{"id":1455,"date":"2025-04-14T12:11:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/dsa-tools-module\/contingency-creator-contingency-creator\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:44:47","slug":"contingency-creator-contingency-creator","status":"publish","type":"dsa-tools-module","link":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/dsa-tools-module\/contingency-creator-contingency-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"Contingency Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TSAT-Contingency-Creator-1.png\" alt=\"TSAT-Contingency-Creator\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"TSAT-Contingency-Creator\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<h3>Contingency Creator<\/h3>\n<p>The Contingency Creator is an add-on module for TSAT. It allows transmission planners and coordinators to automatically create TSAT contingencies using an easy-to-use wizard. Currently, it is able to create contingencies compliant to the NERC TPL-001-4 standard.<\/p>\n<p>The Contingency Creator is able to use substation node-breaker data to create TPL compliant contingencies. Since the tool uses the same exemplary engine to read powerflow and node-breaker data as DSAToolsTM, large system data can be handled easily.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/powertech-contingency-creator-featured-image-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Screenshot\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\tApproach\n\t\t\t\t<p>Traditional powerflow files and\/or node-breaker or CIM information is input to the Contingency Creator. Users make use the tool&#8217;s intuitive, systematic wizard like interface to create TPL- 001-4 standard compliant contingencies. The Contingency Creator takes full advantage of the comprehensive modelling and computation options available in DSA<i>Tools<\/i>TM, developed by Powertech Labs Inc.<\/p>\n<p>An array of customizable parameters for creating contingencies exist that include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TSAT simulation parameters<\/li>\n<li>Subsystem parameters<\/li>\n<li>Fault clearance time<\/li>\n<li>Contingency category and event specification<\/li>\n<li>Transmission circuit reclosing option<\/li>\n<li>Extreme event scenarios for specific category of contingencies e.g. stuck breaker<\/li>\n<li>Contingency output option (list sequence, contingency title format)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\tProduct Features\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Complaint with NERC TPL- 001-4 standard<\/li>\n<li>Ability to create and customize contingencies based on substation node-breaker or CIM data<\/li>\n<li>Intuitive, functional wizard like user interface<\/li>\n<li>Define, select, and customize subsystem to apply contingencies<\/li>\n<li>Save study configuration to share with others or later use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\tApplications\n\t\t\t\t<p>The following are some of the salient features of the tool that allows for an enhanced user experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define subsystem that is either substation based on the balancing authority\/planning entity&#8217;s boundaries<\/li>\n<li>Save study configuration of the tool for sharing amongst teammates or later use<\/li>\n<li>Multiple options to customize contingencies e.g. custom tags to name contingencies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/powertech-contingency-creator-applications-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tExamples\n\t\t\t\t<p>For a typical transmission level substation shown on the right, the Contingency Creator will automatically make a total of 52 contingencies as per the TPL standard. A breakdown of the number of contingencies per category is shown in table below. The contingency file created by the tool can be used in TSAT for studies.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Category<\/th>\n<th>Contingency Description<\/th>\n<th>No. of Contingencies<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>P1<\/td>\n<td>Single Contingency System<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P2<\/td>\n<td>Single Contingency &#8211; Substation<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P3<\/td>\n<td>Multiple Contingencies &#8211; Generator<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P4<\/td>\n<td>Stuck Breaker<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P5<\/td>\n<td>Relay Failure<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P6<\/td>\n<td>Multiple Contingencies &#8211; Other<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P7<\/td>\n<td>Multiple Contingencies &#8211; Common Structure<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/powertech-contingency-creator-example-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tSpecifications and Requirements\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Powerflow in PFB, RAW, or GE EPC format<\/li>\n<li>Needs node-breaker data in PSAT XML format if creating contingencies for substations and for breaker-level events<\/li>\n<li>TSAT must be installed to use the contingencies produced by the tool<\/li>\n<li>Run on MS Windows 7\/10\/Server 2012 R2\/Server 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1654,"template":"","application-type":[16],"audience":[25,17],"compliance-standard":[],"module-type":[24],"class_list":["post-1455","dsa-tools-module","type-dsa-tools-module","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","application-type-offline","audience-for-it-data-teams","audience-for-utilities","module-type-add-on"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dsa-tools-module\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dsa-tools-module"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dsa-tools-module"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"application-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/application-type?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"compliance-standard","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/compliance-standard?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"module-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertechlabs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/module-type?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}