Patent Document ID: 8014992
Application ID: 11756176
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A Process for Electric Power System Training using an existing set of electric power system modeling algorithms comprising: Providing the electric power system operational data to be plugged into the electric power system modeling algorithms; Providing a graphical man-machine interface with the electric power system modeling algorithms; Initiating and ending a simulation session over a given time set for the session wherein the trainee objective is for an operator to minimize simulated total system costs for each session; continually changing specific parameters in the stimulation scenario as time progresses within the simulation session in response to preprogrammed commaned and operater interaction; storing a history of selected parameters over the course of the simulation session; identifying a satisfying target performance range for each selected parameter at each point in time throughout the session defining a baseline performance target data for each selected parameter; presenting session data in graphical form based on output from the electric power system modeling algorithms at the end of the simulation time; and providing numberical feedback to the operator by calculating a numberical grading of the session based upon a comparison of the actual simulation performance data for each selected parameter and the baseline performance target data at each point in time throughout the session.