System and method for providing visualization of a parameter on multiple branches of a distribution network

摘要

A method of displaying a representation of a power distribution network and a representation of a parameter of the power distribution network on a display device includes displaying the representation of a power distribution network on the display device as an expandable tree structure in a first region, the expandable tree structure having branches that can be expanded and collapsed; displaying the representation of the parameter on the display device during a time period that the representation of the power distribution network is displayed; and collapsing or expanding a portion of the representation of the parameter when a branch is expanded or collapsed.

主权项

1. A system for displaying a parameter of a power distribution network, the system comprising:
a computing device that:
determines simulation values based at least in part on information received from the power distribution network;determines a representation of the parameter from the simulation values; and a display coupled to the computing device wherein the display presents:
a first region depicting a tree branch representation of the power distribution network that can be expanded and collapsed along an axis defining a scale, and wherein the power distribution network comprises:a feeder and at least one endpoint comprising a measurement device, and
a branch, wherein the branch is a representation of a split in the power distribution network and comprises at least one substation, bulk supply, and power measurement device that measures the representation of the parameter, anda second region depicting a graphical representation having a linear trace of one or more values of the representation of the parameter that expands along the axis to display a portion of the linear trace corresponding to the branch when the branch is expanded along the axis in the first region and collapses along the axis to hide the portion of the linear trace when the branch is collapsed along the axis in the first region, wherein the expanding and the collapsing of the branch in the first region causes the linear trace in the second region to expand and collapse in a corresponding extent, the first region and the second region being in a fixed relationship relative to one another, and wherein a selected value of the representation of the parameter from the linear trace corresponds to a selected location of the power distribution network, wherein the scale of the axis is the same with respect to the first region and the second region so that the selected location of the power distribution network in the tree branch representation is aligned with the corresponding selected value from a graphical representation of the parameter, and wherein a line perpendicular to the axis is graphically displayed from the selected location from the expandable tree branch structure to the corresponding selected value from the linear trace.