Power Flow and Other Applications
Power Flow is tightly integrated into the following applications that typical OMS installations use:
Viewer
Power Flow results for any device can be observed by clicking on the device and bringing up the Device Details Balloon. If cyclical solutions are available the results are displayed immediately. If an on-demand solution is required, a small delay will occur whilst the analysis is completed.
Once the network under observation has a power flow solution various features in the viewer enable. In particular conductor "glow" will give a visual heat map of problematic areas.
If the "Show Flow Direction" option is enabled, arrows appear on the conductors to indicate the flow direction of real power.
Additionally, the view can be changed to show Currents, Voltages and Loading. In these modes the conductor coloring indicates the load or current flow as a percentage of rating or level of deviation from nominal voltage.