Operator Training Simulator

Technical Report · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5754987

Waight, J; Nodehi, K; Rafian, M; Van Meeteren, H; Mokhtari, S ^[1]; Wasley, R ^[2]; Bose, A ^[3]; Stackfleth, E ^[4]

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1. Empros Systems International, Plymouth, MN (USA)
2. Macro Corp., Horsham, PA (USA)
3. Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (USA)
4. Hughes Training Systems, Arlington, TX (USA)

The objective of this project was to develop an advanced Operator Training Simulator (OTS) which is suitable for training power system control center operators in normal operations, emergency operations, and system restoration. This is the final report for the project. It includes a summary of the objectives of the project and describes a method which can be used to implement an OTS by extension of an existing Energy Management System. The capabilities of the OTS are described and instructional considerations are summarized. A summary is given of the implementation and demonstration of the OTS at Philadelphia Electric Company, the host utility for this project. An overview of the OTS documentation is provided. The purpose of the Heuristic Scenario Builder (HSB) is to permit the automatic building of training scenarios to be subsequently used by the Operator Training Simulator (OTS) during training sessions. The HSB builds and validates scenarios using information about the type of trainee, the complexity of the training exercise, the training goal, and the power system conditions prevailing during the training session. Knowledge about scenario creation is introduced in the form of rules. Thus the methodology used by the HSB falls within the realm of expert systems applications.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Empros Systems International, Plymouth, MN (USA); Macro Corp., Horsham, PA (USA); Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (USA); Hughes Training Systems, Arlington, TX (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5754987
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EL-7244-Vol.4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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