MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL-ENERGY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

Abstract

A method for monitoring an electrical-energy transmission system having a plurality of system components. Each of the system components includes a sensor unit, which captures measurement data regarding at least one operating parameter of the system component, and a communication interface, which transmits the measurement data and component information regarding the system component. The measurement data and component information regarding a system component are transferred into a data cloud by way of the communication interface of the system component. A graphical user interface is configured to visualize information regarding the electrical-energy transmission system. The information is generated from the measurement data and component information transferred into the data cloud. A user profile defining the information displayed to the user is created for a user of the graphical user interface.

Claims

1-14. (canceled)

15. A method of monitoring an electrical energy transmission system having multiple system components, each system component having a sensor unit configured to acquire measured data regarding at least one operating parameter of the system component and a communication interface configured to transmit the measured data and component information regarding the system component, the method comprising: transmitting the measured data and component information regarding the system component to a data cloud via the communication interface of the system component; and providing a graphical user interface configured to visualize information about the electrical energy transmission system that is generated from the measured data and the component information transmitted to the data cloud; and creating a user profile for a user of the graphical user interface that defines respective information to be displayed to the user.

16. The method according to claim 15, which comprises storing the user profile of the user and, when the graphical user interface is called by the user, displaying the information defined by the user profile to the user.

17. The method according to claim 15, which comprises enabling the user profile to be changed by the user.

18. The method according to claim 15, which comprises providing the graphical user interface with checkboxes for a selection of information and creating the user profile based on a marking of respective checkboxes by the user.

19. The method according to claim 18, which comprises enabling the user profile to be changed by accepting marked checkboxes to be changed by the user.

20. The method according to claim 18, which comprises providing the graphical user interface with a plurality of filter levels that build logically on one another and are interlinked and have checkboxes, and wherein a marking of a combination of checkboxes of a filter level determines the checkboxes, displayed by the graphical user interface, of a filter level that follows the given filter level.

21. The method according to claim 20, which comprises providing checkboxes of a first filter level enabling a selection of a respective group of system components.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein at least one group of system components comprises system components with an identical function.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein at least one group of system components comprises given system components that are arranged at a location of the electrical energy transmission system that is assigned to the given system components or in a spatial region of the electrical energy transmission system that is assigned to the given system components.

24. The method according to claim 21, which comprises providing checkboxes of a second filter level enabling a selection of subgroups of the respective group of system components that are selected using the checkboxes of the first filter level.

25. The method according to claim 24, which comprises providing checkboxes of a third filter level enabling a selection of individual system components.

26. The method according to claim 25, which comprises providing checkboxes of a fourth filter level enabling a selection of information regarding system components that is displayed by the graphical user interface.

27. The method according to claim 15, which comprises providing the graphical user interface by application software for terminals.

28. A computer program, comprising computer-executable code with commands that, when the computer program is executed on a terminal, prompt the terminal to execute a graphical user interface pertaining to measured data of a component in an electrical energy transmission system, the graphical user interface being configured to visualize information about the electrical energy transmission system that is generated from the measured data and information regarding the component, and wherein a user profile for a user of the graphical user interface defines respective information to be displayed to the user.

Description

[0018] The above-described properties, features and advantages of this invention and the way in which these are achieved will become clearer and more clearly comprehensible in connection with the following description of exemplary embodiments, which are explained in more detail in connection with the drawings, in which:

[0019] FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an electrical energy transmission system, of a data cloud and of a mobile terminal,

[0020] FIG. 2 schematically shows checkboxes of different filter levels, displayed by a graphical user interface.

[0021] FIG. 1 (FIG. 1) shows a block diagram of an electrical energy transmission system 1, of a data cloud 3 and of a terminal 5.

[0022] The electrical energy transmission system 1 comprises a multiplicity of system components 7, 8, each of which has a sensor unit 9, 10 that is configured to acquire measured data regarding at least one operating parameter of the system component 7, 8 and a communication interface 11, 12 that is configured to transmit the measured data and component information regarding the system component 7, 8 to the data cloud 3. FIG. 1 shows only two system components 7, 8 by way of example.

[0023] A system component 7, 8 is for example a transformer, a feedthrough, a measuring transducer (current or voltage converter), a coil, a power switch, a surge arrester or a circuit breaker, for example in switchgear.

[0024] The sensor unit 9, 10 of a system component 7, 8 acquires, as measured data, for example a temperature of the system component 7, 8, a pressure in the system component 7, 8, a current strength of an electric current flowing in the system component 7, 8 and/or a voltage present at or in the system component 7, 8.

[0025] An identifier (for example data representing a sequence of numbers, letters and/or special characters) assigned to a system component 7, 8 and/or a type of the system component 7, 8 or data representing at least one property of the system component 7, 8 are transmitted to the data cloud 3 by the communication interface 11, 12 of the system component 7, 8 as component information regarding the system component 7, 8, for example. The communication interface 11, 12 of a system component 7, 8 is for example configured to transmit the measured data from the sensor unit 9, 10 of the system component 7, 8 and/or the component information regarding the system component 7, 8 to the data cloud 3 wirelessly (for example using radio waves).

[0026] The data cloud 3 is for example implemented on the Internet or an intranet.

[0027] The terminal 5 is for example a cell phone (smartphone) or a computer, in particular a portable computer (tablet, notebook, laptop). The mobile terminal 5 is configured to communicate with the data cloud 3, for example wirelessly (for example using radio waves) and to retrieve data from the data cloud 3.

[0028] According to the invention, provision is made for a graphical user interface 13 that is configured to visualize information about the electrical energy transmission system 1 that is generated from the measured data and component information transmitted to the data cloud 3. By way of example, the graphical user interface 13 is provided by application software that is executed on the terminal 5.

[0029] A user profile is created for a user of the graphical user interface 13 and defines the information that is displayed to the user. By way of example, the graphical user interface 13 has checkboxes 15 for selecting information and the user profile of the user is created on the basis of checkboxes 15 marked by the user. The user profile of the user is stored and, when the graphical user interface 13 is called by the user, the information defined by the user's user profile is displayed to the user. The user profile may be changed by the user, for example by the user changing the marked checkboxes 15.

[0030] The graphical user interface 13 has a plurality of filter levels 17 to 20 that build logically on one another and are interlinked and have checkboxes 15, such that marking of a combination of checkboxes 15 of a filter level 17 to 20 determines the checkboxes 15, displayed by the graphical user interface 13, of a filter level 17 to 20 that follows this filter level 17 to 20.

[0031] FIG. 2 (FIG. 2) schematically shows one exemplary embodiment of checkboxes 15, displayed by the graphical user interface 13, of different filter levels 17 to 20 of the user interface 13. The arrows in FIG. 2 indicate a logic link between the filter levels 17 to 20.

[0032] By way of example, the checkboxes 15 of a first filter level 17 may be used to select a respective group of system components 7, 8. For example, at least one such group comprises system components 7, 8 having an identical function, for example transformers, power switches or circuit breakers. Furthermore, at least one group may for example comprise system components 7, 8 that are arranged at a location of the electrical energy transmission system 1 that is assigned to these system components 7, 8 or in a spatial region of the electrical energy transmission system 1 that is assigned to these system components 7, 8.

[0033] The checkboxes 15 of a second filter level 18 may be used for example to select subgroups of groups of system components 7, 8 that are able to be selected using the checkboxes 15 of the first filter level 17.

[0034] The checkboxes 15 of a third filter level 19 may be used for example to select individual system components 7, 8.

[0035] The checkboxes 15 of a fourth filter level 20 may be used for example to select information regarding system components 7, 8 that is displayed by the graphical user interface 13, for example a temperature of a system component 7, 8, a pressure in a system component 7, 8, a current strength of an electric current flowing in a system component 7, 8 and/or a voltage present at or in a system component 7, 8.

[0036] Although the invention has been described and illustrated in more detail through preferred exemplary embodiments, the invention is not restricted by the disclosed examples and other variations may be derived therefrom by a person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of protection of the invention.