Modular Power System Schematic Layout With Automated Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity and resource intensity of designing decentralized renewable energy power systems are exacerbated by the lack of standardization and specialized expertise required, leading to time-consuming and costly design processes.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for dynamically generating power system structure representations using element icons and attribute tables, allowing for automated design and connection of physical elements like loads, generators, and storage devices, with the ability to update connections and calculate operational efficiency, including costs and system loads.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual design process is used for decentralized power systems, then design flexibility and customization are improved, but design time and resource consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The design process is segmented into modular steps: selecting from pre-defined element libraries, placing elements in standardized positions, automatically generating connection diagrams, and producing documentation. This segmentation allows designers to work with discrete, manageable components rather than designing entire systems from scratch, significantly reducing design time while maintaining flexibility through modular assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
Standardized element libraries, connection templates, and documentation structures are prepared in advance. Common power system components (generators, loads, transformers, protection devices) are pre-configured with standard parameters and connection patterns. This preliminary preparation eliminates repetitive manual work during the actual design process, reducing design time without sacrificing adaptability.
2Reliability
If specialized expertise is required for power system design, then design quality and reliability are improved, but design cost and accessibility worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates automated validation and configuration generation that performs quality checks and ensures compliance with electrical standards automatically. The software guides less experienced users through the design process with standardized templates and automatic error detection, enabling them to produce reliable designs without requiring deep specialized expertise, thus improving accessibility while maintaining design quality.
3Reliability
If comprehensive design documentation is generated, then system reliability and compliance are improved, but design complexity and resource requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple documentation generation tasks into a single automated process. Upon completion of the power system design, the software automatically generates connection diagrams, equipment lists, compliance documentation, and operational procedures in one integrated step. This eliminates the need for separate manual documentation processes, reducing design process complexity while ensuring comprehensive and compliant documentation is produced.
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AI summary
Various systems, methods, and computer program products are provided dynamically generating a power system structure representation. The method includes providing one or more element icons that is engageable to be added to a power system structure representation. The one or more element icons are each a representative of a physical element that can be used in the power system structure. The method also includes receiving an indication of a first element icon of the one or more element icons to be used in the power system structure. The method further includes assigning the first element icon to one of a plurality of element cells of the power system structure representation. The method also includes determining a cell action configured to indicate a relationship between the cell in which the first element icon is assigned and at least one other of the plurality of elements cells of the power system structure.