Human factor aspects of power system flow animation

Douglas A. Wiegmann; Gavin R. Essenberg; Thomas J. Overbye; Yan Sun

doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2005.851967

Human factor aspects of power system flow animation

Douglas A. Wiegmann, Gavin R. Essenberg, Thomas J. Overbye, Yan Sun

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This paper presents experimental results associated with human factor aspects of using animation to display electric power system flow information, including transmission line megawatt flow and power transfer distribution factor (PTDF) values. The paper's results are based on two experiments performed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign using electric power system students. The results indicate that animated motion of power system flows can be used successfully in displays to improve both the speed and accuracy of certain tasks. This effect was most apparent on displays showing PTDFs. However, the results also show that motion may not provide a clear advantage in the visualization of transmission line flows for uncomplicated analysis tasks.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1233-1240
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2005.851967
State	Published - Aug 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Animation
Human factors
Power system operations and planning
Power system visualization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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