Patent ID: 8180622

Claim:
A system for real-time modeling of electrical system performance, comprising: a data acquisition component communicatively connected to one or more sensors configured to acquire real-time data output from one or more components of an electrical system, wherein the one or more components comprise at least one of a transformer, electrical line, reactor, capacitor, synchronous machine, induction machine, compensator, motor operated valve, turbine, fault isolation unit, and bus transfer unit; an analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, comprising, a virtual system modeling engine configured to generate predicted data output for the electrical system utilizing a first virtual system model of the electrical system, an analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, determine a difference between the real-time data output and the predicted data output, and, if the difference exceeds a first threshold but does not exceed a second threshold, initiate a calibration and synchronization operation to update the first virtual system model in real-time during normal operation of the electrical system to provide predicted data output that is consistent with the real-time data output, and a power system simulation engine configured to store and process patterns observed from the real-time data output and the predicted data output, the power system simulation engine further configured to operate in a scenario builder mode to facilitate modification of parameters on the first virtual system model to create a second virtual system model and to forecast an aspect of the electrical system operating under the modified parameters of the second virtual system model; and a client terminal communicatively connected to the power system simulation engine, the client terminal configured to allow a system administrator to modify the parameters of the first virtual system model when the power system simulation engine is operating in the scenario builder mode and display a report of the forecasted aspects.