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Research Summary

Over these 15+ years, DSTAR has completed many research and development projects related to a range of distribution design, operation, and system application. You can click here for project-by-project summaries of objectives and deliverables. Or, better yet, you can browse through the topical summaries of the various research and development areas that have been pursued by the DSTAR group. These areas include:

Underground Distribution
	Cable Electrical Parameters Software (CEPS)
	Cable Pulling Assistant - (cable pulling tension software)
	Ferroresonance
	Impulse-duty Aging of Underground Cables
	Underground Cable Ampacity
	Underground System Overvoltage Protection
Overhead Distribution
	Guy Tension Analyzer Software
	Overhead Calculation Suite Software
	Secondary-Side Surges
	Wye-delta Overhead Transformer Bank Overvoltages
	Economic Overhead Conductor Software (EOCS)
Distribution Engineering Software
	Cable Electrical Parameters Software (CEPS)
	Cold-Load Pickup Software
	Secondary Electrical Design Software (SEDS)
	Toolbox
	Transformer Owning Costs Software (TOCS)
	Transformer Scrap / Repair Decision Process
	System Owning Cost Comparison Software (SOCCS)
	Economic Overhead Conductor Software (EOCS)
Distribution Transformer Application
	Graphic Secondary Voltage Imbalance Calculator Software
	Padmount Transformer Fault Current Withstand
	Separable Connector (Elbow) Flashover Problems
	Transformer Loading and Economic Evaluation
	Transformer Owning Costs Software (TOCS)
	Transformer Scrap / Repair Decision Process
	Transformer Seasonal Loading Analysis Guidelines
Overcurrent Protection Coordination
	Cold-Load Pickup Software
	Padmount Transformer Fault Current Withstand
	Transient Currents in Capacitor Fuses
System Design and Planning
	Cold-Load Pickup Software
	Secondary Electrical Design Software (SEDS)
	Voltage Drop and Flicker Analysis Software Tool
	System Owning Cost Comparison Software (SOCCS)
	Distributed Generation - Impact on Distribution Systems
	DSTAR Distribution Data e-Handbook