ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM MODELING, DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING VIA A CLIENT-SERVER APPLICATION FRAMEWORK

• US 20090076749A1
• Filed: 10/08/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bentley Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: EDSA Micro Corporation (PAC Global, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nasle, Adib
• Granted Patent: US 8,229,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/62
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 17/02 electric

Abstract

A system for an intelligent web-based monitoring and management of an electrical system is disclosed. The system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; a web application server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the web application server configured to transmit a user interface to a client terminal, the web application server comprising: a virtual system model database communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the virtual system model database configured to store a virtual system model of the electrical system, a power analytic simulation engine comprising a virtual system modeling engine communicatively connected to the virtual system model database, the virtual system modeling engine configured to generate a predicted data output for the electrical system utilizing the virtual system model of the electrical system, and an analytics engine communicatively connected to the virtual system model database, the analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and to initiate a calibration and synchronization operation to update the virtual system model when a difference between the real-time data output and the predicted data output exceeds a threshold, and a client terminal communicatively connected to the web application server, the client terminal configured to display the user interface.

Claims

1. A system for intelligent web-based management of an electrical system, comprising:

a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system;

a web application server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the web server configured to transmit a user interface to a client terminal, the web application server comprising;

a virtual system model database communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the virtual system model database configured to store a virtual system model of the electrical system,

a power analytic simulation engine comprising a virtual system modeling engine communicatively connected to the virtual system model database, the virtual system modeling engine configured to generate a predicted data output for the electrical system utilizing the virtual system model of the electrical system, and

an analytics engine communicatively connected to the virtual system model database, the analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and to initiate a calibration and synchronization operation to update the virtual system model when a difference between the real-time data output and the predicted data output exceeds a threshold, and

a client terminal communicatively connected to the web application server, the client terminal configured to display the user interface.

2. A system as in claim 1, wherein the web application server further comprising a customer interface engine and a customer interface database.

3. A system as in claim 2, wherein the customer interface engine comprises an e-commerce engine configured to manage a billing record, and wherein the customer interface database is communicatively connected to the customer interface engine, and the customer interface database comprises a billing database configured to store the billing record.

4. A system as in claim 2, wherein the customer interface engine comprises a customer management engine, the customer management engine configured to manage a customer record, and wherein the customer interface database comprises a customer database communicatively connected to the customer management engine, the customer database configured to store the customer record.

5. A system as in claim 4, wherein the customer record comprises a customer permission level.

6. A system as in claim 1, the power analytic simulation engine further comprising:

an equipment library engine configured to manage an equipment library record; and

an equipment library database communicatively connected to the equipment library engine, the equipment library database configured to store the equipment library record.

7. A system as in claim 6, wherein the equipment library engine is configured to allow a user to create or modify a user specific library of equipment.

8. A system as in claim 6, wherein the equipment library engine is configured to allow a user to create or modify a global library of equipment.

9. A system as in claim 1, the power analytic simulation engine further comprising a real-time energy pricing engine connected to a utility power pricing data table, the real-time energy pricing engine configured to generate the real-time utility power pricing data.

10. A system as in claim 1, the power analytic simulation engine further comprising a reporting engine configured to permit saving, printing, or exporting reports.

11. A system as in claim 10, wherein the reports are in graphical format.

12. A system as in claim 10, wherein the reports are in a text format.

13. A system as in claim 1, wherein the web server is configured to use servlets to deliver content to the client terminal.

17. A method as in claim 11, wherein the user interface is provided in a graphical format.

18. A method as in claim 12, wherein the web application server transmits the user interface to the client terminal through application servlets.

14. A method for interacting with an electrical system management application to perform power analytic analysis simulations on a virtual system model of the electrical power system, comprising:

a web application server,

receiving a user request to access the electrical management system from a client terminal, and

sending a user interface for interaction with the electrical management system to a client terminal;

the client terminal,

receiving the user interface for interaction with the electrical management system, and

sending user interaction data to the electrical system management application; and

the electrical system management application,

performing analytic analysis on a virtual system model of the electrical power system.

15. A method as in claim 14, further including:

the web application server,

communicating the user interaction data to a virtual system model engine;

the virtual system model engine,

accessing a virtual system model of the electrical system stored in a virtual system model database,

generating a predicted data output for the electrical system utilizing the virtual system model of the electrical system, and

communicating the generated predicted data to the web application server.

16. A method as in claim 14, further comprising:

the web application server,

communicating the user interaction data to an analytics engine; and

the analytics engine,

monitoring the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system stored in a virtual system model database, and

initiating a calibration and synchronization operation to update the virtual system model when a difference between the real-time data output and the predicted data output exceeds a threshold.