Animated Monte Carlo simulation for teaching power generating system reliability analysis

Author

Salehfar, H. ; Trihadi, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks, ND, USA

Volume

41

Issue

2

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

130

Lastpage

140

Abstract

This paper presents the “GENAS” simulation program which has been developed and used for educational purposes. The program is developed based on a combination of animation and Monte Carlo concepts to help students interactively and visually understand the random behavior and reliability performance of large electric power systems as a function of time. The “GENAS” program dynamically produces color moving pictures of the system as well as the numerical values of system reliability indices. This combination of animation and Monte Carlo techniques provides students with the information not generally available from conventional tools of reliability instruction

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; computer aided instruction; computer animation; digital simulation; power engineering education; power system analysis computing; power system reliability; software packages; teaching; GENAS simulation program; animated Monte Carlo simulation; color moving pictures; education; large electric power systems; power generating system reliability analysis; random behavior; reliability performance; system reliability indices; teaching; Animation; Computational modeling; Education; Monte Carlo methods; Power engineering computing; Power generation; Power system analysis computing; Power system dynamics; Power system reliability; Power system simulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.669723

Filename

669723