Transforming Power Grid Operations via High Performance Computing

Conference · Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PES.2008.4596063· OSTI ID:963219

Huang, Zhenyu; Nieplocha, Jarek

Past power grid blackout events revealed the adequacy of grid operations in responding to adverse situations partially due to low computational efficiency in grid operation functions. High performance computing (HPC) provides a promising solution to this problem. HPC applications in power grid computation also become necessary to take advantage of parallel computing platforms as the computer industry is undergoing a significant change from the traditional single-processor environment to an era for multi-processor computing platforms. HPC applications to power grid operations are multi-fold. HPC can improve today’s grid operation functions like state estimation and contingency analysis and reduce the solution time from minutes to seconds, comparable to SCADA measurement cycles. HPC also enables the integration of dynamic analysis into real-time grid operations. Dynamic state estimation, look-ahead dynamic simulation and real-time dynamic contingency analysis can be implemented and would be three key dynamic functions in future control centers. HPC applications call for better decision support tools, which also need HPC support to handle large volume of data and large number of cases. Given the complexity of the grid and the sheer number of possible configurations, HPC is considered to be an indispensible element in the next generation control centers.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 963219
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-58906; 21091; TRN: US200917%%199
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2008 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
EFFICIENCY
OUTAGES
PERFORMANCE
POWER TRANSMISSION
POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
OPERATION
High Performance Computing
Parallel Computing
Power Grid Operations
State Estimation
Contingency Analysis
Dynamic Simulation
Control Centers
Power System Blackouts
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory