NEPLAN suits best for educational and research purposes. It offers for education purpose:
- intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface
- library for network elements and controller for steady state calculations and stability analysis
- over 60 pre-defined and ready to use examples from international known books for power systems (e.g. Gross, Kundur), IEC, IEEE, etc. for load flow, short circuit, reliability, stability analysis, harmonic analysis
- free student version in the cloud without any local installation
- for universities or engineering schools a license with 25 contemporary users in a multi-user environment and max. 50 nodes
- available modules are described in the different NEPLAN versions below
The software offers for research purposes:
- intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface
- complete library for network elements and controller for steady state calculations and stability analysis
- over 60 pre-defined and ready to use examples from international known books for power systems (e.g. Gross, Kundur), IEC, IEEE, etc. for load flow, short circuit, reliability, stability analysis, harmonic analysis
- NEPLAN simulation language (NSL-SymDef) to model network elements and/or controllers
- Event definition to create custom events during a calculation process
- Web services used under C# (.net) or Phyton for network data processing, calling calculation modules, creation of external application, etc.
- Import of MatPower network data
- Cloud solution without local installation
- Maximum network size is 5000 nodes
- available modules are described in the different NEPLAN versions below
The following licenses are available:
NEPLAN 360 – free student version
The free student version is available here.
NEPLAN V10 – University Education Version in multi-user environment
This version is offered to universities and for educational purposes and is restricted to 50 nodes, 25 contemporary users (students) and includes the following modules: Load Flow, Contingency Analysis, Short Circuit, Motor Starting, Overcurrent Protection (Selectivity Analysis), Distance Protection, Arc Flash Calculation, Harmonic Analysis, Optimal Separation Points, Load Profile Time Simulation, Optimal Capacitor Placement, Feeder Reinforcement (economic Cable Sizing), Current Transformer Saturation, Low Voltage Calculation, Network Reduction, Small Signal Stability (Eigenvalue Analysis), NEPLAN Simulator (RMS, EMT), Voltage Stability (Eigenvalue Analysis), Reliability Analysis, Scripting and web Services for C# and Python. The software will be installed on the server of the university only. All students in the intranet have access to the software through login and password. SQL server or SQL Express are used for data storage. This version has a subscription licensing model. The commercial use is strictly not allowed.
NEPLAN 360 – Research Version
This version is offered to researchers on the cloud. It allows to simulate at maximum 5000 nodes and includes the following modules: Load Flow, Contingency Analysis, Short Circuit, Motor Starting, Overcurrent Protection (Selectivity Analysis), Distance Protection, Arc Flash Calculation, Harmonic Analysis, Optimal Separation Points, Load Profile Time Simulation, Optimal Capacitor Placement, Feeder Reinforcement (economic Cable Sizing), Current Transformer Saturation, Low Voltage Calculation, Network Reduction, Small Signal Stability (Eigenvalue Analysis), NEPLAN Simulator (RMS, EMT), Voltage Stability (Eigenvalue Analysis), Reliability Analysis, Scripting and web Services for C# and Python. This version has a subscription licensing model. The commercial use is strictly not allowed.
NEPLAN V10 – University Package
This version is offered to universities and includes the NEPLAN V10 – University Education Version and two licenses for researchers (Research Version) and has a subscription licensing model. The commercial use is strictly not allowed.