The Use of Geographic Data Views to Help With Wide-Area Electric Grid Situational Awareness
Thomas J. Overbye, Jessica L. Wert, Komal S. Shetye, Farnaz Safdarian, Adam B. Birchfield
Abstract
The paper presents the use of geographic data views (GDVs) to help improve large-scale electric grid situational awareness for power flow and time-domain simulations. GDVs are electric grid display objects whose location is dynamically determined from geographic information embedded in an electric grid model. The paper provides examples using a 2000-bus and an 82,000-bus synthetic electric grid to show how GDVs can be used to help provide wide area understanding of values such as generator outputs, switched shunt values, voltages, and transmission line flows. It also shows the application of force-directed layout of GDVs and GDV summary objects.
Topics & Concepts
GridSituation awarenessComputer scienceGeographic information systemElectric power transmissionVoltageSituational ethicsGenerator (circuit theory)Real-time computingElectrical engineeringPower (physics)EngineeringRemote sensingGeographyLawAerospace engineeringPolitical sciencePhysicsQuantum mechanicsGeodesyComputational Physics and Python ApplicationsPower Systems and TechnologiesFlood Risk Assessment and Management