公开(公告)号：US20040267513A1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-30

申请号：US10640634

申请日：2003-08-14

Applicant: ABB Technology AG

Inventor： Dirk Westermann ,  Antonio Carvalho ,  Paula Rios ,  Marta Lacorte ,  Mohamed Rahmani ,  Peter Bosshart

IPC: G06F017/50

CPC classification number: G06F17/50 ,  G06F2217/78 ,  H02J3/00 ,  H02J2003/007 ,  Y02E60/76 ,  Y04S40/22

Abstract: A design for a high or medium voltage power transmission network is created automatically. The network comprises a plurality of subsystems that are classifiable as switchgear, transformers, transmission lines, or network controllers such as compensators, where each subsystem comprises a plurality of components, where components exist in different embodiments having different technical and economical characteristics, and where the design comprises, for each subsystem, a selection of components such that the subsystem satisfies given technical and financial criteria. The following steps are performed: a) inputting a set of solution alternatives characterizing the network, b) determining for each solution alternative at least one set of solution constraints for each subsystem, c) automatically determining, for each subsystem and for each of the at least one sets of solution constraints, a cost-optimal subsystem that satisfies the solution constraints, and determining subsystem performance data that characterizes the cost-optimal subsystem, d) combining, for each solution alternative, the performance data of the corresponding cost-optimal subsystems and determining performance data of the solution alternative.