Especificação funcional de simulador para treinamento de operadores de centros de controle de geração e transmissão

Abstract

Generation and Transmission Operation Centers dispatchers are responsible for many complex and essential actions to the proper operation of electrical systems. To be fully prepared to perform these activities, they must be submitted to a rigorous and continuous training process that must involve different techniques and tools, which include Dispatcher Training Simulators. These applications are important because they allow the operators to interact with a virtual electrical system, learning its behavior and developing the capacityof foreseeing the consequences of their actions. In spite of these benefits, training simulators are few used in operation centers,mainly due to the lack of a functional specification that considers the operators needs and defines the required properties of the software. In order to contribute to change the presented situation, this work has the objective of proposing a Functional Specification that defines the basic requisites, under the users' point of view, so that the simulator can meet its goals. The strategy is applied to the Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (Minas Gerais Energy Company) operation center. The proposed specification is based on the study of the System Operation Centers dispatchers' duties, the examination of their training needs and theanalysis of similar software.