Patent ID: 7729808

Claim:
A system for making real-time predictions about an arc flash event on an electrical system, comprising: a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; 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 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, the analytics engine further configured to initiate a calibration and synchronization operation to update the virtual system model when a difference between the real-time data output and the predicted data output exceeds a threshold, a decision engine configured to compare the real-time data output against the predicted data output to filter out and interpret indicia of electrical system health and performance; and an arc flash simulation engine configured to utilize the virtual system model to forecast an aspect of the arc flash event; and a client terminal communicatively connected to the analytics server and configured to communicate the forecasted aspect.