and raceway configurations for cables, to automatically calculate impedance and ampacity.
- Switchgear and bus data: Define equipment ratings, bracing, and enclosure dimensions to capture physical and electrical specifications.
- Motors and loads: Simulate induction and synchronous motors, lumped loads, and Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
Scenario Manager
Compare different configurations, assess alternative designs, and simulate what-if analysis.
EasyPower® Scenario Manager
Simulate various operating conditions and evaluate “what-if” options. The feature manages multiple system configurations within a single file to perform analysis under any mode of operation.
Key features and analysis
- Single file management: Store all scenarios in one project file, eliminating version control errors and redundant data entry.
- Configuration modeling: Simulate main-tie-main transfers, generator switching, and emergency power configurations to validate all system configurations.
- “What-if” analysis: Evaluate proposed design changes, such as equipment upgrades, load additions, or settings adjustments before implementation.
- Visual indicators: Automatically highlight equipment and settings that differ from the base case for easy identification.
- Integrated analysis: Run any analysis on specific scenarios without altering the base model.
Reports & Deliverables
- Scenario comparison reports: Compare Arc Flash and Equipment Duty results across multiple scenarios in a single interactive spreadsheet.
- Worst-case identification: Automatically identify and store the worst-case arc flash incident energy and equipment duty violations across all modeled operating modes.
Data Collection
Collect field data on a tablet interface with integrated photo capture, notes, tags, and direct equipment data entry.
EasyPower® Data Collection
Streamline field verification and equipment data gathering. This feature allows users to capture photos, notes, and nameplate data directly from the field and link them seamlessly to equipment within the EasyPower single-line diagram.
Key features and analysis
- Integrated field data capture: Capture equipment data, photos, and notes using a built-in camera or by synchronizing with an external camera, automatically linking the media to specific items on the single-line diagram for streamlined data entry.
- External camera synchronization: Synchronize images taken with an external camera by matching time stamps to placeholders created in the software, automatically linking photos to equipment without manual association.
- Media gallery management: View, organize, and filter collected media files using tags and links within a dedicated Media Gallery interface.
- Built-in image editing: Edit captured photos directly within the software, including rotating, cropping, and adding annotations or drawings to highlight specific equipment details.
Reports and Deliverables
Create single-line diagrams, drawings, reports, time-current curves (TCCs), charts, arc flash labels, work permits, and panel schedules.
EasyPower® Reports and Deliverables
Generate a complete suite of professional, customizable documents to communicate model data and analysis results. The platform automates the creation of technical reports, spreadsheets, safety labels, and drawings to streamline documentation and compliance.
Key features and analysis
- Technical documentation: Create comprehensive technical reports in text and spreadsheet formats, exportable to Microsoft Excel®, Word®, and CSV.
- Annotated single-lines: Produce detailed single-line drawings with custom page sizes, title blocks, and annotations.
- TCC plots: Generate Time-Current Characteristic plots that include customized text, title blocks, and company logos.
- Work permit templates: Create fully editable energized electrical work permits populated with analysis data using customizable Microsoft Word® templates.
- Schedule export: Export Panel and MCC schedules directly to spreadsheet or CAD (DXF) formats.
- SendCAD: Export single-line diagrams to any CAD system using DXF format.
Auto Design
Automatically size cables, transformers, protective devices, panel boards, switchgear, and motor control center (MCCs).
EasyPower® Auto Design
Automate component sizing and design validation for electrical systems. The module sizes low-voltage components based on load requirements, enforces design standards, and supports compliance with National Electrical Code (NEC) rules.
Key features and analysis
- Automated sizing: Size low-voltage cables, protective devices, transformers, and distribution equipment (panels, MCCs, switchgear) based on calculated loads.
- Intelligent rules: Apply specific sizing rules by automatically distinguishing between Motor, Feeder, and Transformer circuits.
- Voltage drop correction: Calculate voltage drop for steady-state and motor-starting conditions, automatically upsizing conductors to meet defined limits.
- Selective coordination: Automatically select upstream and downstream low-voltage circuit breakers that coordinate.
- NEC load calculations: Apply NEC demand factors and methods to determine accurate load requirements.
- Customizable design library: Enforce specific equipment and design standards using configurable design templates to match project or company preferences.
Reports and deliverables
- Code-referenced reports: Document equipment sizing decisions with specific NEC® code references and rule-based criteria.
- Bill of materials: Generate itemized material lists with cost estimates based on library values.
Codes and standards
- NFPA 70 (NEC)
Data Exchange
Import and export project data for interoperability with external programs.
EasyPower® Data Exchange
Enhance interoperability with other engineering platforms through powerful, format-specific data exchange tools. This feature enables you to accelerate model creation, streamline documentation, and facilitate analysis by seamlessly importing and exporting data between EasyPower and other software.
Key features and analysis
- Bi-directional Revit integration: Support bi-directional data exchange with Autodesk® Revit® to synchronize electrical equipment details and analysis results, facilitating efficient creation and management of digital models.
- SKM import: Accelerate model creation by importing system information directly from SKM data export CSV files, allowing for the migration of existing projects into EasyPower.
- SCADA load import: Import load data for analysis from SCADA data files to improve model accuracy for demand planning and contingency studies.
- SendCAD: Export single-line diagrams to any CAD system using DXF format.
Intuitive by design
- Minimize onboarding time with an intuitive interface that is easy to use for new and active users.
- Save time on modeling and analysis with a simplified approach that eliminates unnecessary steps.
- Reduce data entry and model configurations with trusted, industry-standard defaults.
Trusted accuracy and advanced simulation
- Deliver accurate results with analysis built on extensively verified calculations that align with standards and industry best practices.
- Address complex power system challenges with our complete suite of advanced analysis tools.
Comprehensive equipment library
- Select from a vast library of equipment models created from manufacturer specifications and built over decades.
- Locate specific library components quickly with intuitive device organization and powerful search functions.
Exceptional value
- With multiple software tiers and scalable configurations, you can select the best-fit solution for your technical requirements and budget.
- Our platform is engineered to provide the comprehensive, professional-grade capabilities you need without unnecessary expense.
World-class support
- Your success is our priority. Get timely, expert support from our dedicated team of product specialists.
- Keep projects on track with our fast turnaround on equipment library inquiries.
| Caratteristiche | Base | Standard | Professionale | Avanzato |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| System Modeling | ||||
| Data Collection | ||||
| Scenario Manager | ||||
| Reports and Deliverables | ||||
| Data Exchange | ||||
| Auto Design | ||||
| Short Circuit | ||||
| Protection and Coordination | ||||
| Arc Flash | ||||
| Power Flow | ||||
| Harmonics | ||||
| Affidabilità | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Transient Motor Starting | Add-on | Add-on | ||
| Dynamic Stability | Add-on | Add-on |
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FAQs
Who should use EasyPower?
Design Engineers, Facility Engineers, Power System Consultants, AEC Firms, EPC Contractors, Facility Owners, Facility Operators, and Equipment Manufacturers.
How do I create an arc flash hazard report and create arc flash labels?
- Model the system– Create a digital model of the power system with equipment data from EasyPower’s comprehensive device library. Finalize the model’s protective device settings using field-collected data or a new analysis from the Protection and Coordination module.
- Analyze the hazards– Run the arc flash analysis from the Short Circuit module. The software calculates the incident energy and boundaries for each piece of equipment. The results are compiled in an interactive Arc Flash Hazard Report, which allows for the evaluation of specific hazards at each location.
- Deliver the documentation– Generate safety documentation directly from the Arc Flash Hazard Report. Create and print compliant warning labels, reports, and energized work permits using customizable templates.
Does EasyPower follow the IEEE Standard 1584 and NFPA 70E?
Yes, EasyPower’s analysis modules support compliance with NFPA 70E and IEEE Standard 1584.
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