Daigle Grid Engineering LLC
David T Daigle, PE is a electrical engineer with 10 years of experience in electric power systems. He specializes in transmission planning and design studies, emphasizing deep knowledge of electromagnetic transient (EMT) studies and study automation using custom software and high performance computing.
Please see below to learn more about free tools such as Kestrel EMT or the services I offer, or reach out via the contact form to discuss your project needs.
Tools
DGE maintains a suite of useful, free software and hardware tools.
Full featured electromagnetic transient simulation software, available free of charge. Useful for testing IBR models, station design studies, and academic research. Draw schematics of your system, prototype controls using Python and MATLAB, and postprocess data using KPlot or the tool of your choice.
Plot and compare data standard file formats or from industry software such as PSCAD, PSS/E, and Kestrel EMT. Open multiple files, overlay plots, perform post processing, and save figures for reports.
High Resolution (8000 measurements per second+) power system monitoring in a tiny package. KGRID is a full hardware and software system including the physical waveform measurement unit, data concentration software, and web display. The archive of over 4 terabytes of worldwide voltage waveform data is freely available to the research community.
Services
I specialize in modeling of electric power systems using EMTP-RV, PSCAD, PSS/E, Powerworld, PSLF, PSAT/TSAT, and RTDS. When custom functionality or advanced automation is needed, Kestrel EMT and/or high performance computing is utilized. Typical studies include breaker TRV, capacitor switching, line energization, new generator/load interconnection studies. I have completed projects in the US WECC, Eastern Interconnect, ERCOT, HECO, and more.
Slash study timelines with custom software automation. I excel in rapid deployment of reliable, cost effective, full stack software solutions that are sized appropriately for your process. Favored tools and frameworks include Python, .NET, and HTML/JS/CSS, and Amazon Web Services. I am experienced in building tools around the API's present in common modeling software including PSCAD, PSS/E, Powerworld, and PSLF.