Interactive computation in power system analysis

• Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 1009 - 1018
• Main Authors: Undrill, J.M., DeMello, F.P., Kostyniak, T.E., Mills, R.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.1974
• Subjects: Computer displays; Data flow computing; High performance computing; Performance analysis; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power system analysis computing; Power system dynamics; Power system simulation; Time sharing computer systems
• ISSN: 0018-9219
• DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1974.9552

The analysis of power system performance has always been enhanced by close interaction between engineer and computation, and recent developments in high-speed displays, minicomputer capacity, and computational technology are encouraging major revisions of computing practices for power system analysis. A comprehensive power system analysis package, PSS/2, is described which has been developed specifically for use with dedicated computers. This dedicated computer approach allows load flow, short-circuit, and dynamic simulation work, data base maintenance, and printed report preparation to be handled in the interactive mode at lower cost than could be possible by alternative batch or time-shared computing methods. The subjects covered are data organization, computational techniques, user interface, and operational experience.