Distributed Test Method Applicable to System-Level Test of Intelligent High Voltage Equipment

Abstract
A distributed test method applicable to a system-level test of intelligent high voltage equipment. The method includes: firstly, carrying out unified modeling on test equipment behaviors according to test requirements, and generating a general test case for ensuring accuracy and coordination of test behaviors and test time sequences under various work conditions; then, extracting, according to a feature element of role defining, sequence states of same roles from the general test case, and recombining the sequence states according to an execution sequence so as to form test sub-cases of the roles; finally, executing, by each piece of test equipment, corresponding test sub-cases to achieve cooperative linkage by means of information interaction, so as to accomplish entire process simulation of the test conditions.
Description

The present patent application claims the priority of Chinese patent application No. 201510608274.3, entitled “Distributed test method applicable to system-level test of intelligent high voltage equipment” submitted on Sep. 22, 2015, by Applicants XJ GROUP CORPORATION, et al. The whole text of the present application is incorporated by reference in the present application.


TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a distributed test method applicable to a system-level test of intelligent high voltage equipment, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent substation systems.


BACKGROUND

Intelligence of high voltage equipment is one of important items about intelligent power grid construction, and entire-life-cycle management of the high voltage equipment and optimized running of the power grid are achieved by means of functions such as state sensing, risk assessment, intelligent control and optimized regulation of the high voltage equipment. In order to ensure reliable running of intelligent high voltage equipment, it is necessary to carry out various tests on basic functions, performance indexes and the like at the stage of product design, delivery inspection or field installation. Because a system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment covers a plurality of pieces of equipment including a sensor layer, a spacer layer and a station control layer and integral function of the above pieces of equipment based on network interaction and mutual cooperation, this test is complex, and highly requires relevant work conditions and time sequences. At present, in actual engineering, due to limits of field conditions, only a single equipment-level test is carried out, continuous work condition simulation required by the system-level test is accomplished by manual cooperation, and system performances are manually evaluated. Therefore, the problems of high requirement on staffs, high time consumption, test incompleteness, low test efficiency and the like have been exposed.


SUMMARY

The present disclosure aims to provide a distributed test method applicable to a system-level test of intelligent high voltage equipment, to solve the problems of difficult operation and low efficiency during debugging test of intelligent high voltage equipment at present.


To solve the above technical problem, the present disclosure provides a distributed test method applicable to a system-level test of intelligent high voltage equipment. The test method includes the following steps:


1) carrying out unified modeling on test equipment behaviors according to test requirements, and generating a general test case;


2) extracting basic elements associated with sequence states of same roles in the general test case, and recombining the basic elements according to an execution sequence so as to form test sub-cases of the roles;


3) executing, by each piece of test equipment, corresponding test sub-cases after a test is started, and achieving cooperative linkage by means of information interaction, so as to accomplish an entire process of test conditions.


The general test case in Step 1) globally carries out systematic description and normalized expression on behaviors and time sequences required by system work conditions, corresponding action subjects being determined in different processes of the general test case.


The unified modeling refers to systematically ensuring accuracy and coordination of test behaviors and test time sequences under various work conditions, and the basic elements contained in an established model include state time sequences, test work conditions, equipment behavior associations, sequence conversion modes and role definitions.


The roles refer to the action subjects in different processes of the general test case, namely the test equipment.


When each piece of test equipment executes the corresponding test sub-cases, an analog quantity or a switch quantity is correspondingly output according to a pre-set time sequence so as to achieve simulation of high voltage equipment work conditions and test equipment environments.


When each piece of test equipment executes the corresponding test sub-cases, output information about tested equipment and interaction information about other testers are collected in real time, and execution of the next work condition or skipping of relevant work conditions in a test sequence is carried out according to the interaction information.


The test method further includes: collecting, analyzing and evaluating, by each piece of test equipment, action feedback and data information in a test process, so as to automatically accomplish function verification and performance detection of the tested equipment.


The present disclosure has the beneficial effects as follows. In the present disclosure, firstly, unified modeling is carried out on test equipment behaviors according to test requirements, and a general test case is generated for ensuring accuracy and coordination of test behaviors and test time sequences under various work conditions; then, according to a characteristic element of role definition, for each of same roles in the general test case, sequence states of the same role are extracted from the general test case, and are recombined according to an execution sequence so as to form test sub-case of the role; finally, each piece of test equipment executes corresponding test sub-case to achieve cooperative linkage by means of information interaction, so as to accomplish entire process simulation of the test conditions. The present disclosure is simple to achieve and reliable, can automatically meet system-level test requirements of intelligent high voltage equipment, is good in openness, and can improve the efficiency and accuracy of a complex system-level test; meantime, representative test cases established in the above process can be solidified, such that the reusability and the flexibility are improved, and a popularization and application prospect is wide.





BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS


FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a test system for intelligent high voltage equipment in the present disclosure;



FIG. 2 is a diagram of a unified model for test cases in an embodiment of the present disclosure;



FIG. 3 is a diagram of test execution work conditions in an embodiment of the present disclosure.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The specific implementation of the present disclosure will be further illustrated below in conjunction with the drawings.


To overcome the defects of a system test on intelligent high voltage equipment in current engineering application, the present disclosure provides a distributed test method applicable to a system-level test of intelligent high voltage equipment. The method includes: firstly, carrying out unified modeling on test equipment behaviors according to test requirements, and generating a general test case for ensuring accuracy and coordination of test behaviors and test time sequences under various work conditions; then, for each of same roles in the general test case, extracting, according to a characteristic element of role definition, sequence states of the same role from the general test case, and recombining the sequence states according to an execution sequence so as to form a test sub-case of the role; finally, executing, by each piece of test equipment, a respective test sub-case to achieve cooperative linkage by means of information interaction, so as to accomplish entire process simulation of the test work conditions. The method includes the specific implementation steps as follows.


1. Analysis of Test System and Test Work Condition


In this step, by analyzing a test system and test work conditions, main tasks and basic task elements of each piece of equipment in the system are determined according to a system architecture of a test environment and test requirements. Without loss of generality, the present embodiment provides an illustration of a test system architecture of intelligent high voltage equipment. As shown in FIG. 1, according to basic application requirements of actual engineering, the system is composed of three layers, namely an uppermost layer, a middle layer and a lower layer, the uppermost layer being composed of station end simulation equipment (a background system of a station control layer of a simulation substation), a time hack device and a test control device, the middle layer being spacer layer equipment including an intelligent control component and an intelligent monitoring component, the lower layer being an intelligent high voltage equipment tester configured to simulate interfaces of various sensors installed on high voltage equipment. In an environment shown in FIG. 1, the intelligent control component and the intelligent monitoring component serving as core parts of the intelligent high voltage equipment are tested equipment, and the station end simulation equipment and the intelligent high voltage equipment tester are main test equipment, wherein a station end unit plays a role of a station end background in a test process, and is configured to receive and collect various pieces of information of subordinate equipment, so as to visualize equipment running and control states; meanwhile, the station end unit serves as a station end manual control platform, so as to issue a control command for switching operation or on-load voltage regulation and to feed back an execution process; also meanwhile, the station end unit plays a role of a judge in the test process, and evaluates the performances of the tested equipment by comparing system action feedbacks and achieving test expectations. The intelligent high voltage equipment tester plays roles of high voltage equipment and a judge, and is configured to dynamically simulate running work conditions and operation work conditions of the high voltage equipment and collect various pieces of information about the tested equipment, so as to check the accuracy of action behaviors thereof. The time hack device and the test control device are auxiliary test equipment, which provides a stable time hack data source and transfers information.


2. Unified Modeling on Test Cases to Generate General Test Case


Unified modeling is carried out on test equipment behaviors according to test requirements, the test requirements are refined, test tasks are decomposed, and a general test case is generated. The general test case mainly refers to globally carrying out systematic description and normalized expression on behaviors and time sequences required by system work conditions, and it is necessary to determine corresponding action subjects in different processes of the general test case. That is, test roles are allocated for relevant testers to be played, basic elements such as a time sequence for describing a certain work condition and test work conditions are organized so as to form sequence state pages, and all sequence state pages are arranged and organized according to an execution sequence so as to form a general test case base. As shown in FIG. 2, a unified model for the test cases is provided. The model contains the basic elements such as time sequences of states, test work conditions, equipment behavior associations, sequence conversion modes and role definitions. The present embodiment provides an on-load voltage regulation system-level general test case, as shown in Table 1.









TABLE 1







On-load voltage regulation system-level general test case
















Sequence



Serial
Work condition
Transmitting
Receiving
conversion
Role


number
description
equipment
equipment
mode
illustration





1
Enter initial test
Station end
Intelligent
Trigger mode:
Station end



state, and station end
simulation
high voltage
informing relevant
simulation



sends on-load voltage
equipment
equipment
equipment, such as
equipment



regulation control

tester
intelligent high
starts test



command


voltage equipment







tester, in system







of entering







pre-test work







conditions



2
Simulate signals such
Intelligent
Intelligent
Delay mode:
Intelligent high



as current voltage
high voltage
terminal
remaining time
voltage equipment



switch quantity in
equipment

for 10 s
tester simulates



running state of
tester


pre-test running



primary equipment



work conditions



as pre-test conditions



of primary







equipment



Collect
Intelligent
Test control

Tested



primary
terminal
device

equipment



equipment



intelligent



running state



terminal



information



collects primary







equipment







running







information



Upload primary
Test control
Station end

Station end



equipment
device
simulation

simulation



running state

equipment

equipment



information



acquires primary







equipment







running state







information


3
Station end sends
Station end
Test control
Trigger mode:
Station end



on-load voltage
simulation
device
starting
simulation



regulation
equipment

immediately
equipment



control


while
starts test



command


sequence







2 is up



4
Test control device
Test control
Intelligent
Trigger mode:
Issue test



receives on-load
device
terminal
receiving
control device



voltage regulation


on-load
information



control command


voltage




sent by station end


regulation




and then issues


control




same to intelligent


command




terminal


sent by







station end



5
Control output
Intelligent
Intelligent
Trigger mode:
Intelligent



of intelligent
control
high voltage
receiving
terminal



control
component
equipment
on-load
sends



component

tester
voltage
on-load






regulation
voltage






control
regulation






command
command






sent by test
(output)






control







device



6
Simulate feedback
Intelligent
Intelligent
Trigger mode:
Intelligent



quantity of high
terminal
high voltage
receiving
high voltage



voltage equipment

equipment
on-load
equipment



in regulation

tester
voltage
tester simulates



process after


regulation
feedback



collecting input


control
quantity of



information sent


command
high voltage



by intelligent


sent by
equipment in



terminal


intelligent
regulation






terminal
process, and







evaluates







whether action







behaviors







and time of







intelligent







terminal meet







expectations


7
Read control
Intelligent
Intelligent
Delay mode:
Intelligent



result feedback
high voltage
control
time lasts
terminal collects



information
equipment
component
for 10 s
state of regulated




tester


high voltage







equipment



Upload control
Intelligent
Test control

Information



result feedback
control
device

reaction



information
component






Upload control
Test control
Station end

Information



result feedback
device
simulation

reaction



information

equipment





Evaluate this test
Station end
Test

Station end



situation, and
simulation
evaluation

simulation



record test
equipment
file

equipment



result



evaluates







whether action







behaviors and







time of







intelligent







terminal meet







expectations


8
End test
Station end
Intelligent
Trigger mode:
Station end




simulation
high voltage
informing
simulation




equipment
equipment
relevant
equipment





tester and
equipment,
ends test, and





the like
such as
records report;






intelligent
intelligent






high voltage
high voltage






equipment
equipment






tester, in
tester stops






system of
output






ending test









3. Generation of Test Sub-Cases


According to a basic element of role definition, for each of same roles in the general test case, sequence states of the same role are extracted from the general test case, and the sequence states are recombined in sequence so as to form a test sub-case of the role. Each piece of test equipment corresponds to a role, so test sub-case (as shown in FIG. 2) corresponding to each piece of test equipment can be generated based on roles in the general test case. The test sub-cases carry out normalized description on a test state execution sequence, work condition descriptions, a sequence conversion method, sequence behaviors and role annotations of tester equipment, and can be installed in a distributed manner. According to an on-load voltage regulation system general test case shown in Table 1, implementation examples of a test sub-case of the station end simulation equipment and a test sub-case of the intelligent high voltage equipment tester can be extracted, as shown in Table 2 and Table 3. The test sub-cases are specific test steps executed by a tester, and file formats thereof shall meet running requirements of the tester equipment, may be a TZT format or a BAT format, and can be directly loaded by test equipment and called during test.









TABLE 2







Test sub-case of station end simulation equipment













Sequence




Serial
Work condition
conversion




number
description
mode
Sequence behavior
Role annotation





1
Test preparation
Trigger
Inform, by means
Station end



state
mode:
of message,
simulation




manual start
relevant equipment,
equipment




or sequence
such as intelligent
starts test




packet calling
high voltage





start
equipment tester, in






system of entering






pre-test work






conditions



2
Pre-operation
Delay mode:
Enter operation
Station end



state of high
time lasts for
pre-test state, and
simulation



voltage
10 s
acquire state
equipment



equipment

information
acquires operation





about high
pre-test state





voltage
information about





equipment
high voltage






equipment


3
Station end sends
Trigger mode:
Send on-load
Station end



on-load voltage
start test
voltage regulation
simulation



regulation control
immediately
command to spacer
equipment outputs



command
when delayed
layer
on-load voltage




time (10 s) of

regulation command




sequence 2 is up




4
Read back state of
Delay mode:
Acquire state of
Station end



high voltage
time lasts for 10 s
high voltage
simulation



equipment, and

equipment, and
equipment reads



check whether

check whether
back state of high



operation succeeds

operation succeeds;
voltage equipment,





evaluate whether
and checks whether





action behaviors
operation succeeds



Evaluate this

and time of
Station end



test situation,

intelligent terminal
simulation



and record

meet expectations;
equipment evaluates



test result

generate test
whether action





evaluation file
behaviors






and time of






intelligent






terminal meet






expectations


5
End test
Trigger mode:
Save test
Station end




enter this state
evaluation file
simulation




immediately

equipment




when delayed

ends this test




time (10 s) of






sequence 4 is up
















TABLE 3







Test sub-case of intelligent high voltage equipment tester













Sequence




Serial
Work condition
conversion
Sequence



number
description
mode
behavior
Role annotation





1
Test waiting state
Trigger mode:
Wait for beginning
Intelligent high




entering next state
of system test
voltage equipment




after receiving

tester waits for test




test starting

starting message of




message sent by

station end unit




station end






simulation






equipment




2
Running state
Delay mode: time
Output signals such
Intelligent high



of primary
lasts for 10 s
as current voltage
voltage equipment



equipment before
Trigger mode:
switch quantity
tester simulates



on-load voltage
entering next state
during normal
running work



regulation
immediately after
running of primary
conditions of



operation
receiving voltage
equipment to
primary equipment




regulation contact
simulate before
state before on-load




signal sent by
on-load voltage
voltage regulation




intelligent
regulation




Monitor on-load
terminal
Monitor on-load
Intelligent high



voltage regulation
equipment
voltage regulation
voltage equipment



process

command sent by
tester monitors





test control device
on-load voltage





on network
regulation






command sent by






test control device






on network





Monitor voltage
Intelligent high





regulation action
voltage equipment





signal sent by
tester monitors





intelligent terminal
on-load voltage





equipment
regulation






command sent by






intelligent terminal






on network


3
Change running
Delay mode: time
Change running
Intelligent high



state of primary
lasts for 10 s
state of primary
voltage equipment



equipment

equipment
tester changes



according to

according to
running state of



on-load voltage

on-load voltage
primary equipment



regulation

regulation
according to



command

command. Evaluate
on-load voltage





whether action
regulation





command
command



Evaluate this test

behaviors and
Intelligent high



situation, and

time of
voltage equipment



record test result

intelligent
tester evaluates





terminal meet
whether action





expectations;
behaviors and time





generate test
of intelligent





evaluation file
terminal meet






expectations


4
End test
Trigger mode:
Save test
Intelligent high




entering this state
evaluation file and
voltage equipment




immediately
stop test output
tester ends this test




when delayed






time (10 s) of






sequence 3 is up









4. Test Execution


After a test is started, each piece of tester equipment executes its respective test sub-case. When each piece of test equipment executes the test case, on one hand, an analog quantity or a switch quantity is correspondingly output according to a pre-set time sequence so as to achieve simulation of high voltage equipment work conditions and test equipment environments, and on the other hand, interaction information about tested equipment and interaction information about other testers are collected in real time, and execution of the next work condition or skipping to a relevant work condition in a test sequence is carried out according to the interaction information. Entire process simulation of the test work conditions is accomplished by means of real-time information interaction and cooperative linkage between the test equipment and the tested equipment or other pieces of test equipment.



FIG. 3 shows a test process of an on-load voltage regulation system in the present embodiment. (1), Station end simulation equipment sends an on-load voltage regulation control command to a test control device; (2), the test control device issues the on-load voltage regulation control command to an intelligent control component (such as an intelligent terminal); (3), (4) and (6), the intelligent control component acquires a current running state of high voltage equipment (simulated by an intelligent high voltage equipment tester); (5), the intelligent control component sends an on-load voltage regulation command to the high voltage equipment, and the high voltage equipment changes the running state according to a control requirement; (3), (4) and (6), the intelligent control component acquires a running state of the action-regulated high voltage equipment (simulated by an intelligent high voltage equipment tester); (7), the intelligent control component transmits the running state of the action-regulated high voltage equipment to the test control device; (8), the test control device transmits the running state of the action-regulated high voltage equipment to the station end simulation equipment, so as to form a complete regulation process.


The present disclosure can perform test result evaluation in the whole test process, each piece of test equipment analyzes and checks action feedback situations and data information in the test process, all pieces of test equipment co-accomplish function verification and performance detection of tested equipment, and after test evaluation is accomplished, this test is ended.


The present disclosure is described above in conjunction with examples in the drawings. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the above specific implementation. Many forms can be also made without departing from the scope protected by the purposes and claims of the present disclosure. These forms fall within the protective scope of the present disclosure.

Claims
  • 1. A distributed test method applicable to a system-level test of intelligent high voltage equipment, comprising: 1) carrying out unified modeling on test equipment behaviors according to test requirements, and generating a general test case;2) for each of same roles in the general test case, extracting basic elements associated with sequence states of the same role, and recombining the basic elements according to an execution sequence so as to form a test sub-case of the role;3) upon starting of the test, executing, by each piece of test equipment, a respective test sub-case, and achieving cooperative linkage by means of information interaction, so as to automatically accomplish an overall process of test work conditions.
  • 2. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 1, wherein the general test case in Step 1) globally carries out systematic description and normalized expression on behaviors and time sequences required by the system work conditions, and wherein during each of different processes of the general test case, a corresponding action subject is determined.
  • 3. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 2, wherein the unified modeling systematically ensures accuracy and coordination of test behaviors and test time sequences under various work conditions, and the basic elements contained in an established model comprise time sequences of states, test work conditions, equipment behavior associations, sequence conversion modes and role definitions.
  • 4. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 3, wherein the roles are the action subjects in the different processes of the general test case, namely the test equipment.
  • 5. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 4, wherein when each piece of test equipment executes the corresponding test sub-case, an analog quantity or a switch quantity is correspondingly output according to a pre-set time sequence so as to achieve simulation of high voltage equipment work conditions and test equipment environments.
  • 6. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 5, wherein when each piece of test equipment executes the corresponding test sub-case, output information about tested equipment and interaction information about other testers are collected in real time, and execution of a next work condition or skipping to a relevant work condition in a test sequence is carried out according to the interaction information.
  • 7. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 1, further comprising: collecting, analyzing and evaluating, by each piece of test equipment, action feedback and data information during the test, so as to automatically accomplish function verification and performance detection of the tested equipment.
  • 8. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 2, further comprising: collecting, analyzing and evaluating, by each piece of test equipment, action feedback and data information during the test, so as to automatically accomplish function verification and performance detection of the tested equipment.
  • 9. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 3, further comprising: collecting, analyzing and evaluating, by each piece of test equipment, action feedback and data information during the test, so as to automatically accomplish function verification and performance detection of the tested equipment.
  • 10. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 4, further comprising: collecting, analyzing and evaluating, by each piece of test equipment, action feedback and data information during the test, so as to automatically accomplish function verification and performance detection of the tested equipment.
  • 11. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 5, further comprising: collecting, analyzing and evaluating, by each piece of test equipment, action feedback and data information during the test, so as to automatically accomplish function verification and performance detection of the tested equipment.
  • 12. The distributed test method applicable to the system-level test of the intelligent high voltage equipment of claim 6, further comprising: collecting, analyzing and evaluating, by each piece of test equipment, action feedback and data information during the test, so as to automatically accomplish function verification and performance detection of the tested equipment.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
201510608274.3 Sep 2015 CN national