Exporting Network & Scenario Data

The first option accessible from Network > Data  Export is To Network Import File (Figure 1 left). A network import file, based on reference multi-sheet template, can be generated by exporting network data from the active network model. The sub-menu lists the type of networks that can be exported based on the networks available in the active project. Possible file formats are Excel, comma-separated text files, or text files.

If the active network is displayed on a Cartesian Map View, the export procedure writes the objects’coordinates as they are saved in the network file. If the network is showed on a geographic Map View, SAInt allows the user to convert the coordinates by specifying a target CRS for the newly generated import file.

Sections "Coordinate Reference Systems" and "Map view" provide more details on how SAInt handles coordinates and coordinate reference systems.

The second option accessible from Network > Data  Export is To Wind Turbine Power Curve File (Figure 1 left). A "wind turbine power curve file" can be created by exporting the wind turbine power curve data from the network model opened in SAInt. If several wind turbine power curves have been imported, they can be aggregated by exporting them to a wind turbine power curve file. This option is only available when an electric network is part of the active project. The only possible file format is the SAInt native file format *.wtpc.

The third option accessible from Network > Data  Export is Fuel Consumption Curve File (Figure 1 left). A consumption curve file is generated, using a "reference template", by exporting the existing curve data from the network model opened in SAInt. If several fuel consumption curves have been imported, they can be aggregated by exporting them to an external file. This option is only available when an electric network is part of the active project. The only possible file format is the SAInt native file format *.fcc.

The fourth option accessible from Network > Data  Export is To Gas Quality Import File (Figure 1 left). A gas quality import file can be created, using a "reference template", by exporting the gas quality data from the network model opened in SAInt. The option is only available if a gas network is part of the active project. Possible file formats are Excel, comma-separated text files, or text files.

The last option accessible from Network > Data  Export is To Parameter Import File (Figure 1 left). A parameter import file can be created by exporting, using a reference template, network data for a network of the active project in SAInt. If multiple networks are available, the user must select one. Possible file formats are Excel, comma-separated text files, or text files.

It is possible to "export" SAInt polygons to a new copy of a SAInt native polygons file. A polygons file does not hold network-specific information, so the same polygons set can be exchanged among different projects. The only possible file format is the SAInt native file format *.plg.

To export the polygons, select the entry "Polygons" in the Model Explorer and right-click. From the context menu, choose Export Polygon(s).

The first option accessible from Scenario > Data  Export is To Scenario Event Import File (Figure 1 right). A scenario event import file can be created by exporting, using a "reference template", scenario event data from the scenario file opened in SAInt. An active scenario is required, and the event import file is specific to the network associated with the scenario. Possible file formats are Excel, comma-separated text files, or text files.

The second option accessible from Scenario > Data  Export is To Profile File (Figure 1 right). A profile file can be created by exporting, using a "reference template", the profile data from a scenario file active in a project of SAInt. The user can extract all or a set of the profiles included in the active scenario. The only possible file format is the SAInt native file format *.prf.

The third option accessible from Scenario > Data  Export is To Network State File (Figure 1 right). A network state file allows exporting of the results of a simulation of a scenario for all the objects of the active network at a specific timestep. The displayed time in the map view represents the timestep of the simulation for the active scenario. The only possible file format is the SAInt native file format *.*con.

Another option accessible from Scenario > Data  Export is To State Transfer Event File (Figure 1 right), but only for electric networks. SAInt allows the user to use the results of a unit commitment and economic dispatch model (DCUCOPF) as input to a simulation using ACPF equations. The state transfer method allows exporting event files from a DCUCOPF scenario and importing them as scenario event import files into a QuasiDynamicACPF scenario. The user can choose to extract the object’s commitment events (ON or OFF state) and/or the dispatch and demand events (P variable of the objects). A new time window can be defined.

Please, note that if a generator is always on during DCUCOPF, no ON events will exported during state transfer. This is because, by default, generators are turned on.

The last option accessible from Scenario > Data  Export is To Result File (Figure 1 right). A results file can be created to extract inputs and outputs of the SAInt model for a specified time window. The export procedure is a two steps procedure, requiring the user to specify first a "results description file", and after to provide the name and location of the results output file. Possible file formats for the description and output files are Excel, comma-separated text files, or text files.