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Title: Solver for hardware based computing

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1457708

Full-AC load flow constitutes a core computation in power system analysis. A performance gain with a hardware implementation of a sparse-linear solver using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is achieved by use of a DC network emulation of the power system bus. Analog Behavioral Models (ABMs) are used in an efficient strategy for designing analog emulation engines for large-scale power system computation. A generator model is also developed using analog circuits for load flow emulation for power system analysis to reduce computation time. The generator model includes reconfigurable parameters using operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs). The circuit module is used with other reconfigurable circuits, i.e., transmission lines and loads.

Research Organization:
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-03CH11171
Assignee:
Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Patent Number(s):
9,996,644
Application Number:
14/956,461
OSTI ID:
1457708
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Dec 02
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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