Harmonic frequency modeling data has direct influence over how harmonic distortions are simulated during a harmonics analysis. Examples of data that is included with the harmonic frequency modeling data include: IEEE 519 and/or Mil 1399 compliant system simulation data, generator/cable/motor skin effect data, transformer phase shifting data, generator impedance data, induction motor impedance data, etc.
Moving on to step 2004, a contingency event can be chosen out of a diverse list of contingency events to be evaluated. That is, the electrical system can be assessed for harmonic distortions under a number of different contingency event scenarios including but not limited to a singular event contingency or multiple event contingencies (that are simultaneous or sequenced in time). In one embodiment, the contingency events assessed are manually chosen by a system administrator in accordance with user requirements. In another embodiment, the contingency events assessed are automatically chosen in accordance with control logic that is dynamically adaptive to past observations of the electrical power system. That is the control logic “l(fā)earns” which contingency events to simulate based on past observations of the electrical power system operating under various conditions. Some examples of contingency events include but are not limited to additions (bringing online) and changes of equipment that effectuate a non-linear load on an electrical power system (e.g., as rectifiers, arc furnaces, AC/DC drives, variable frequency drives, diode-capacitor input power supplies, uninterruptible power supplies, etc.) or other equipment that draws power in short intermittent pulses from the electrical power system.