Instructions
1. Instruction Manual
There is a manual in PDF format that covers almost all functions of XTAP. You can find this user’s manual at the menu bar of XTAP in the following menu: “Help” –> “How to use (C)”.
The Instruction Manual is also available here: Instruction Manual.
2. Test Cases
XTAP comes with test cases (sample files) for various fields. These test cases are located in the folder “C:\XTAP\work\Examples”, if you have installed XTAP in the default installation folder (“C:\XTAP”). There is an individual folder for each test case. In each folder there is a PDF file describing the test case.
A unified version of PDF file including all test cases is available here: Test Cases of XTAP.
Technical Papers
Technical information about XTAP can be obtained in the following documents.
1. International Journal Papers
- T. Noda, K. Takenaka and T. Inoue, “Numerical Integration by the 2-Stage Diagonally Implicit Runge-Kutta Method for Electromagnetic Transient Simulations,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 390-399, Jan. 2009. [IEEExplore]
- T. Noda, “Numerical Techniques for Accurate Evaluation of Overhead Line and Underground Cable Constants,” IEEJ Trans. on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 5, pp. 549-559, Sep. 2008. [Wiley Online Library]
- T. Noda and T. Kikuma, “A Robust and Efficient Iterative Scheme for the EMT Simulations of Nonlinear Circuits,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 1030-1038, Apr. 2011. [IEEExplore]
- T. Noda, T. Kikuma and R. Yonezawa, “Supplementary Techniques for 2S-DIRK-Based EMT Simulations,” Electric Power Systems Research (Elsevier), Vol. 115, pp. 87-93, Oct. 2014. [ScienceDirect]
- T. Noda, T. Nakamatsu and T. Mekaru, “Measurement of Cable Resistance at High Frequencies,” IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 10, Issue 1, Jan. 2015. [Wiley Online Library]
- T. Noda, “Application of Frequency-Partitioning Fitting to the Phase-Domain Frequency-Dependent Modeling of Overhead Transmission Lines,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 174-183, Feb. 2015. [IEEExplore]
- T. Noda, “Application of Frequency-Partitioning Fitting to the Phase-Domain Frequency-Dependent Modeling of Underground Cables,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 1776-1777, Aug. 2016. [IEEExplore]
2. International Conference Papers
- T. Noda, “Object Oriented Design of a Transient Analysis Program,” Proc. of International Conference on Power Systems Transients (IPST) 2007, Paper ID: 111, Lyon, France, 2007. [ipstconf.org]
- T. Noda and K. Takenaka, “A Practical Steady-State Initialization Method for Electromagnetic Transient Simulations,” Proc. of International Conference on Power Systems Transients (IPST) 2011, Paper # 99, Delft, The Netherlands, 2011. [ipstconf.org]
- T. Noda, T. Kikuma and R. Yonezawa, “Supplementary techniques for 2S-DIRK-Based simulations,” Proc. of International conference on Power System Transients (IPST) 2013, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2013. [ipstconf.org]
- S. Matsuura, T. Noda, A. Asakawa and S. Yokoyama, “EMTP Modeling of a Distribution Line for Lightning Overvoltage Studies,” Proc. of International Conference on Power Systems Transients (IPST) 2007, Lyon, France, 2007. [ipstconf.org]
3. Book Chapters
- Chapter 5 “XTAP”, Numerical Analysis of Power System Transients and Dynamics, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2015.
4. CRIEPI Reports
The following research results have been reported in Japanese.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems (Part 1) : Fundamental Design, Report no. H06002, Mar. 2007.
- Development of Inverter Simulation Program (Part 1) : Modeling of MOSFET and Diode, Report no. R06017, Jul. 2007.
- A Transmission Line Model for Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Based on the Frequency Region Partitioning Algorithm, Report no. H07005, Apr. 2008.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems (Part 2) : Development of a Fundamental Algorithm for Steady-State Calculation, Report no. H07004, May 2008.
- Development of instantaneous simulation method of an induction motor for transient analysis, Report no. R08022, Jun. 2009.
- Accelerated Electromagnetic Transient Simulations of Power Electronics Circuits using a Variable Time Step Algorithm, Report no. R08015, Jul. 2009.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems (Part 3): Improvements of Convergence Properties for Nonlinear Circuits, Report no. H08002, Nov. 2009.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems (Part 4): Practical Steady-State Initialization, Report no. H09007, May 2010.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems (Part 5): A Fast Algorithm for LU Decomposition of a Large Sparse Matrix, Report no. H11009, Jun. 2012.
- Evaluation of Line Constants of Short-Length Underground Cables: Development of a Measurement Method and Validation of a Calculation Method, Report no. H11006, Aug. 2012.
- Review of Simulation Methods for Electromagnetic Transients in Power Systems and Simulation Cases Using XTAP (Part 1): Switching Transient Overvoltage Simulations, Report no. H12005, Jun. 2013.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems (Part 6): Performance Improvements for Nonlinear Circuits, Report no. R12005, Jun. 2013.
- A Dynamic Voltage Simulation Method for Power Distribution Systems by Using Electromagnetic Transient Analysis (Part 1): Modeling of Distribution Substation and SVR, Report no. H13007, Jul. 2014.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems(Part 7): Fast Simulations by Parallelization of Updating Process of Circuit Components, Report no. H13005, Jul. 2014.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems (Part 8): Fast Simulations by Single-Phase Phasor-Based Modeling of Remote Power Systems, Report no. H13010, Sep. 2014.
- Development of a Frequency-Dependent Line Model for Electromagnetic Transient Simulations without Model Identification Problems (Part 1): Simulation Performance of an FDTD-Based Line Model, Report no. H14013, Jun. 2015.
- A Dynamic Voltage Simulation Method for Power Distribution Systems by Using Electromagnetic Transient Analysis (Part 2): Modeling of STATCOM, Report no. H14014, Jul. 2015.
- Development of an Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Program for Power Systems (Part 9): A Fast Frequency-Scan Algorithm, Report no. H15004, Jun. 2016.
- A Fast Simulation Algorithm for Distribution-System Transients Based on the Theory of Dynamic Phasors (Part 1): Proposal of Fundamental Concept, Report no. H15014, Jun. 2016.