What can IAV Optera do?
Under the hood of IAV Optera are automated high-performance algorithms that are able to independently design suitable structures for medium-voltage grids and determine their electrical parameters. The interplay of algorithms and an adaptive learning process guarantee continuous improvement of grid designs that can cope with any supply task - at minimum overall cost.
IAV Optera can be operated via a modern web front end. With just a few clicks, projects can be created, input data defined and the desired optimization functions selected. In addition to the load flow calculation and a check of all (n-1) fault circuits, IAV Optera can independently find disconnection points and branch joints.
An integrated route search not only finds the airline connection between two nodes, but also enables the exact route in a network to be displayed. The network planner can incorporate his technical expertise at any time via an editing function.
IAV Optera was developed in close cooperation with LEW Verteilnetz GmbH (LVN) and Mitteldeutsche Netzgesellschaft Strom mbH (MITNETZ STROM) - this guarantees a powerful and customer-oriented product. As a Software-as-Service (SaaS) solution, IAV Optera is quickly ready for use - no installation or integration into the customer's system landscape is required.
As a SaaS solution, IAV Optera offers customers numerous advantages:
Relief for employees: By consistently automating the work steps through to the final result, the system helps to reduce the workload on employees and enables strategic target grid planning for many distribution system operators at the same time.
Acceleration of planning processes: The IAV servers work around the clock, even outside business hours. Neither the IT system resources nor the customer's teams are tied up as a result. Complete target grid studies can thus be completed within a few hours - an efficient acceleration of the planning processes.
Better planning results: With IAV Optera, our customers can combine the expertise of their network planners with the benefits of automated ant heuristics to achieve even better planning results. Hundreds of thousands of networks can be tested and objectively evaluated so that everyone can get the most out of network planning.
What distinguishes IAV Optera from normal network calculation programs?
IAV Optera designs and evaluates structural and topological changes in your network and thus provides you with a preview of possible development paths in your supply area. While conventional network calculation programs only support you with a check of the current status and manual countermeasures, IAV Optera is able to plan the necessary expansion and conversion measures in your network independently and automatically.
How does IAV Optera work?
Several high-performance algorithms work hand in hand in network planning with IAV Optera. A modified ant algorithm first generates the network designs, which are then optimized locally and checked for load flow by a second algorithm. The interaction of the various algorithms guarantees networks that improve with each iteration and are always electrotechnically permissible.
What data does IAV Optera need and in what format must it be available?
The data required depends on the issue you are working on and which functions you want to use.
IAV Optera requires the following information for greenfield planning:
- Substations and local grid stations (locations, nominal voltage, power values)
as well as
- your planning principles.
IAV Optera requires the following information for brownfield optimization or for an existing grid analysis:
- Substations and local grid stations (locations, nominal voltage, power values)
- Grid loads (load type and load values)
- Existing lines (start and end point, length, route, costs, electrical parameters)
- The scenarios to be calculated (load cases and scaling factors) and
- Your planning principles
The data can be provided either in JSON or in csv or xlsx format. This can be done via a simple export from your existing system. We are also happy to offer you the option of designing an interface adapted to your IT landscape that ensures simple and error-free data transfer to IAV Optera.
Benefit from numerous features
Thanks to automated processes, IAV Optera allows the same network studies to be carried out quickly and easily several times, each time with different parameters. The system designs an optimized interconnection for the target grids and independently checks compliance with (n-1) security. Optera naturally follows the customer's individual planning principles when planning the network. If required, the system can also optimize cable cross-sections and adapt them to changing supply tasks. At the same time, our system supports route planning and uses detailed obstacle detection, which registers railroad tracks, bodies of water and nature conservation areas, for example.
Benefits of IAV Optera
"Our testing of IAV Optera so far shows that the software is a very helpful tool in mastering our current planning tasks."
Stefan Fettke — Network planner at LEW Verteilnetz GmbH (LVN)
Your contact person
Nick Elsner