Prototyping of a distributed JAVA based client/server architecture for e-assessment of power equipments loading capability

This paper proposes the development of a JAVA® based client/server architecture for transmission networks capability analyses. The architecture employs a network of distributed units remotely controlled by advanced TCP/IP based communication services to assess dynamically the components thermal state, a Data Base Management System to periodically adjourn the network loadability data, and a mathematical solution engine to support post processing activities as network security analysis or Optimal Power Flow studies. Dynamic load capability is assessed by innovative grey-box identification techniques that integrate physical knowledge modelling (a.k.a. white-box) with machine learning techniques (a.k.a. black-box). Experimental results shown the effectiveness of the proposed methodologies.