Visualizing Electrical Power Systems as Flow Fields

Molnar, Samantha; Gruchalla, Kenny

Visualizing Electrical Power Systems as Flow Fields

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2018

Authors

Molnar, Samantha
Gruchalla, Kenny

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

We describe a method for visualizing data flows on large networks. We transform data flow on fixed networks into a vector field, which can be directly visualized using scientific flow visualization techniques. We evaluated the method on power flowing through two transmission power networks: a small, regional, IEEE test system (RTS-96) and a large national-scale system (the Eastern Interconnection). For the larger and more complex transmission system, the method illustrates features of the power flow that are not accessible when visualizing the power transmission with traditional network visualization techniques.

        @inproceedings{10.2312:envirvis.20181139
,
booktitle = {Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis)
},
editor = {Karsten Rink and Dirk Zeckzer and Roxana Bujack and Stefan Jänicke
},
title = {{Visualizing Electrical Power Systems as Flow Fields
}},
author = {Molnar, Samantha and 
Gruchalla, Kenny
},
year = {2018
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-063-5
},
DOI = {10.2312/envirvis.20181139
}
}