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Visualization Techniques in Smart Grid

¹ Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kejang, Malaysia.
² Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kejang, Malaysia.
³ Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kejang, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kejang, Malaysia.
⁵ Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kejang, Malaysia.

Smart Grid and Renewable Energy·Volume 03 (2012)·Pages 175–185·Published 31 August 2012·DOI10.4236/sgre.2012.33025

Abstract

Visualization is an established methodology in scientific computing. It has been used in many fields because of its strong capability in large data management and information display. However, its applications in power systems, especially in Smart Grid are still in infancy stage. Besides, while there were a lot of researches working on visualizing data in transmission power system, the study on displaying distribution power system data was limited. Therefore, in this paper, author proposed some techniques to visualize the Smart Grid data at distribution. They are classified in three categories, which are low dimensional techniques, multivariate high dimensional techniques and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques.

KeywordsSmart GridVisualization TechniquesGoogle EarthGISQGISAMISCADASpatialTemporalAnimation

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