Development of a simulator suitable for the application of substation control systems

This paper is a result of an investigation into the use of software simulation technique and their effective application in substation control systems. It particularly concerns with developing a software-based tool for the simulation of logic blocks as applied to substation control systems. Several existing techniques used for testing substation control systems are described. A brief discussion illustrating the main requirements for the development of a simulator is given. This is followed by giving a summary of the most widely used simulation techniques, highlighting the reason behind the choice of the interpreted technique in this work. An extra attribute, i.e., status check, added on top of the traditional Boolean simulation is then given. Two different type of interfacing methods are then described in order to examine and determine which of them is most suitable for the simulation of substation control systems. These interfaces are based on command-driven and menu-driven approaches.