CYME Gateway

CYME Gateway
To create, maintain and validate
your electrical network model.
Ability to integrate with
your enterprise systems
The ability to accurately analyze an electrical The resulting output is a complete, up-to-date
network depends heavily on the accuracy of the network model in a CYME database which is
network model. The CYME Gateway is a complete ready to use for power engineering analysis in
solution which interfaces and transforms the the CYME software; planning studies, reliability
intelligence of different enterprise systems into the analysis, switching optimization, losses reduction,
most complete network model possible. and more.

■■ GIS – network topology (ESRI, Intergraph, GE Small- ■■ DMS – dynamic settings, IED readings
world, in-house systems)
■■ OMS – actual switch status, failure history
■■ AMI/AMR/MDM, CIS – load information
■■ Protective device data – Detailed settings of relays,
■■ SCADA – feeder demand reclosers, fuses, etc.

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The CYME Gateway A solution tailored to suit
your needs
Each CYME Gateway is tailor-
made according to each client’s
takes care of all the The CYME Gateway also offers
various optional features:
data sources and specifications,
and our team assists you during
the different project integration
technical complexity • Extract further complementary phases. The CYME solution
combines engineering expertise
in generating a network information
and knowledge that stand
Secondary network grids, behind more than 75 CYME
reliable network
•
low-voltage distribution Gateway installations worldwide.
systems, substations, load
model, so that you information, etc
The CYME Gateway is
don’t have to. • Automatically perform CYME
analyses and data validation the solution you can
after network extraction
trust to deliver the solid
• Network equivalents network model for all
calculation, load allocation
with feeder demands, etc. engineering analyses.
• Productivity tools to improve
data quality
• Data validation, web reports,
staging control tool

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 Secondary network and low- Substations Feeder demands
voltage distribution systems When substation connectivity The CYME Gateway can
Interfacing with the GIS information for substations interface with systems such
system, the CYME Gateway is not available in GIS, the as the OSIsoft PI System™
can extend your distribution substation models can be to import feeder demands

Data extraction network model with the easily created using the CYME to be allocated in the CYME
optional extraction of the low- software. The CYME Gateway Software. The automation of
voltage distribution system and will incorporate them with the feeder demand extraction from
Powerful methods for secondary networks. This new rest of the extracted networks. systems such as the OSIsoft
extracting information complete model allows analysis Complete substation models PI System™ can ensure the
of the highly-meshed secondary include multiple transmission availability of up-to-date data for
to effectively model network grid as well as the line feeds, power transformers, meaningful system analysis.
your system. secondary low-voltage side of protective devices and tie
distribution transformers. points to make the model more
detailed to give more realistic
analysis results.

Load and customer Protective device settings and Dynamic settings

information TCC parameters
The status and settings of
Extracting from the CIS Settings of protective devices voltage regulating devices
system, the CYME Gateway can be extracted from various can have a big impact on the
can provide precise information asset management systems performance of the network,
about the consumption of such as ESRI ArcGIS™ and IBM which can be reflected by
each load. It can also provide Maximo®, or even your in-house simulations in the CYME
the detailed demands through system, to be incorporated into software. In order to properly
interfacing with the AMR/AMI/ the CYME model. The availability simulate the effect of such
MDM system. The availability of such information saves you devices, the ability to acquire
of this information makes the time from manual data entry up-to-date information to
distribution network more and makes your network ready better characterize them in the
complete for more accurate for any protection scheme network model is important,
simulation results. validation. and can be done using the
CYME Gateway.

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 Staging control tool Web report tool Parallel processing
This features a Windows® The Web Report tool displays Parallel processing improves
desktop application to control the errors and warnings of the CYME Gateway performance
the transfer of a CYME network last extraction for each feeder. by allowing the extraction of
model from a Staging Database The user-friendly web-based multiple circuits at the same

Productivity
to a Production Database. Based tool allows filtering of the time, as well as multiple
on the results from the CYME results such that users can batch calculations in parallel.
Gateway extraction process, the easily browse through different
tools
This capability ensures that
Staging Control Tool determines information about problems the CYME Gateway solution
if a circuit can be moved from which occurred during the is scalable for large network
The CYME Gateway the Staging Database to the latest extraction. models.
Production Database. Using the
can be tailored to Staging control tool limits the
meet your specific shortcomings of poor data to
requirements. ensure better quality control.

Automated CYME calculations Enhanced data validation Incremental updates

The CYME Gateway can The CYME Gateway can be The Incremental update option
include optional components customized to include the allows updating only the circuits
for additional calculations to be Enhanced Data Validation that have changed since the last
performed automatically as the component such that additional extraction. The network model
network is being extracted. An validation on the extracted can be updated more often and
example of a useful analysis to network is performed according in less time than using the full
be automated is the network to customizable rules set within extraction process.
equivalents calculation, which the CYME software. These
computes source and load rules can pinpoint abnormalities,
equivalents by phase for each missing equipments or
secondary network, substation unexpected values in order to
and feeder. Another example refine the model.
is the Load Allocation analysis,
which retrieves the feeder
demands from the OSIsoft PI
System™ database and allocate
the demand to all feeders.

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CASE STUDY 1

Extraction of low-voltage distribution system and

secondary grids for AES Eletropaulo
In 2011, AES Eletropaulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, acquired the CYME
software for distribution system planning and opted for the CYME
Gateway solution, the ideal tool to create an accurate distribution
network model for analysis.
The CYME Gateway customized for AES Eletropaulo has been
designed to interface with ESRI ArcGIS™ seamlessly. In addition
to producing a network model of primary distribution feeders,
the CYME Gateway also creates the model for the low voltage
secondary distribution systems and secondary meshed grids with
ring buses. The complete network topology allows AES Eletropaulo
to conduct power engineering analysis with the CYME software.

“Having the option to create the LV system

model allows us to perform detailed loss
analysis, study DG integration impacts, and helps
us solve voltage problems and optimize our very
dense, heavily loaded LV system,”
said Eduardo Tadeu Mattos Mentone, Operation Systems Manager,
AES Eletropaulo.

CASE STUDY 2

Integration of the substation model for Hydro One, Ontario

Hydro One, an Ontario based distribution utility who have been
using the CYME software for many years, chose to model its
substations directly in the CYME software. Hydro-One has
approximately 200 substations, for which complete models were
prepared in the CYME software through its user-friendly network
editor. The CYME Gateway was customized to combine these
substation models with the distribution network model created
based on GIS information.

“The CYME Gateway gives Hydro One a

complete network model which integrates
feeders and substations of different voltage
levels. It allows our engineering team to better
analyze load transfers and to perform in depth
N-x contingency analysis.”

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CASE STUDY 3

Making feeder demands available in the CYME model for

Commonwealth Edison (ComEd/Exelon)
Feeder demands allow adjusting the network model to give an
accurate representation at any given time, peak load or else, which
is critical for any CYME power analysis. The information can be
entered manually in CYME, or the demands can be imported by the
CYME Gateway from any external systems such as the OSIsoft PI
System™, or any DMS or SCADA system. Once the feeder demands
are combined with the network model, users can easily allocate the
loads of the system, a process that can also be automated within
the CYME Gateway to improve efficiency.

“Having the CYME Gateway extract directly from

the PI Historian database helps us tremendously
in avoiding the trouble of gathering and
validating demand information manually.
A process that used to take hours is now
performed automatically, which is more efficient
and allows our engineers to put their focus on
power engineering studies in CYME.”

CASE STUDY 4

Completing the network with load information for Pacific

Gas & Electric (PG&E)
A network model with individual customer load data reflects more
accurately the actual system to be studied, and allows all CYME
analyses to generate more meaningful results. The possibility to
import load information directly into the CYME model foregoes the
traditional manual work required. The CYME Gateway can extract
from different in-house systems, such as CIS, AMI or MDM, to
create the most complete network model possible for any system
study.

“This option populates our CYME network with

load information with such rapidity – it helps
our engineers to obtain an accurate network
representation at any loading level with ease,”
said David Lee, Supervising Engineer of the Engineering and Planning
department of PG&E.

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