Real time network simulation with PC-cluster

Author

Hollman, Jorge Ariel ; Martí, José Ramón

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

18

Issue

2

fYear

2003

fDate

5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

563

Lastpage

569

Abstract

This paper presents a new architecture layout for a real-time power system simulator based on a distributed cluster of IBM PC-compatible desktop computers. A real-time network simulator based on a PC cluster can successfully cope with the size requirements of growing power systems and the computational demands of fast transient studies. A powerful product has been developed using off-the-shelf Pentium II 400-MHz workstations with a commercial real-time operating system, standard input/output (I/O) interfaces, and a multimachine networking scheme. Models based on the standard tool for power systems transients simulations, the Electromagnetic Transients Programs (EMTP) program, optimized for real-time performance ensure accurate simulation results.

Keywords

power system simulation; real-time systems; workstation clusters; EMTP; Electromagnetic Transients Programs; IBM PC-compatible desktop computers; OVNI; PC-cluster; Pentium II workstations; architecture layout; distributed cluster; multimachine networking scheme; power system simulator; power systems; real-time operating system; real-time power system simulator; standard input/output interfaces; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer simulation; Distributed computing; EMTP; Industrial power systems; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Power system transients; Real time systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2002.804917

Filename

1198287