Software Architecture Considerations for Facilitating Electric Power System Planning Incorporating a Variety of Design Categories

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dc.contributor.authorWoyak, Jeremyen
dc.contributor.committeecochairRavindran, Binoyen
dc.contributor.committeecochairBroadwater, Robert P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCenteno, Virgilio A.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:32:36Zen
dc.date.adate2012-04-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:32:36Zen
dc.date.issued2012-03-01en
dc.date.rdate2012-04-10en
dc.date.sdate2012-03-12en
dc.description.abstractThis work investigates some of the features of existing software applications for electric power system planning as well as some of the limitations that keep these applications from being more frequently used in distribution planning. This work presents a software framework that could facilitate much greater use of a wide variety of planning applications. An integrated system model (ISM) provides a centralized approach to storing data for access by other planning applications. Additionally, an integrated performance simulator (IPS) facilitates comparing the design projects generated by those various planning applications across many criteria under various load growth scenarios. Furthermore, the IPS can automatically run any number of validation routines on a given design or set of designs, alerting the planning engineer of additional, unanticipated planning needs. This paper provides three case studies which demonstrate the kinds of detailed evaluation and visualization of trade-offs that an IPS could facilitate. The case studies further highlight the greater levels of detail that may be utilized by the ISM and IPS in analyzing any set of modular designs and load growth scenarios.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03122012-164653en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122012-164653/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31457en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartWoyak_JS_T_2012.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectsoftwareen
dc.subjectplanningen
dc.subjectelectric power systemen
dc.titleSoftware Architecture Considerations for Facilitating Electric Power System Planning Incorporating a Variety of Design Categoriesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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