Software & Algorithms

REAL-TIME SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY INDUSTRY

EPRA Energy is the official representative of the leading international firm OPAL-RT (Canada) in Türkiye. OPAL-RT is the world leader in the development of PC/FPGA-based real-time simulators, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing equipment and Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) systems to design, test and optimize control and protection systems used in power grids, power electronics, motor drives,  automotive, trains, aircraft and various industries, as well as R&D centers and universities. 

OPAL-RT PRODUCTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

HYPERSIM is state-of-the-art and extensively field-tested for both power electronics and power systems. Its open, flexible and scalable architecture and high-speed parallel processing enable the most demanding utilities, manufacturers and research centers to run faster, more realistic tests in order to meet the rapidly evolving requirements of the energy sector. For more information https://www.opal-rt.com/systems-hypersim/

Fully integrated with MATLAB/Simulink®, RT-LAB enables Simulink models to interact with the real world in real-time. This makes RT-LAB ideal for engineers to rapidly develop and validate their applications in real-time, regardless of their complexity. As a multi-domain platform, RT-LAB provides flexible and scalable solutions for the power systems, power electronics, aerospace, and automotive industries. For more information https://www.opal-rt.com/software-rt-lab/

EP-SIM is an online platform that provides users with access to an electric market simulation engines via the web. This type of service allows users to run simulations and analyze the electricity market behavior without the need for specialized software installation or purchasing different licenses for optimization and visualization licenses.

EP-SIM web services typically provide a user-friendly interface that allows users to input parameters and constraints for the simulation, such as electricity demand and available generation capacity. The service then uses mathematical algorithms, optimization methods, and machine-learning approaches to simulate the operation of the market and generates results and analysis for the user. The outputs include but not limited to, generation breakdown for different technologies, annual capacity factors, market clearing price, and etc. EP-SIM services are investigating the current status of electricity markets and the outlook for electricity markets by proliferation of renewables.

EP-SIM web service is particularly useful for energy sector organizations and electricity market role-players who may not have access to specialized software or the resources to run complex simulations on their own. Here, electric market and network simulation web services are a convenient and cost-effective way to access electric market simulation tools and to gain insights into the behavior of electric power markets.

EP-DIG is a web service for analyzing the impact of solar-based distributed generations on the operation of distribution systems.  EP-DIG acquires the GIS-data of the distribution feeders along with associated loading profile and offers feeder-based studies two in two folds:

First is investigation of the impact of installing a new solar generation-based power plant on the distribution system. The user-friendly interface of EP-DIG allows users to select the connection point and define the installed capacity of the solar generation-based power plant. As the output, EP-DIG offers the users plenty of executive and in-detail outputs that show the impact of installing a new solar generation-based power plant on the distribution system operation parameters such as technical loss and voltage profile of the feeder. In addition, EP-DIG comes up with the optimal placement of solar generation-based power plant. EP-DIG employes optimization algorithms and data analysis techniques to help determine the best locations for installing solar panels to generate maximum energy output. These web services typically uses as solar radiation intensity, and feeder topography, to simulate and analyze the performance of solar energy systems in various locations. The goal of EP-DIG is to help distribution system operators to make informed decisions about the installation of solar panels, reduce energy costs and technical losses, and improve voltage profile of their system.

The second service provided by EP-DIG is optimal harvesting of reactive power support from solar generation-based power plants. Although it is not mandatory yet, but in near future and by proliferation of renewables, feeder-scale solar generation-based power plants would contribute in ancillary service market and commit for reactive power support. By EP-DIG and associated user-friend interface in place, the distribution system operator can select the desired power plants for day-ahead optimal reactive power support contribution and acquire the hourly dispatch for each individual solar generation-based power plant. EP-DIG optimizes the reactive power support considering the capability curves of the power plants and with the objective of total loss minimization.

SMART WAY OF FILLING GAPS IN YOUR DEMAND PROFILE RECORDS

EP-DEP is a platform which is developed by EPRA to enable automatic filling of gaps in demand profiles and make them ready to use in grid analyses.

• Identification of suspicious records in the demand profile
• Identification of unrecorded periods (gaps) in the demand profile
• Considering hour/ day / week / season indices in a smart manner to automatically fill the gaps.

EP-DEP RESULT EXAMPLES

EP-DEP USERS