Design tool generates substation interlock schemes

Author

Sachdev, Mohindar S. ; Dhakal, Pashupati ; Sidhu, Tarlochan S.

Author_Institution

Saskatchewan Univ., Saskatoon, Sask., Canada

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The power of object-oriented programming in a Windows environment has been used to design a software application that automatically generates switching schemes that satisfy specified interlocking criteria. The application has two components, one for generating interlocking schemes from substation data and the other for generating switching instructions and implementing them. The connectivity of substations, parameters of switches and components, and interlocking constraints are used by the software as input data. While this generalised tool expedites the development of interlocking schemes, its use is not limited to specific substation configurations. Three out of the many designs prepared are presented in this paper to demonstrate its usefulness

Keywords

control system CAD; graphical user interfaces; object-oriented programming; power system control; substations; switching; CAD; Windows environment; input data; interlocking constraints; object-oriented programming; software application; substation configurations; substation interlock schemes generation; switching instructions; switching schemes generation; Application software; Computer errors; DH-HEMTs; Graphical user interfaces; Humans; Joining processes; Logic testing; Monitoring; Substations; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Applications in Power, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0895-0156

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/67.831427

Filename

831427