electrical engineering : Electrical software

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Following discussions on the forum, you will find in this article the comparison I started to create between 4 electrical calculation software, used for the design and calculation of electrical installation, based on my own experience. I would be glad to get complementary information and opinions from other users of such electrical software.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://hayatei.blogspot.com/2010/12/electrical-calculation-software-review.html"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-2545 alignnone" height="124" src="http://engineering.electrical-equipment.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/logos-softs-V2.jpg" title="logos-softs-V2" width="491" /></a><br />
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</div> The comparison presents the following <a href="http://hayatei.blogspot.com/">electrical calculation software</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://www.legrand.fr/professionnels/logiciel-xl-pro2-calcul_1540.html" target="_blank"><b>- XLpro² Calcul</b></a> software from Legrand 1.3<br />
<a href="http://www.automation.siemens.com/mcms/electrical-design-software/en/service-support/simaris-software/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><b>- Simaris Design</b></a> 5.0 from Siemens<br />
<a href="http://www.soft.schneider-electric.com/myecodialL.htm" target="_blank"><b>- MyEcodial L</b></a> 3.4 from Schneider Electric<br />
<a href="http://www.alpi.fr/index.php/scr=21c/" target="_blank"><b>- Caneco BT</b></a> 5.3 from ALPI (software editor)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I believe my criteria are self-explanatory, but tell me if some are not and I will clarify.<br />
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please add your own opinions and complements in comments, such as:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
• other criteria of importance for you<br />
• other electrical calculation software you are using, and your evaluation on my criteria<br />
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In particular, I heard about DocWin which I do not know.<br />
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Based on your feedbacks, I will update my comparison and re-publish it<br />
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Laurent </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142"><a href="http://www.legrand.fr/professionnels/logiciel-xl-pro2-calcul_1540.html" target="_blank"><b>XLpro² Calcul 1.3.03</b></a></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142"><a href="http://www.automation.siemens.com/mcms/electrical-design-software/en/service-support/simaris-software/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Simaris Design 5.0</b></a></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142"><a href="http://www.soft.schneider-electric.com/myecodialL.htm" target="_blank"><b>MyEcodial L 3.4</b></a></td> <td valign="bottom" width="132"><a href="http://www.alpi.fr/index.php/scr=21c/" target="_blank"><b>Caneco BT 5.3</b></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>MV protection</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">No</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>// transfo</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Yes</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>LV genset</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes (only on MLVS)</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes at any place in the   network</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes (only on MLVS)</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Yes (only on MLVS)</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Switchboard coupling</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">No</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>UPS</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Yes</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Operating mode</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">No</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Power factor correction</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Yes but no choice of the   capacitor bank</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Fuse</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Yes</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Motor starter</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">No</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Yes</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Protection diagram</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Yes (with curve setting)</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Yes</td> </tr>
<tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Standard compliance</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">IEC 60364</td> <td rowspan="2" valign="bottom" width="142">IEC 60364</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">IEC 60364</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">IEC 60364</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="142">NF C15-100</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">NF C15-100</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">NF C15-100</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>User friendlyness</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Clear and single diagram   user friendly</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Clear and single diagram   user friendly</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Sometime confusing</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Too much information to set,   confusing, single line diagram not easy to use</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Report completion</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">basic</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">basic</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">basic</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Very detailed</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Export</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">To XLpro²</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">??</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">To Rapsody</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Caneco Implant, Office Elec.</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Switchgear database</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Legrand</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Siemens</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Schneider Electric</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">Multi-manufacturer</td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="bottom" width="114"><b>Price</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Free</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Free</td> <td valign="bottom" width="142">Free</td> <td valign="bottom" width="132">~ 1000 €</td></tr>
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Nowadays, the world is going green and everyone is behind optimising energy and resources. For better energy optimisation, we need to first better know about our energy consumption behaviour. And here comes the concept of energy monitoring tools.<br />
There are multiple energy monitoring tools available in the market such as Dreamwatts, Greenbox, etc. But the whole industry shook its head when Google decided to enter in this field with its free Google Power Meter.<br />
So, what is Google Power Meter? Why it is creating so much buzz?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Google Power Meter" class="size-medium wp-image-2594 aligncenter" height="300" src="http://engineering.electrical-equipment.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/powermeter-ui-info-226x300.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" title="Google Power Meter" width="226" /></div><span id="more-2584"></span><br />
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It is a free energy monitoring tool which uses energy information provided by energy monitoring devices and smart utility meters. It is a real time energy monitoring tool which allows you to view<br />
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your energy consumption from anywhere online, and thus helping you to save energy and money.<br />
Some features of Google Power Meter:<br />
<ol><li>Energy tracking over a period of time</li>
<li>Prediction of costs</li>
<li>Budgeting</li>
<li>Information about always on power appliances</li>
<li>Easily customizable</li>
<li>Compatibility to smart phones</li>
</ol>Checking the reviews of Google Power Meter users, it seems that you can save minimum 20% of energy and bills. What is your opinion?<br />
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