“network-infrastructure” refers to any infrastructure based on engineered
networks. For example, power grids, gas transportation networks, district
heating networks, etc.
Recommended reading materials:
- Werner, S. (2013). District heating and cooling. Studentlitteratur, Sweden.
- Pambour, K. A., Bolado-Lavin, R., & Dijkema, G. P. (2016). An integrated
transient model for simulating the operation of natural gas transport
systems. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 28, 672-690.
- Milano, F. (2010). Power system modelling and scripting. Springer Science &
Business Media.
A data structure to store, modify, query temporal evolutions and subgraphs of
some graph is proposed in this post, in order to handle issues discussed in the
previous post, relational database not for power
grids. There are more benefits.
After my 5-month part-time job at Utiligize, I begin to understand the problems
in incumbent open-sourced tools for power system analysis.
A power grid with multiple voltage levels can be modelled using a multilayer
network. A graph in each layer represents all the cables at the same voltage
level. A directed bipartite for a pair of adjacent layers consists of
transformers connecting two voltage levels.