Products & Solutions Powertage 2024

Improve grid security with simulations

Grid components have to meet various standards in terms of safety. Whether they do, is often known only after testing in the laboratory. With the help of simulations, such analyses can be carried out safely in a virtual environment even before the first production.

  • Magnetic field intensity around a high voltage power line
    Magnetic field intensity around a high voltage power line
  • Thermal and magnetic analysis of a high voltage cable
    Thermal and magnetic analysis of a high voltage cable
  • Electrostatic field across a high voltage insulator
    Electrostatic field across a high voltage insulator
  • Magnetic field in a rotating generator
    Magnetic field in a rotating generator

Application examples

Calculate electromagnetic fields in the vicinity of high-voltage lines even before the actual construction and take safety aspects into account early on in the planning stage to efficiently avoid later corrections in the cable routing.

Virtually investigate the heating of cables with electrothermal simulations and prevent damage caused by overheating. Calculate capacitive and inductive effects reliably, even in complex cables with twists and armoring.
Insulators have to withstand high field strengths and corona discharges - with simulation you can predict where a dielectric breakdown could occur. Discover a variety of static and time-dependent field shields in our video presentation.

These examples are representative of the many ways in which COMSOL Multiphysics® can be used to analyze your network components. Further examples such as the lightning protection analysis of wind turbines or the optimization of a circuit breaker can be found in our magazine: COMSOL NEWS - Special Edition Power.

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