Title :
Parallel Power Grid Simulation on Platforms with Multi Core Processors
Author :
Voronov, Vasiliy Yu ; Popova, Nina N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Math. & Cybern., Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
This article discusses performance issues of parallel power grid simulation on multi core platform. Power grid model is proposed, problem of numerical simulation is described. Scalable simulation approach is based on using threaded linear solvers from Intel MKL package for subsequent sparse linear problem solution.
Keywords :
microprocessor chips; power grids; power system simulation; Intel MKL package; linear solvers; multicore processors; parallel power grid simulation; scalable simulation; sparse linear problem solution; Capacitors; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Grid computing; Inductance; Numerical simulation; Packaging; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power grids; modified nodal analysis; multi core platform; power distribution grid; sparse linear system of equations;
Conference_Titel :
Computing, Engineering and Information, 2009. ICC '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fullerton, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3538-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2009.49