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No manual contingency lists.
Sentinel automatically enumerates and screens all credible N-1 and correlated N-2 combinations at N-200+ scale using deterministic, mathematically grounded methods. True exhaustive coverage — provable.
Raptrix Sentinel
Planning-grade physics
from the live operating state.
Sentinel ingests existing EMS exports and runs exhaustive yet provably filtered N-1 and intelligent N-2 analysis at N-200+ scale — without requiring you to maintain contingency lists. It surfaces only the scenarios that truly matter, each with an auditable certificate.
Your control room is running yesterday’s assumptions on tonight’s grid. The State Estimator solves a high-fidelity picture every few minutes — and then your tools approximate everything they do with it.
Sentinel changes the equation. It takes the SE case you already have, screens every credible contingency at planning-grade physics, validates whether the system can actually recover within NERC limits, and hands you back a short, defensible list of what actually matters — before the next interval ticks.
And it does it without rip-and-replacing your EMS. No new SCADA. No new contingency lists to maintain. No fidelity traded for speed.
How Sentinel works
Six stages. One physics core. No shortcuts.
Every solved State Estimator case becomes an exhaustively screened, recovery-validated, certifiable contingency study.
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Ingest
Solved SE case every 5–15 minRAW, PSLF, or native State Estimator exports — no rip-and-replace.
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Screen
Provable N-1 + intelligent N-2Graph-theory selection augmented by operator-defined guardrails.
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Solve
Full-AC Newton-RaphsonStrict Q-limit enforcement and PV-PQ switching. No FDNR shortcuts.
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Recover
NERC LTE within 15 minGreedy reserve dispatch validates a real path back to normal.
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Certify
Auditable per caseEvery filtering decision is grounded in defensible physics.
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Hand off
Canonical .rpf outOne file carries the operating state forward into planning.
What makes Sentinel different
Six things no other real-time tool will tell you it can’t do.
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Tens of thousands of "what-ifs" → a short list of unrecoverable scenarios.
From the actual real-time operating point, Sentinel identifies the small number of contingencies that have no path to recovery within NERC limits using available reserves and controls — and tells you the auditable reasons why.
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Operators get visibility they never had before.
Real-time, planning-grade N-1 and intelligent N-2 analysis on the exact current operating state, with recovery validation, at a speed and fidelity no existing EMS or real-time tool delivers.
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Planning gets a library of real operating states they never had before.
Every run produces a canonical solved .rpf plus replayable events. Planning teams finally get high-fidelity cases from actual operating conditions — not stylized study cases.
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True low-friction bolt-on.
Works with existing RAW, PSLF, or native State Estimator exports. No rip-and-replace of EMS or deep SCADA integration required.
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Native modeling of large, dynamic computational loads.
Purpose-built for AI data centers and other large, voltage-sensitive, rapidly varying loads. Models up/down ramps, voltage profiles, and contingency impacts natively under NERC Level 3.
Auditable by design
Every flagged contingency ships with a certificate.
Not a black box. Every filtering decision, every Q-limit enforcement, every reserve redispatch is grounded in defensible physics — with the receipts attached.
Recovery Certificate
sentinel://case/2026-05-22T13:05Z/ctg/L7842-out
Unrecoverable
contingencyN-2 · line + xfmr
case_modesolved · live SE
q_limitsenforced
pv→pq switches3
recovery_window15 min LTE
reserves_availinsufficient
// reason
Voltage collapse at bus 4421 under greedy reserve redispatch;no admissible control sequence within NERC LTE envelope.
metadata.fingerprint 7c4a9e…b201schema v0.10 · arrow ipc
The physics, in detail
Engineering choices that hold up under review.
- Full-AC Newton-Raphson
with strict Q-limit enforcement. A converged solution that violates generator Q limits is marked infeasible — non-negotiable physics.
- Intelligent PV-PQ switching
prevents naïve "infinite Q" hacks while still recovering solvable cases.
- Solver cloning
for massive parallelism — hundreds of full-AC N-1 and escalated N-2 cases in near real-time.
- Hybrid contingency selection
graph-theory plus operator-defined guardrails. Betweenness centrality, electrical distance, critical cut-sets, and historical patterns augment — never replace — operator judgment.
- IBR-, FACTS-, and PST-aware screening
correct handling of modern grid elements in PTDF / LODF for accurate contingency ranking.
- NERC recovery validation
greedy reserve dispatch checks whether each flagged contingency can return to normal under LTE within 15 minutes using available reserves and controls.
NERC Level 3 · Large Loads
Built for the grid that’s arriving — not the one we modeled in 2010.
AI data centers and other large, electronically coupled loads behave nothing like traditional demand. Sentinel treats them as first-class citizens — so operators and planners get a defensible, physics-based view of system risk without waiting on EMS vendor roadmaps.
Voltage sensitivity
Modeled natively at the bus, not assumed away with a generic load.
Up / down ramps
Sub-cycle ramp behavior and load reduction schemes carried in .rpf.
Contingency impact
First-class in N-1 / intelligent N-2 screening and recovery checks.
IBR interaction
PTDF/LODF that’s aware of inverter-based resources, FACTS, and PSTs.
Every operating state Sentinel evaluates ships with the computational-load profile attached — seasonal envelopes, buildout ramps, voltage guardrails, and reduction schemes.
carried in .rpf
Roadmap · Q3
Sentinel Phase 2 — look-ahead advisory.
Phase 2 extends the same high-fidelity core with an integrated LP. Using expected topology, commitment, and large-load forecasts, it will recommend proactive battery and reserve positioning — turning real-time visibility into forward-looking operational decisions.
Low-friction bolt-on to any existing EMS. One canonical solved record. Auditable certificates on every filtering decision. Planning-grade physics in operations timeframes. Built for the grid that’s coming.
No-cost pilot for qualified teams
Pilot Sentinel on a recent SE case.
Send us a representative State Estimator export. We will run an exhaustive N-1 + intelligent N-2 with full recovery validation and walk through the results with your team.
info@raptrixpower.com · Founder direct: matthew.musto@raptrixpower.com · github.com/RaptrixPowerFlow