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Complete Platform for Research & Industry

A complete, cross-platform, multilingual and open-source environment for electrical power system simulation, supporting research, education, and real-world industrial applications.

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Advanced CAD Features

The software allows the construction of any electric transmission network and control systems through the deployment of visual elements.

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Easy Visualization

For the visualization of results, the program offers linked text elements in the main screen, voltage heatmap display, and also table and graph editors.

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Power Flow

Steady-state analysis of electrical networks using robust numerical methods.

  • Newton-Raphson
  • Gauss-Seidel
  • Hybrid Newton-Gauss
  • Three-phase induction motors supported

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Short-Circuit & Harmonics

Fault analysis and power quality evaluation for system protection and design.

  • Balanced faults
  • Unbalanced faults
  • Short-circuit power in all buses
  • Harmonic voltages and THD calculation
  • Frequency scan

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Transient & Dynamic Stability

Time-domain simulation of system dynamics under disturbances and control actions.

  • Automatic selection of synchronous machine models
  • Three-phase induction motors
  • User-defined control systems via block diagrams
  • Exciters, AVR, PSS, turbines and speed governors

Published Papers

Further details can be found in the published papers:
Oliveira, T. L., Guimarães, G. C., & Rosenthal, J. C. S. (2019). PSP-UFU: An open-source, graphical, and multiplatform software for power system studies. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, e12185. doi: 10.1002/2050-7038.12185
Oliveira, T. L., Guimarães, G. C., Rosenthal, J. C. S., & Rezende, J. O. (2019). Power system education and research applications using free and open-source, graphical and multiplatform PSP-UFU software. The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education, 0020720919879058. doi: 10.1177/0020720919879058

Code Documentation

All detailed descriptions of the source-code can be found at Online Documentation, generated by Doxygen.

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