Eliminating Errors

SARA Software

SynchroGrid’s SARA (Setting Automation Relay Assistant) streamlines the work of relay setting engineers by automating functions to avoid costly errors and time-consuming processes. Developed in-house to integrate with short-circuit models such as ASPEN OneLiner™, SARA uses a smart template to drastically reduce workloads while boosting productivity.

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SARA harnesses the power of automation, empowering protection engineers to streamline relay setting development and wide area coordination.

Read more about these modules in the sections below.

Module 01.

Transmission Line Relay Setting Development Module

Module 01.

Transmission Line Relay Setting Development Module

SARA’s transmission line relay setting module allows engineers to develop a template to define their protection philosophy, creating a consistent standard for the utility to follow by:

  • Communicating bi-directionally with the short-circuit model to automate data collection and fault analysis
  • Eliminating copy and paste processes for more reliable results
  • Calculating the new relay settings and generating a relay database file
  • Producing reporting documentation that can be used for NERC compliance

Module 02.

Autotransformer Setting Development Module

Just like the Transmission line module, SARA’s Autotransformer module allows engineers to calculate settings in a fully streamlined and automated process.

Module 02.

Autotransformer Setting Development Module

Just like the Transmission line module, SARA’s Autotransformer module allows engineers to calculate settings in a fully streamlined and automated process.

In addition this module includes the following added capabilities:

  • Allows the user to create philosophy specific to autotransformers
  • Gathers impedance and fault data for autotransformers and nearby equipment
  • Plots damage curves to verify reliability
  • Compares TOC curves of the autotransformer and nearby TOC relays

Module 03.

Wide Area Coordination Module

SARA Successfully Addresses PRC-027-1, significantly simplifies wide area coordination studies, and reduces workloads from several days to several hours.

SARA Wide Area Coordination Module screen with sliders

Module 03.

Wide Area Coordination Module

SARA Successfully Addresses PRC-027-1, significantly simplifies wide area coordination studies, and reduces workloads from several days to several hours.

SARA Wide Area Coordination Module screen with sliders
SARA software Wide Area Coordination Module analysis screen

This module automates PRC-027 by performing the following tasks:

  • Verifies the short-circuit model data
  • Selects coordination criteria for the WAC study
  • Runs the coordination study, which creates a wide-area analysis of the system
  • Reviews the discovered violations displayed in the SARA dashboard
  • Resolves the violations within the SARA dashboard, which automatically resolves the issues in the short-circuit program
  • Generates a report automatically, which can be used for NERC compliance documentation
  • Updates the short-circuit program case automatically with the required changes
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