Power system simulation developments at the University of Durham

Power system simulation covers an exceedingly wide range of phenomena. To cover this range of applications one needs not only different level of modelling for the multiplicity of system components but also a variety of solution algorithms if economic use is to be made of the available computing resources. Computing resources are, however, a rapidly changing area. The result of this rapid development is that if models are developed for particular processor architectures, the models will rapidly become out of date. The authors show how, to avoid this situation, a group at Durham University, UK, is focussing a major part of its effort on the implementation of a high level simulation language that is capable of targeting to a wide variety of architectures and can support the range of solution algorithms required for the diverse range of power system applications