National Grid chose OCC to develop and support "TRALC2", a desktop application which calculates the performance of National Grid's high voltage transformers as they are subjected to heavy electrical loads.
TRALC2 can be used to predict the performance of super grid transformers in the next hours or minutes and can be used months in advance to simulate the effects of planned maintenance. OCC delivered the first version of TRALC2 in 2000 and it is still being used, extended and supported.
TRALC2 is a Windows application accessing a shared database of transformer and load data and running on the corporate desktop environment. Lately the TRALC2 model was integrated into the national control room's Circuit Thermal Monitor
OCC has supplied software to National Grid for over 10 years. The Circuit Thermal Monitor calculates the capacity of critical components in the national network continuously, supporting staff in the National Control Centre.
