System monitoring and control system, display method, and program

Abstract

To provide a system monitoring and control system that makes it easier for operators to remember which substation on the system diagram a searched electrical facility belongs to. [Solution] A power system monitoring and control system comprising a display unit that displays a system diagram of a power system including multiple substations, the display unit displays an area for inputting a search string together with the system diagram, and when the search string entered in the area is an equipment identification string that identifies electrical equipment, or part of an equipment identification string, the system monitors and controls the system by changing the display mode of the substations in the system diagram where the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed to a first display mode.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a system monitoring and control system, a display method, and a program.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, there is a plant monitoring system that combines an entire plant such as a power generation plant into one sheet and displays a system diagram with a variable screen scale on one screen. Patent Document 1 discloses a plant monitoring system that performs a search by specifying a number or a name, surrounds the obtained search target equipment with a broken line, and displays the periphery of the search target equipment in the system diagram.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] However, in the above-described plant monitoring system, when applied to a power system monitoring and control system including a plurality of substations where electrical equipment is installed respectively in order to display the periphery of the search target equipment, even if the periphery of the search target electrical equipment is displayed, it is difficult for the operator to remember which substation at which position on the system diagram the electrical equipment belongs. Therefore, there is a problem that the electrical equipment may be searched and displayed each time.

[0005] The present disclosure has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a system monitoring and control system, a display method, and a program that make it easy for an operator to remember which substation at which position on the system diagram the searched electrical equipment belongs.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] This disclosure is made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and one aspect of this disclosure is a power system monitoring and control system comprising a display unit for displaying a power system diagram including a plurality of substations, the display unit displays an area for inputting a string to be searched together with the system diagram, and when the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string that identifies electrical equipment, or part of the equipment identification string, the display mode of the substations among the plurality of substations in the system diagram where the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed is changed to a first display mode.

[0007] Another aspect of the present disclosure is the system monitoring and control system described above, wherein the display unit displays a detailed diagram including a plurality of electrical equipment installed in a substation where the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed, and in the detailed diagram, the display mode of the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is a second display mode different from the first display mode.

[0008] Another aspect of the present disclosure is the above-described system monitoring and control system, comprising: a storage unit that stores information including equipment identification strings for each of the plurality of electrical equipment in association with the substation where the electrical equipment is installed; and a search unit that searches the information for the search target string input into the area and identifies the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string.

[0009] Another aspect of the present disclosure is the system monitoring and control system described above, wherein the display unit changes the display mode of the power station identified by the power station identification string among the plurality of power stations in the system diagram to a second display mode different from the first display mode when the search target string entered in the area is a power station identification string that identifies a power station, or part of the power station identification string.

[0010] Another aspect of the present disclosure is a display method comprising the steps of: displaying a power system diagram including a plurality of substations; displaying an area for entering a string to be searched together with the system diagram; and, if the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string that identifies an electrical piece of equipment, or part of the equipment identification string, changing the display mode of the substations among the plurality of substations in the system diagram in which the electrical piece of equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed to a first display mode.

[0011] Another aspect of the present disclosure is a program for causing a computer to function as a display unit for displaying a power system diagram including multiple substations, wherein the display unit displays an area for inputting a string to be searched together with the system diagram, and when the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string for identifying electrical equipment, or part of the equipment identification string, the program changes the display mode of the substations in the system diagram where the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed among the multiple substations to a first display mode. [Effects of the Invention]

[0012] According to this disclosure, the system monitoring and control system, display method, and program make it easier for the operator to remember which substation on the system diagram the searched electrical equipment belongs to. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0013] [Figure 1] This is a schematic block diagram showing an outline of a power grid monitoring and control system 10 according to one embodiment of this disclosure. [Figure 2] This is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the power grid monitoring and control system 10 in the same embodiment. [Figure 3] This table shows an example of the contents of the electric plant file stored by the storage unit 11 in the same embodiment. [Figure 4] This table shows an example of the contents of the equipment file stored by the storage unit 11 in the same embodiment. [Figure 5] This is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the search unit 13 and the display unit 12 in the same embodiment. [Figure 6] This is a schematic diagram showing the first example of a system diagram, G1, in the same embodiment. [Figure 7] This is a schematic diagram showing a second example of the system diagram, G2, in the same embodiment. [Figure 8] A schematic diagram showing example G3 of the detailed view in the same embodiment. [Figure 9] This is an explanatory diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of each device according to the said embodiment. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0014] Embodiments of this disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an outline of a power system monitoring and control system 10 according to one embodiment of this disclosure. The power system monitoring and control system 10 (system monitoring and control system) is communicated via communication lines to a plurality of power plants, substations, switching stations, etc., which constitute the power system. The power system monitoring and control system 10 monitors the status of electrical equipment (e.g., transformers, switches, generators, disconnectors, busbars, etc.) installed in each power plant 20 via the communication lines and controls this electrical equipment. The power system monitoring and control system 10 is implemented by one or more computers reading and executing a program.

[0015] Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the power system monitoring and control system 10 in this embodiment. Figure 2 shows only the parts of the power system monitoring and control system 10 that are relevant to this disclosure, and the power system monitoring and control system 10 may have other components. As shown in Figure 2, the power system monitoring and control system 10 includes a storage unit 11, a display unit 12, and a search unit 13.

[0016] The storage unit 11 stores information regarding a plurality of electrical substations 20. Further, the storage unit 11 stores, as information regarding the electrical equipment installed in each of the plurality of electrical substations 20, information including the equipment identification string of each of the plurality of electrical equipment, in association with the electrical substation 20 in which the electrical equipment is installed. For example, the information regarding the plurality of electrical substations 20 may be stored in one file (electrical substation file), and the information regarding the electrical equipment may be stored in a file (equipment file) for each electrical substation 20. Note that the storage unit 11 is configured by a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk device, an SSD (Solid State Drive) device, a magneto-optical disk device, a flash memory, a storage medium that can only be read such as a CR-ROM, a volatile memory such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), or a combination thereof.

[0017] The display unit 12 causes a display means (not shown in FIG. 2) to display a system diagram of a power system including a plurality of electrical substations 20. The display means may be a display such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display included in the power system monitoring and control system 10. Further, the display unit 12 displays a region (search box) for inputting a search target string together with the system diagram. The input of the search target string may be performed by an operator of the power system monitoring and control system 10 using input means such as a keyboard or a mouse.

[0018] When the search target string input in the region is an equipment identification string for identifying electrical equipment or a part of the equipment identification string, the display unit 12 changes the display mode of the electrical substation 20 in which the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed, among the plurality of electrical substations 20 in the system diagram, to a first display mode. The equipment identification string is, for example, an electrical equipment name or an identification number of the electrical equipment. Note that the equipment identification string may be other information regarding the electrical equipment such as the type of the generator. Further, the first display mode is, for example, a green highlight display.

[0019] In addition, when the display unit 12 causes the display means to display a detailed diagram including a plurality of electrical facilities installed in the electrical station 20 specified by the operator from the system diagram using an input means such as a mouse, etc., in the same manner as the system diagram. When the one electrical station 20 is the electrical station 20 in which the electrical facility identified by the facility identification character string is installed, the display unit 12 sets the display mode of the electrical facility identified by the facility identification character string in the detailed diagram to a second display mode (for example, yellow highlight display) different from the first display mode.

[0020] Also, when the search target character string is an electrical station identification character string that identifies the electrical station 20 or a part of the electrical station identification character string, the display unit 12 changes the display mode of the electrical station 20 identified by the electrical station identification character string among the plurality of electrical stations 20 in the system diagram to the second display mode described above. Thus, the display unit 12 sets the electrical facility or electrical station 20 directly searched by the search target character string to the second display mode, and sets the electrical station 20 in which the searched electrical facility is installed to the first display mode. For this reason, when the display mode of the electrical station 20 becomes the first display mode, the operator of the power grid monitoring and control system 10 designates the electrical station 20 to display the detailed diagram. By performing such an operation, the operator remembers the electrical station 20 in which the searched electrical facility is installed and can thereafter operate without relying on search. In particular, when the operator is a newly assigned person or a person assigned from another place, by performing such an operation, the operator can operate without relying on search without receiving guidance from an experienced operator.

[0021] The search unit 13 searches the information stored in the storage unit 11 for the string to be searched, which is entered in the area for entering the string to be searched. As a result, if the string to be searched is an equipment identification string or part thereof, the search unit 13 identifies the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string, and further identifies the power station 20 where the electrical equipment is installed, which was associated with the information containing the equipment identification string. If the string to be searched is a power station identification string or part thereof, the search unit 13 identifies the electrical equipment identified by the power station identification string. Note that the electrical equipment and power stations identified by the search unit 13 may be multiple, or may include both electrical equipment and power stations. In that case, the display unit 12 may display multiple electrical equipment, multiple power stations, or both electrical equipment and power stations as either the first or second display mode.

[0022] Figure 3 is a table showing an example of the contents of the substation file stored by the storage unit 11 in this embodiment. In the example shown in Figure 3, the substation file stores information about substation 20, associating the substation number "N1", the substation name "XX Substation", the equipment number "NN1", and so on. Similarly, the substation file stores information about substation 20, associating the substation number "N1", the substation name "XX Substation", the equipment number "NN2", and so on. Furthermore, the substation file stores information about substation 20, associating the substation number "N2", the substation name "XX Substation", the equipment number "NN2", and so on. The substation number and substation name are examples of substation identification strings. The equipment number is a number that identifies the electrical equipment installed in the corresponding substation 20, and is part of the information about the electrical equipment.

[0023] Figure 4 is a table showing an example of the contents of an equipment file stored by the storage unit 11 in this embodiment. Figure 4 shows an example of information about electrical equipment stored in one of the equipment files. In this example, the equipment file stores information about electrical equipment, associating the equipment number "NN1", the equipment name "AA switch", and ... Similarly, the equipment file stores the equipment number "NN2", the equipment name "AB transformer", and ... The equipment number and equipment name are examples of equipment identification strings. Note that the equipment file may also contain information indicating which substation 20 the equipment file belongs to (substation name, substation number, etc.). In addition, if the electrical equipment is a generator, the equipment file may also contain information indicating the type of generator (pumped-storage hydroelectric power, thermal power, etc.).

[0024] Figure 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the search unit 13 and the display unit 12 in this embodiment. When the search button is clicked, the search function process of the search unit 13 is started (step Sb1). Once started, the search function process opens the management files (electric station file, equipment file) of equipment information stored in the storage unit 11 (step Sb2). Next, the search function process searches for the name (string to be searched) entered in the search box in the management file opened in step Sb2 (step Sb3). Next, the search function process saves the equipment information found through the search in step Sb3 (step Sb4). This equipment information includes the electric station name if it is found through the search, and the equipment name and the name of the electric station where the electrical equipment of that equipment name is installed if it is found through the search. The search function process sends an event to the screen display process of the display unit 12 with the equipment information found through the search. If no equipment information is found through the search, the search function process terminates (step Sb5).

[0025] The screen display process of the display unit 12 is activated by an event transmission from the search function process (step Sb6). When activated, the screen display process highlights the equipment information transmitted by the event and updates the system diagram screen (step Sb7). At this time, if the equipment information includes only the name of the power station, the power station name may be highlighted in yellow (second display mode), and if the equipment information includes both the power station name and the equipment name, the power station name may be highlighted in green (first display mode). If the display transitions within the system diagram screen which includes a detailed diagram, the screen display process repeats the operation of step Sb7, and if the display transitions to a screen other than the system diagram screen, the screen display process terminates the highlighting of the equipment information (step Sb8). If the detailed diagram includes the equipment name included in the equipment information, the equipment name may be highlighted in yellow (second display mode).

[0026] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing the first display example G1 of the system diagram in this embodiment. The first display example G1 is an example of the system diagram display when a power station name is found in the search results. The search box D1 contains the string "DDD" which is the search target. The shading of the power station name "DDD" for power station E1 indicates that it is highlighted in yellow (second display mode). The yellow highlighting of the power station name indicates that power station 20, which is the power station that was found in the search results, is power station E2.

[0027] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram showing a second display example G2 of the system diagram in this embodiment. The second display example G2 is an example of the system diagram display when an equipment name is found in the search. The search box D2 has the string "FFF" entered as the search target. The shading of the power station name "BBB" for power station E2 indicates that it is highlighted in green (first display mode). The green highlighting of the power station name indicates that the electrical equipment of the equipment name found in the search is installed in power station E2 and is included in the detailed diagram of power station E2.

[0028] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram showing example G3 of the detailed view in this embodiment. Example G3 is an example of the detailed view displayed by step Sb7 in Figure 5. The search box D3 contains the string "FFF" to be searched. The shading of the equipment name "FFF" for electrical equipment F3 indicates that it is highlighted in yellow (second display mode). The yellow highlighting of the equipment name indicates that the electrical equipment whose name was found in the search is electrical equipment F3.

[0029] Figure 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of each device according to this embodiment. Each device is a device that constitutes the power system monitoring and control system 10. Each device consists of an input / output module I, a memory module M, and a control module P. The input / output module I is implemented by including some or all of a communication module H11, a connection module H12, a pointing device H21, a keyboard H22, a display H23, buttons H3, a microphone H41, a speaker H42, a camera H51, or a sensor H52. The memory module M is implemented by including a drive H7. The memory module M may further consist of some or all of a memory H8. The control module P is implemented by including a memory H8 and a processor H9. These hardware components are connected to each other via a bus so as to be able to communicate with each other, and are powered by a power supply H6.

[0030] The connection module H12 is a digital input / output port such as USB (Universal Serial Bus). The pointing device H21, keyboard H22, and display H23 may be touch panels. The sensor H52 is an accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS receiver module, proximity sensor, etc. The power supply H6 is a power supply unit that supplies the electricity necessary to operate each device. The power supply H6 may be a battery. The drive H7 is an auxiliary storage medium such as a hard disk drive or solid state drive. The drive H7 may be a non-volatile memory such as EEPROM or flash memory, or a magneto-optical disk drive or flexible disk drive. Furthermore, the drive H7 is not limited to one built into each device, for example, but may also be an external storage device connected to the connector of the connection module H12. The memory H8 is a main memory medium such as random access memory. Note that the memory H8 may be cache memory. The memory H8 stores instructions when they are executed by one or more processors H9. The processor H9 is the CPU (Central Processing Unit). The processor H9 may be an MPU (microprocessing unit) or a GPU (graphics processing unit). The processor H9 reads programs and various data from drive H7 via memory H8 and performs calculations to execute instructions stored in one or more memory H8s.

[0031] Input / output module I is used in devices that constitute the power system monitoring and control system 10. Control module P is used for the implementation of each part of the devices that constitute the power system monitoring and control system 10. In this specification, the descriptions of display unit 12 and search unit 13 may be replaced with the description of control module P.

[0032] In the embodiments described above, a green highlight display was given as an example of the first display mode, and a yellow highlight display as an example of the second display mode. However, other display modes such as blink display and inverted display may also be used.

[0033] This disclosure may also be in the following embodiments. (1) One embodiment of the present disclosure is a power system monitoring and control system comprising a display unit for displaying a power system diagram including a plurality of substations, wherein the display unit displays an area for inputting a string to be searched together with the system diagram, and when the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string for identifying electrical equipment, or a part of the equipment identification string, the display mode of the substations among the plurality of substations in the system diagram in which the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed is changed to a first display mode.

[0034] (2) Another embodiment of the present disclosure is the system monitoring and control system described in (1), wherein the display unit displays a detailed diagram including a plurality of electrical equipment installed in a substation where the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed, and in the detailed diagram, the display mode of the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is a second display mode different from the first display mode.

[0035] (3) Another embodiment of the present disclosure is a system monitoring and control system as described in (1) or (2), comprising: a storage unit that stores information including an equipment identification string for each of the plurality of electrical equipment in association with the substation where the electrical equipment is installed; and a search unit that searches the information for the search target string input into the area and identifies the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string.

[0036] (4) Another embodiment of the present disclosure is a system monitoring and control system according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the display unit changes the display mode of the substation identified by the substation identification string among the plurality of substations in the system diagram to a second display mode different from the first display mode when the search target string entered in the area is a substation identification string that identifies a substation, or part of the substation identification string.

[0037] (5) Another embodiment of the present disclosure is a display method comprising the steps of: displaying a power system diagram including a plurality of substations; displaying an area for entering a string to be searched together with the system diagram; and, if the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string that identifies an electrical piece of equipment, or part of the equipment identification string, changing the display mode of the substations among the plurality of substations in the system diagram in which the electrical piece of equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed to the first display mode.

[0038] (5) Another embodiment of the present disclosure is a program for causing a computer to function as a display unit for displaying a power system diagram including a plurality of substations, wherein the display unit displays an area for inputting a string to be searched together with the system diagram, and when the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string for identifying electrical equipment, or part of the equipment identification string, the program changes the display mode of the substations among the plurality of substations in the system diagram in which the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed to a first display mode.

[0039] Alternatively, the functions of the storage unit 11, display unit 12, and search unit 13 in Figure 3 may be realized by recording a program for realizing these functions on a computer-readable recording medium, loading the program recorded on this recording medium into a computer system, and executing it. The term "computer system" here includes hardware such as the operating system and peripheral devices.

[0040] Furthermore, "computer system" shall also include the homepage provisioning environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is being used. Furthermore, "computer-readable recording media" refers to portable media such as flexible disks, magneto-optical disks, ROMs, and CD-ROMs, as well as storage devices such as hard disks built into computer systems. Moreover, "computer-readable recording media" also includes those that dynamically hold programs for a short period of time, such as communication lines used when transmitting programs over networks such as the Internet or communication lines such as telephone lines, and those that hold programs for a certain period of time, such as volatile memory inside computer systems that act as servers or clients in such cases. In addition, the above-mentioned programs may be for the purpose of realizing some of the functions described above, and may also be able to realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with programs already recorded in the computer system.

[0041] While embodiments of this disclosure have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments and may include design changes and the like that do not depart from the gist of this disclosure. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0042] 10 Power System Monitoring and Control System 11 Storage section 12 Display section 13 Search Section 20 Electric Power Plants

Claims

1. A display unit that shows a power system diagram including multiple substations. Equipped with, The aforementioned display unit is The area for entering the string to be searched is displayed along with the aforementioned system diagram. If the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string that identifies electrical equipment, or part of the equipment identification string, the display mode of the substation where the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed among the multiple substations in the system diagram is changed to the first display mode. System monitoring and control system.

2. The aforementioned display unit is A detailed diagram is displayed showing multiple electrical facilities installed in a substation where the electrical equipment identified by the aforementioned equipment identification string is installed. In the detailed drawing, the display mode of the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is set to a second display mode that is different from the first display mode. The system monitoring and control system according to claim 1.

3. A storage unit that stores information including the equipment identification string for each of the aforementioned plurality of electrical equipment, associated with the electric station where the electrical equipment is installed, A search unit that searches the information for the string to be searched entered in the area and identifies the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string. The system monitoring and control system according to claim 2, comprising:

4. The display unit, when the string to be searched entered in the area is an electric station identification string that identifies an electric station, or part of the electric station identification string, changes the display mode of the electric station identified by the electric station identification string among the multiple electric stations in the system diagram to a second display mode different from the first display mode. The system monitoring and control system according to claim 1.

5. The steps include displaying a system diagram of a power grid that includes multiple substations, The steps include displaying an area for entering the string to be searched, along with the system diagram, If the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string that identifies electrical equipment, or part of the equipment identification string, the step of changing the display mode of the power station where the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed among the multiple power stations in the system diagram to a first display mode. A method for displaying with thumbnails.

6. Computers, A display unit that shows a power system diagram including multiple substations. It is a program designed to function as such. The aforementioned display unit is The area for entering the string to be searched is displayed along with the aforementioned system diagram. If the string to be searched entered in the area is an equipment identification string that identifies electrical equipment, or part of the equipment identification string, the display mode of the substation where the electrical equipment identified by the equipment identification string is installed among the multiple substations in the system diagram is changed to the first display mode. program.

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