TY - GEN
T1 - Designing power system simulators for the smart grid
T2 - 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting: The Electrification of Transportation and the Grid of the Future
AU - Nutaro, James
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Open source software has a leading role in research on simulation technology for electrical power systems. Research simulators demonstrate new features for which there is nascent but growing demand not yet provided for by commercial simulators. Of particular interest is the inclusion of models of software-intensive and communication-intensive controls in simulations of power system transients. This paper describes two features of the ORNL power system simulator that help it meet this need. First is its use of discrete event simulation for all aspects of the model: control, communication, and electro-mechanical dynamics. Second is an interoperability interface that enables the ORNL power system simulator to be integrated with existing, discrete event simulators of digital communication systems. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of how these aspects of the ORNL power system simulator might be inserted into production-grade simulation tools.
AB - Open source software has a leading role in research on simulation technology for electrical power systems. Research simulators demonstrate new features for which there is nascent but growing demand not yet provided for by commercial simulators. Of particular interest is the inclusion of models of software-intensive and communication-intensive controls in simulations of power system transients. This paper describes two features of the ORNL power system simulator that help it meet this need. First is its use of discrete event simulation for all aspects of the model: control, communication, and electro-mechanical dynamics. Second is an interoperability interface that enables the ORNL power system simulator to be integrated with existing, discrete event simulators of digital communication systems. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of how these aspects of the ORNL power system simulator might be inserted into production-grade simulation tools.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82855164216&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PES.2011.6039456
DO - 10.1109/PES.2011.6039456
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:82855164216
SN - 9781457710018
T3 - IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting
BT - 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting
Y2 - 24 July 2011 through 28 July 2011
ER -