Title :
GridSpice: A distributed simulation platform for the smart grid
Author :
Anderson, Kyle ; Du, Jinyang ; Narayan, Ananth ; El Gamal, Abbas
Abstract :
GridSpice is a simulation framework for the smart grid that integrates existing electric power point tools. The framework provides computational scale and modeling capability to represent diverse scenarios in large interconnected grid systems. Currently, GridSpice integrates a transmission and economic dispatch package based on MatPOWER and the distribution system simulator Gridlab-D. GridSpice provides computational scale by parallelizing large simulation jobs across many virtual machines using Amazon Web Services. GridSpice provides three primary mechanisms for setting up simulations: a Python library, a browser-based user interface, and a Representational State Transfer (REST) API, which allows users to interface with existing data management systems or post-processing tools. GridSpice is available in open-source under the BSD license.
Keywords :
Web services; application program interfaces; load dispatching; power distribution economics; power system interconnection; power system simulation; power transmission economics; public domain software; smart power grids; user interface management systems; virtual machines; API; Amazon Web service; BSD license; GridSpice simulation framework; Gridlab-D distribution system simulator platform; MatPOWER; Python library; REST; browser-based user interface; data management system; economic dispatch packaging; electric power point tool; large interconnected smart grid system; open-source; post-processing tool; representational state transfer; transmission dispatch packaging; virtual machine; Generators; Graphical user interfaces; Libraries; Load modeling; Power systems; Servers; Software; Electric Vehicles; Multiagent Systems; Power System Simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (MSCPES), 2013 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Berkeley, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1304-6
DOI :
10.1109/MSCPES.2013.6623311
