Patent ID: 8010336
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H02H,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for simulating the configuration of an electrical power network comprising: providing a computing device comprising a memory and a processor; providing data indicative of an electrical network topology to the memory, the data corresponding to: at least a first electrical power source; a second other electrical power source; and a plurality of electrical bridges, the data comprising at least a variable associated with each of the electrical bridges, each bridge of the plurality of electrical bridges supporting a first state and a second other state such that when a bridge is in the first state the bridge supports an electrically conductive path and when the bridge is in the second state the electrically conductive path is other than supported, each at least a variable capable of being set to indicate one of the first state and the second state for the electrical bridge associated with the at least a variable; using the processor, determining a number, N, of different virtual paths to be determined in dependence upon the data; using the processor, determining N different virtual paths; and, when N>1, determining at least a location for an electrical bridge in the second state; and, using the processor, setting a variable corresponding to an electrical bridge of the plurality of electrical bridges to indicate the second state for the electrical bridge in dependence upon the determined location for an electrical bridge in the second state.