The SINCAL program system ( Si emens n etwork cal culation) for network analysis and planning enables users to simulate, display and analyze line networks. SINCAL can master the problems encountered by utilities (municipal, regional and supraregional) utilities, by industrial companies (in the steel, paper and automotive industries, for instance) and even the in-house needs of large power stations or consulting offices. A variety of methods designed for electric power networks are supplemented by static and dynamic calculation methods for gas, water and district heating utilities.
An advanced graphical user interface makes child's play of working with utility networks; and standard relational databases ensure secure data maintenance and convenient data exchange. A variant management facility uses variant trees to simplify the task of network maintenance. And the ability to display low- and medium-voltage networks in quasi-scale diagrams (that have been digitized or imported from other systems) provides planners with yet another level on which to analyze and improve their networks. Our specialists have found this to be a feature they do not want to do without. Graphical filters for all methods with freely selectable boundaries and forms of display - e.g. traffic light colors or color-coded areas - can quickly provide an overview of weak points even in large-scale networks, for example, or can enable network protection work to proceed in gradual stages in the event of a fault. Macro functions allow any number of networks to be calculated in isolation or together. Databases for standard cables and protective equipment are included in the scope of delivery.
