Methods for assessing reliability of a utility company's power system
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1. A method, comprising:
- rubber-banding selected geographic areas-of-interest from an electronic display, wherein low and high voltage conditions of the selected geographic areas-of-interest are desired to be managed using volt ampere reactive (VAR) reserves available;
determining, by a system comprising a processor, locations and amounts of the VAR reserves available in a power generating system within the selected rubber-banded geographic area, the locations and amounts of VAR reserves available being for generation units, capacitor banks, reactor banks, and static VAR systems of the power generating system; and
generating at least one user interface that includes the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest, the interface comprising elements indicating the locations and the amounts of the VAR reserves available in the power generating system;
wherein the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest are presented at the user interface as a background layer representing the physical geography of the area-of-interest and wherein the amounts of VAR reserves are superimposed over the background layer.
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Abstract
Methods are provided for assessing reliability of a power system of a utility company. At least one main overview display is obtained. Violation markers are displayed on the one main overview display. A monitored elements tab is updated with a list of monitored elements.
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1. A method, comprising:
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rubber-banding selected geographic areas-of-interest from an electronic display, wherein low and high voltage conditions of the selected geographic areas-of-interest are desired to be managed using volt ampere reactive (VAR) reserves available; determining, by a system comprising a processor, locations and amounts of the VAR reserves available in a power generating system within the selected rubber-banded geographic area, the locations and amounts of VAR reserves available being for generation units, capacitor banks, reactor banks, and static VAR systems of the power generating system; and generating at least one user interface that includes the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest, the interface comprising elements indicating the locations and the amounts of the VAR reserves available in the power generating system; wherein the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest are presented at the user interface as a background layer representing the physical geography of the area-of-interest and wherein the amounts of VAR reserves are superimposed over the background layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable components; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that executes or facilitates execution of the executable components to perform operations, comprising; receiving selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest, wherein low and high voltage conditions of the selected geographic areas-of-interest are desired to be managed using volt ampere reactive (VAR) reserves available; determining locations and amounts of the VAR reserves available in a power generating system within the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest, the locations and amounts of VAR reserves available being for generation units, capacitor banks, reactor banks, and static VAR systems of the power generating system; and generating at least one user interface that includes the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest, the interface comprising elements indicating the locations and the amounts of the VAR reserves available in the power generating system; wherein the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest are presented at the user interface as a background layer representing the physical geography of the area-of-interest and wherein the amounts of VAR reserves are superimposed over the background layer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a system including a processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest, wherein low and high voltage conditions of the selected geographic areas-of-interest are desired to be managed using volt ampere reactive (VAR) reserves available; determining locations and amounts of the VAR reserves available in a power generating system within the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest, the locations and amounts of VAR reserves available being for generation units, capacitor banks, reactor banks, and static VAR systems of the power generating system; and generating at least one user interface that includes the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest, the interface comprising element indicating at least one location of the locations and at least one amount of the amounts of the VAR reserves available in the power generating system; wherein the selected rubber-banded geographic areas-of-interest are presented at the user interface as a background layer representing the physical geography of the area-of-interest and wherein the amounts of VAR reserves are superimposed over the background layer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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