Simulator 16 User Guide - PowerWorld

Generator Capability Curves Format (*.gcp)
These files are outdated for Simulator version 8.0 and later. Their descriptions are still maintained here
as they can still be read into Simulator. However, they can no longer be saved. These records are now
stored in Auxiliary Script/Data Files.
The generator capability curves are used to model the dependence of the generator reactive power
limits and the generator’s real power output. The generator reactive capability curves files have the
following format, with one generator per line:
where
num or name, ID, P1, Q1,max,Q1,min, P2, Q2,max, Q2,min ... Pn, Qn,max, Qn,min
num/name the generator’s bus number or the bus’ name in single quotes,
ID the generator’s single character id,
Pi a generator MW output value,
Qi,max and Qi,min the associated maximum and minimum reactive power limits.
Version 11 and later of Simulator allow for an unlimited number of capability curve points to be read
from the gcp file. Up to 10 different P/Qmax/Qmin values may be specified in older versions of Simulator.
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