PowerCube-a software package for solving load flow problems

Author

Ni, L.M. ; Salam, F.M.A. ; Tzen, T.H. ; Sun, X. ; Guo, S.

Author_Institution

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

14-16 Aug 1989

Firstpage

1

Abstract

PowerCube is a homotopy-based parallel program package for computing all the solutions of the load flow equations of power systems. This package adapts the most rigorous mathematical techniques for tracing homotopy curves, checks for the possibility of curve-merging, and selects a convenient dynamic time-step to execute its computation. It also uses a minimal number of homotopy curves, based on a deficient system, for the load flow of power systems. The package runs on a 64-node Ncube multicomputer, and can be easily ported to other message-passing multicomputers. It is user friendly and the authors believe that it will be valuable for solving load flow problems

Keywords

load flow; parallel algorithms; power system analysis computing; software packages; 64-node Ncube multicomputer; PowerCube; convenient dynamic time-step; curve-merging; homotopy-based parallel program package; load flow; message-passing multicomputers; power systems; software package; Computer science; Equations; Load flow; Packaging; Polynomials; Power system dynamics; Power systems; Software packages; Sun; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1989., Proceedings of the 32nd Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Champaign, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1989.101781

Filename

101781