METHODS FOR CREATING DYNAMIC LISTS FROM SELECTED AREAS OF A POWER SYSTEM OF A UTILITY COMPANY

• US 20160224301A1
• Filed: 04/05/2016
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH (GE Vernova, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH (GE Vernova, Inc.)
• Inventors: Castelli, Gennaro, Hackett, Michael, Howard, Michael Quinn, Jones, Lawrence Edmund, Shung, HuiChu Su, Brand, Heath Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 10,846,039 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/40 Testing power supplies testing photovoltaic devices H02S50/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2203/20 Simulating, e g planning, reliability check, modelling or computer assisted design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/0012 Contingency detection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/008 involving trading of energy or energy transmission rights
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/20 : Information technology specific aspects, e.g. CAD, simulation, modelling, system security
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 : Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

Methods are provided for creating dynamic lists from selected areas of a power system of a utility company. The utility company has an energy management system with a control panel. The energy management system is used to access one or more source displays of a site. Rubber-banding or lassoing is used to create selected areas from at least a portion of the source displays. Lists are created dynamically. Operator defined information is displayed for each element type in a list of network elements from the selected areas that have been rubber-banded or lassoed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

monitoring, by a system comprising a processor and a memory, a power system via an energy management system (EMS) comprising a control panel, wherein;

the EMS employs a logic resource to determine a potential failure of the power system prior to an occurrence of a failure of the power system, and

the EMS initiates, in response to the potential failure, an auditory or visual alert;

accessing, by the system, a selected geographic area displayed via the control panel;

obtaining, by the system, information related to a power system element associated with the selected geographic area;

in response to determining, by the system, an amount of reactive power of an alternating current reserves available, generating an overlaid geographic display by overlaying the geographic area displayed via the control panel with superimposed reactive power of an alternating current reserve information;

receiving, by the system, a first input related to identifying defined potential low or defined potential high voltage instances in the selected geographic area via the overlaid geographic display; and

initiating, by the system, an injecting or removing of a reactive power of an alternating current in, or from, a portion of the power system corresponding to the selected geographic area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected geographic area is determined based on a second input received via a graphical user interface of the control panel.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second input received via the graphical user interface is based on a touch input received via a touch sensitive graphical user interface of the control panel.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the second input received via the graphical user interface is based on rubber-banding a perimeter of the selected geographic area via the graphical user interface of the control panel.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, the determining the amount of reactive power of an alternating current reserves available is based on a second input received via a graphical user interface of the control panel.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second input received via the graphical user interface is received via a dashboard interface of the graphical user interface of the control panel.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the second input received via the graphical user interface is designated in a first displayed window and drag-and-dropped onto a dashboard interface displayed via the graphical user interface of the control panel.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second input received via the graphical user interface is based on an area designated in the first displayed window of a first display device of the control panel that is moved into the dashboard interface displayed via the graphical user interface of a second display device of the control panel.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the overlaid geographic display comprises overlaying the geographic area with superimposed reactive power of an alternating current reserve information contained in a flyout window.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the flyout window is offset from a corresponding portion of the geographic area.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the control panel displays the geographic area at a first scale and the flyout window displays the superimposed reactive power of an alternating current reserve information at a second scale different than the first scale.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second scale is selectable via the flyout window.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the flyout window displays the superimposed reactive power of an alternating current reserve information at a determined level of translucency to corresponding to a visibility of geographic area superimposed by the flyout window.

14. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

determining, based on power system monitoring information, a potential failure of a power system;

initiating, in response to the potential failure, an alert via a control panel;

enabling, via a graphical user interface, selection of a geographic area displayed via the control panel;

in response to determining an amount of reactive power of an alternating current reserves available, displaying superimposed reactive power of an alternating current reserve information overlaying the geographic area displayed via the control panel; and

in response to receiving a first input related to identifying defined potential low or defined potential high voltage instances in a selected geographic area via the control panel, triggering an injecting or removing of a reactive power of an alternating current in, or from, a portion of the power system corresponding to the selected geographic area.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the enabling the selection of the geographical area is enabled via a touch received by a touch sensitive graphical user interface.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the displaying the superimposed reactive power of an alternating current reserve information comprises overlaying a flyout window, for displaying the reactive power of an alternating current reserve information, over and offset from a corresponding portion of the geographic area.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the flyout window comprises a selection interface enabling selecting a scale at which the superimposed reactive power of an alternating current reserve information is displayed.

18. A computer-readable storage device having executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a device including a processor to perform operations, comprising:

initiating, in response to determining a potential failure of a power transmission system, an auditory or visual alert via a control panel and

receiving, via a graphical user interface of the control panel, information associated with selection of a geographic area displayed via the control panel;

determining reactive power of an alternating current reserve information, the reactive power of an alternating current reserve information comprising an amount of reactive power of an alternating current reserves available based on the geographic area;

superimposing an image corresponding to the reactive power of an alternating current reserve information over the geographic area displayed via the control panel; and

in response to receiving an input related to identifying defined potential low or defined potential high voltage instances in a selected geographic area via the control panel, triggering an injecting or removing of a reactive power of an alternating current in, or from, a portion of the power system corresponding to the selected geographic area.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the information associated with selection of the geographical area corresponds to a touch received by a touch sensitive graphical user interface.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the superimposing the image corresponding to the reactive power of an alternating current reserve information comprises superimposing a flyout window displaying the reactive power of an alternating current reserve information over and offset from a corresponding portion of the geographic area.