Title :
Visualization of an electric power transmission system
Author :
Mahadev, Pramod M. ; Christie, Richard D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
Visualization techniques are applied to an electric power system transmission network to create a graphical picture of network power flows and voltages. A geographic data map is used. Apparent power flow is encoded as the width of an arrow, with direction from real power flow. Flows are superposed on flow limits. Contour plots and color coding failed for representing bus voltages. A two-color thermometer encoding worked well. The resulting visualization is a significant improvement over current user interface practice in the power industry
Keywords :
data visualisation; power system analysis computing; user interfaces; bus voltages; color coding; contour plots; data visualization; electric power transmission system; flow limits; geographic data map; graphical picture; network power flows; power industry; two-color thermometer encoding; user interface; voltages; Encoding; Load flow; Medical services; Power system analysis computing; Power system control; Power systems; Substations; User interfaces; Visualization; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1994., Visualization '94, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6627-7
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1994.346292
