Systems and methods to monitor the operation of a power generation system

A power generation system comprising:

• at least one electrical circuit;
• and
• a monitoring system coupled to said at least one electrical circuit, said monitoring system comprising:
• at least one sensor configured to detect at least one fault within the at least one electrical circuit;
• and
• a computing device coupled to said at least one sensor, said computing device comprising:
• an interface configured to receive a signal representative of the at least one fault;
• and
• a processor programmed to:
• generate a hierarchy of a plurality of potential fault locations;
• identify a location of the at least one fault by considering the hierarchy, wherein the most likely location for the at least one fault will be a first tier in the hierarchy, and wherein the least likely location for the at least one fault will be at least a second tier in the hierarchy;
• and
• determine at least one restoration solution plan to restore the at least one fault by considering a plurality of potential restoration solutions.

A method of monitoring the operation of a power generation system, said method comprising:

• detecting, via at least one sensor, at least one fault within the power generation system;
• transmitting a signal representative of the at least one fault to a computing device
• generating a hierarchy of a plurality of potential fault locations;
• identifying, via the computing device, a location of the at least one fault by considering the hierarchy, wherein the most likely location for the at least one fault will be a first tier in the hierarchy, and wherein the least likely location for the at least one fault will be at least a second tier in the hierarchy;
• and
• determining, via the computing device, at least one restoration solution plan to restore the at least one fault by considering a plurality of potential restoration solutions.