Supports fast analysis, engineering decisions, IT efficiency

Network analysis capabilities — such as examining target load flow, voltage drop, voltage flicker during motor start and transformer load balancing — put the 'smart' in smart grid. While it is crucial for utilities to have the ability to accurately analyze various scenarios to learn how each might impact the existing network, many utilities are using a third-party analysis application that does not integrate with the enterprise GIS database — requiring a second data system.

That's where ArcFM™ Network Adapter comes in — it provides tools to extract from the GIS a selected set of features for a feeder or distribution system and load that data to an analysis engine via XML. Network Adapter also extracts results from the analysis engine and displays them in ArcFM, Designer, and Responder.

As feeders are modified, planners can quickly apply analysis software and display the results in a GIS environment — an approach that supports more effective engineering decisions and improves overall system efficiency. And because Network Adapter eliminates the need to maintain data in two separate systems, your utility reduces network maintenance and analysis requirements and their associated IT costs — making your business smart, too.

Find out more about Network Adapter by downloading the Product Overview on this page, or give us a call at 1.866.537.1091, or e-mail smartgrid@telvent.com.