Symbolic Reduction for High-Speed Power System Simulation

Abstract

High speed simulations of power transmission systems, which often rely on solving linear systems of equations, are an increasingly important tool for training, testing equipment, on-line control, and situational awareness. Such simulations, however, suffer from two major problems: 1) they can be too computationally demanding to simulate large, complex systems within appropriate time constraints, and 2) they are difficult to develop and debug. Prior work has shown how computer algebra systems and symbolic computation can be used to help reduce both problems. In this paper, we 1) review common concepts in power system simulations, 2) summarize prior use of symbolic computation in power system simulation, 3) explore the advantages and disadvantages achieved via symbolic techniques, 4) extend the techniques to solve linear systems via a priori symbolic LU decomposition, and 5) demonstrate the advantages of symbolic techniques on a transient event simulation of the IEEE 118-bus test system, which runs in one tenth the time of an equivalent traditional (sparse matrix) approach.

Department(s)

Computer Science

Second Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sponsor(s)

Lockheed Martin Corporation
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Sandia Laboratories
United States. Department of Energy

Keywords and Phrases

Automatic Programming; Nonlinear Differential Equations; Power System Transient Stability; Program Compilers; Real Time Systems; Symbol Manipulation

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0037-5497

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2007 Society for Modeling and Simulation International, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jun 2008

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