TESEA, Transactions on Energy Systems and Engineering Applications (Jul 2022)

Visualization Proposal for Power System Control Rooms Based on Situational Awareness

  • Daniel Betancur,
  • Eros David Escobar,
  • Anderson Quintero,
  • Jorge Wilson González,
  • Gabriel Jaime López,
  • Idi Amin Isaac

DOI
https://doi.org/10.32397/tesea.vol3.n2.442
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2

Abstract

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Due to the increasing size of electric power systems and its monitoring and operation needs, people at control rooms face complex situations, analyzing great amounts of information, protocols, operation states, alarms, and control parameters. Additionally, new renewable energy sources data is taking its place nowadays, hindering the process of quickly reading and interpreting information. This is known as the loss of Situational Awareness, SA, of system operators. This work presents proposals for displaying useful information in control rooms and visualization techniques to support accurate SA. Grid data displays, maps, trending graphics, lists, bars graphics, table plots, hierarchical levels, proximity regions, and connections are also proposed and analyzed, presenting an application case in a microgrid control room.

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