System for displaying dynamic on-line operating conditions of an interconnected power transmission network

• US 6,313,752 B1
• Filed: 05/21/1998
• Issued: 11/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John R. & Matilde R. Linders Foundation, Inc., Steven P. Corrigan
• Original Assignee: John R. & Matilde R. Linders Foundation, Inc.
• Inventors: Corrigan, Steven P., Linders, John R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C.
• Application Number:
  US09/083,071
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• Field of Search: 340/657, 340/658, 340/660, 340/661, 340/659, 340/662, 340/664, 340/679, 340/681, 340/650, 340/635, 340/691.6, 340/691.2, 340/870.16, 340/870.25, 340/988, 324/76.11, 324/76.12, 324/76.13, 324/126, 324/512, 700/291, 700/286, 702/58, 702/59, 702/61, 702/62
• US Class Current: 340/657
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/04 with warning or supervision in addition to disconnection, e.g. for indicating that protective apparatus has functioned watching of pilot wires H02H1/0084; protection of protective arrangements H02H7/008; indication of the state of electronic switches H03K17/18
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/263 involving transmissions of measured values comparison of currents or voltages using pilot wires H02H3/30
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/0004 involved in a protection system
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/20 using protection elements, arrangements or systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/40 Display of information, e.g. of data or controls

Abstract

A system for displaying dynamic on-line operating conditions of an interconnected power transmission network including components to monitor the interconnected power transmission network by measuring and correlating voltage magnitude and phase existing at selected station busses of the interconnected power transmission network and to display isovoltage and isophase contour lines on a map representative of the interconnected power transmission network geographic area thereby showing existing operating conditions of the interconnected power transmission network wherein the location and nature of any disturbances occurring on the interconnected power transmission network is indicated on the map by a change in the positions of the isovoltage and isophase contour lines relative to the normal network operating isovoltage and isophase contour lines such that upon detection of an abnormal operating condition a system operator may initiate action within the interconnected power transmission network to correct for the specific system disturbance or abnormality.

Claims

1. A system for displaying dynamic on-line operating conditions of an interconnected power transmission network including means to monitor the interconnected power transmission network by measuring and correlating voltage magnitude and phase existing at a plurality of selected station busses of the interconnected power transmission network and to display isovoltage and isophase contour lines on a map representative of the interconnected power transmission network geographic area at a central location thereby showing existing operating conditions of the interconnected power transmission network wherein the location and nature of any disturbances occurring on the interconnected power transmission network is indicated on said map by a change in the positions of the isovoltage and isophase contour lines relative to the normal network operating isovoltage and isophase contour lines such that upon detection of an abnormal operating condition a system operator may initiate action within the interconnected power transmission network to correct for the specific system disturbance or abnormality.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein each said selected station buss is coupled to a microprocessor to digitize the corresponding buss voltage magnitude and phase information and time stamp said digitized buss information with a common network time base and transmit said digitized buss information to the central location wherein the central location includes a microprocessor unit to receive said digitized buss information, to convert said digitized buss information to a common voltage and phase reference, to correlate said digitized buss information with the corresponding geographic coordinates of said corresponding selected station busses, to interpolate said data on a geographic basis to provide geographic points of common electrical values of voltage magnitude and phase and to join said common valued points with contour lines to provide a visual display of voltage and phase conditions across the interconnected power transmission network.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said microprocessor comprises an analog to digital converter including means to receive and convert analog line voltage information to digital data, a line voltage analyzer including means to determine the maximum voltage value received from said corresponding selected station buss through said analog to digital converter to convert the voltage value to the normalized decimal equivalent and a time stamp device to time stamp the maximum voltage value with time information corresponding to the time of occurrence of the maximum voltage value and a line voltage signal generator including means to calculate the phasor values of the maximum voltage value received from said line voltage analyzer and to generate and transmit voltage phasor data representative of said transmission line voltage of said corresponding selected station buss.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said microprocessor includes a communication means to transmit said data to a communication hub at the central location from said selected station busses.

5. The system of claim 3 wherein said time stamp devices throughout the interconnected power transmission network are synchronized and fed time information by a digital time transmission system.

6. The system of claim 3 wherein each said microprocessor further includes data storage to store selected transmission line signal data.

7. The system of claim 3 further including a network communication hub to feed on-line system information packets received from each said communication means sequentially to said microprocessor unit.

8. The system of claim 7 further including data evaluation means to compare existing system conditions with preset voltage magnitude and phase limits.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said preset limits are determined by model estimations.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein said microprocessor unit includes a security setting means having an input means to selectively adjust said preset limits.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein said data evaluation means further includes a phasor data access means that responds to said preset limits established by said security setting means as a feedback loop utilizing on-line system conditions to initiate automatic system response.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said feedback loop further provides on-line data for the theoretical assessment of a system response to any varied condition set by the user through an estimation input means as a function of power system operation to generate an on-line model for system planning and to the evaluation of changes or additions to a system.

13. The system of claim 7 wherein said microprocessor unit further includes a phasor contour configuration means to interpolate incoming voltage phasor values with the corresponding locations on said map and to generate isophase and isovoltage contour signals corresponding to each said selected station buss.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein said signals from said phasor contour configuration means is fed to a geographic voltage magnitude plot video monitor and a geographic phase plot for viewing of on-line operations.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein said isophase contour lines and said isovoltage contour lines are formed from said isophase and isovoltage contour signals for a visual display.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said corresponding isophase presentation and isovoltage presentation of the security setting means provides an audible alarm coordinated with the visual displays of said geographic voltage magnitude plot video monitor and said geographic phase plot for any sudden change of the isocontour lines exceeding said preset limits.

17. The system of claim 2 wherein said microprocessor comprises an analog to digital converter including means to receive and convert analog line voltage information to digital data, a polyphase voltage converter including means to convert the digitized three-phase voltage data to a polyphase voltage by means of a symmetrical sequence analysis line voltage analyzer including means to determine the maximum voltage value representative of the polyphase voltage received from said corresponding selected station buss through said analog to digital converter, to convert the maximum voltage value to a normalized decimal equivalent and a time stamp device to time stamp the maximum voltage value with time information corresponding to the time of occurrence of the maximum voltage value and a line voltage signal generator including means to calculate the phasor values of the time stamped maximum voltage value received from said line voltage analyzer and to generate and transmit voltage phasor data representative of the line voltage of said corresponding selected station buss.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein said microprocessor includes a communication means to transmit data to a communication hub at the central station from said selected station busses.

19. The system of claim 18 further including a network communication hub to feed on-line system information packets received from each said communication means sequentially to said microprocessor unit.

20. The system of claim 19 further including data evaluation means to compare existing system conditions with preset voltage magnitude and phase limits.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein said preset limits are determined by model estimations.

22. The system of claim 19 wherein said microprocessor unit includes a security setting means having an input means to selectively adjust said preset limits.

23. The system of claim 19 wherein said data evaluation means further includes a phasor data access means that responds to said preset limits established by said security setting means as a feedback loop utilizing on-line system conditions to initiate automatic system response.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein said feedback loop further provides on-line data for the theoretical assessment of a system response to any varied condition set by the user through an estimation input means as a function of power system operation to generate an on-line model for system planning and to the evaluation of changes or additions to a system.

25. The system of claim 19 wherein said microprocessor unit further includes a phasor contour configuration means to interpolate incoming voltage phasor values with the corresponding locations on said map and to generate isophase and isovoltage contour signals corresponding to each said selected station buss.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein said signals from said phasor contour configuration means is fed to a geographic voltage magnitude plot video monitor and a geographic phase plot for viewing of on-line operations.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein said isophase contour lines and said isovoltage contour lines are formed from said isophase and isovoltage contour signals for a visual display.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein said corresponding isophase presentation and isovoltage presentation of the security setting means provides an audible alarm coordinated with the visual displays of said geographic voltage magnitude plot video monitor and said geographic phase plot for any sudden change of the isocontour lines exceeding said preset limits.

29. The system of claim 17 wherein said time stamp devices throughout the interconnected power transmission network are synchronized and fed time information by digital time transmission system.

30. The system of claim 17 wherein each said microprocessor further includes a data storage to store selected transmission line information.

31. The system of claim 17 wherein each said microprocessor includes logic means to generate a symmetrical sequence analysis to monitor, evaluate and display the operating conditions existing on all three phases at said selected station busses.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein said logic means includes means to segregate the three phase voltages into positive, negative, and zero sequence voltage values.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein said sequence quantities are derived as:

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the positive sequence values of magnitude and phase are displayed as the isophase and isovoltage contour lines.