Professional grid planning
with Adaptricity.Plan

.simple .user-friendly .efficient

Adaptricity.Plan is highly intuitive and ready to use out-of-the-box. No configuration is required and there’s no need for long training sessions.

Run your grid model from a single location – your GIS. Thanks to data interfaces and import functions you’ll always be working with the latest grid data.

End-to-end processes save time and resources. For instance, you can make connection requests directly in the GIS and all calculations are run in the background.

The structure of electricity grids is becoming increasingly complex and requires efficient grid planning processes.
We offer the solution – Adaptricity.plan is your starting point towards more intelligent and efficient grid planning.

Adaptricity.Plan – how it works

Adaptricity.Plan, the foundation of our product range, offers a variety of features that can be immediately employed in day-to-day grid planning activities. Manage your grid models directly in the software or import it using any of a wide variety of grid importers. As soon as your grid model is uploaded, everything else becomes quick and easy:
All calculations in the grid model - power flow, short circuit, grid reinforcement, or connection requests - are a single click away.

  • Comprehensive grid model editor with schematic and map-based display
  • Basic functions for power flow and short-circuit calculations with different algorithms
  • Connection requests (according to DACHCZ or VDE application rules) and grid reinforcements
  • Protection devices in medium and low-voltage networks, with fuses and definite-time overcurrent protection and distance protection
  • Calculation of the hosting capacity for new generation or loads
  • Grid stress test for current status or future scenarios (Monte-Carlo simulation)

Power flow calculation

Methodology

  • Calculation of voltage, voltage angles, power flows and losses in the grid by means of various algorithms (e.g. Newton-Raphson, Fast Decoupled Newton-Raphson, Forward/Backward Sweeping)

Advantages

  • Calculation at the push of a button - no configuration necessary
  • Automatic selection of the best possible algorithm
  • Can include network reinforcements and connection requests in the calculation

Short circuit calculation

Methodology

  • Calculation of short circuit quantities for short circuits at all nodes of the grid (traversal or nodal method) according to VDE 0102 / EN 60909
  • Calculation of the resulting branch currents

Advantages

  • Comprehensive short circuit calculation at the push of a button, with no complex configuration of short-circuit locations required
  • Visualization displayed directly on the grid topology

Stress test and future scenarios &
DACHCZ Connection requests

Methodology

  • Power flow calculation with various snapshots
  • Stochastic addition of loads and generators enables simulation of future scenarios (Monte Carlo approach)

Advantages

  • Evaluate the operational limits of the load and generation cases with one click
  • Run a comprehensive Monte Carlo grid study in seconds, with minimal configuration

Methodology

  • Evaluation of connection requests according to D-A-CH-CZ or VDE application rules (voltage change, flicker, harmonics)
  • Calculation of voltage increase using approximation formulas or difference power flow

Advantages

  • Quick and easy configuration of the connection request
  • Bewertung per Mausklick
  • Easy export of PDF report

Netzverstärkungen​ & Schutzberechnung​

Methodology

  • Changes in the grid model (exchange/expansion of components) and storage are defined as grid reinforcement
  • Cost factors are allocated
  • The results are presented along with a comparison of multiple options

Advantages

  • Flexible configuration of grid reinforcements including SmartGrid options such as voltage regulators and on-load tap-changing transformers
  • A technical and economic comparison of all options enables optimal decision-making
  • Grid reinforcement can be incorporated in connection requests and other calculations

Methodology

  • Modeling of fuses, definite-time overcurrent protection and distance-protection devices
  • Comprehensive switch-off calculation with short circuits at all grid nodes, and identification of branch currents
  • Display of switch-off times and comparison with limit values (tabular and graphic)
  • Selectivity diagrams and stage plans with a single click

Advantages

  • Quick evaluation of switch-off conditions, with very little manual configuration
  • Meaningful, informative diagrams and visualizations
  • Reliable detection of required actions in the protection configuration
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