Simulation Software effectively models voltage interference.
Press Release Summary:
ELECTRO v7.0, suits designers of high-voltage applications. With support for analysis of full wave impulse transient sources, such as lightning, users can directly enter impulse parameters and software shows in detail how device will behave and be affected when faced with surplus power. Software can also be used to model difficult transient simulations, such as 27 KV systems, and includes Material Manager feature for finding cost-effective ways to build devices.
Original Press Release:
INTEGRATED's ELECTRO Simulation Software Now Models Voltage Interference
ELECTRO version 7.0 models interference from squirrels to lightning strikes
Winnipeg, Canada, 17 March, 2009 - INTEGRATED Engineering Software, a leading developer of hybrid simulation tools for electromagnetic, thermal & structural design analysis, has developed a new feature for its ELECTRO electric field solver software, which accurately models transients such as lightening strikes. This feature was developed specifically for engineers and scientists who design high voltage applications such as shielding, cables, transformers, insulators and arresters. The new feature allows analysis of Full Wave Impulse Transient sources. These classes of failures are the result of squirrels entering high voltage equipment areas to actual lightning strikes. Engineers may use this new feature to design equipment to better handle these problems. These signals are required for Basic Impulse Level (BIL) testing.
Bruce Klimpke, Technical Director at INTEGRATED, commented, "When lightening travels through an electric device such as a surge arrestor, it creates a large amount of excess voltage. The software shows in detail how a device will behave and be affected when it is faced with surplus power. This is beneficial to engineers as they can model devices and perfect them to blink or create a 'disrupted signal' when struck with interferences. Carrying out this sort of test using an actual prototype would be extremely expensive and in some cases virtually impossible. This software will lead to safer and more efficient designing of high voltage equipment."
Transient surge waveforms are typically defined by equations of the form: , which produce a sharp rise to a crest value followed by a slow decay. However, impulse test signals are usually specified by the required peak value, the time to reach crest, and the time to decay to half of crest value. INTEGRATED's Full Wave Impulse feature allows users the freedom to enter impulse parameters directly, without needing to first solve complex equations; thus saving the designer time.
ELECTRO can also be used to model difficult transient simulations, such as 27KV systems, which are required to with stand electrical impulses of 127 KV without sustaining damage. ELECTRO has another feature called the Material Manager. This allows designers to utilize different materials in order to explore the possibility of finding a more cost effective way to build a device.
INTEGRATED's software, including ELECTRO version 7.0, is offered with a 30 day free trial. Live, interactive demonstrations of the product are also available on INTEGRATED's website - www.integratedsoft.com.
About INTEGRATED Engineering Software
INTEGRATED Engineering Software is a leading developer of hybrid simulation tools for electromagnetic, thermal and structural design analysis. Founded in 1984, INTEGRATED provides a complete line of fully integrated 2 and 3 dimensional simulation software. Easy to use, INTEGRATED's products allow engineers and scientists to design, simulate and optimize complex devices and systems via computer simulation thereby reducing costs and risks associated with physical prototyping, thus avoiding costly mistakes during manufacturing. It allows companies to reduce design time and costs, spend less money on expensive prototypes, improve product performance, decrease time to market and ultimately increase profitability. Integrated pioneered the creation of the BEM field solver 25 years ago, and today, no one else in the market offers such a variety of field solvers with the same software packages.
The company provides its expertise in the electromagnetic, electromechanical and electrothermal analysis software field to the industrial, automotive, medical, telecommunications, power and aerospace markets. Its clients include industry heavyweights such as Alcatel, Mannesmann, Tyco, Siemens, Carl Zeiss and ABB.
