Transient Network Analyzer Operation with Digital Computer Control and Analysis

The Transient Network Analyzer (TNA), an electromagnetic analog of a power system, is used to study the transient voltages due to switching operations. This paper describes how a mini-computer has been used to enhance the operations of the TNA. The interfacing of the mini-computer and the TNA allows digital control of the TNA switching operations and provides a means of making sophisticated measurements and analyses of the results of that switching.