TY - JOUR
T1 - Computational Tools for Modeling and Analysis of Power Generation and Transmission Systems of the Smart Grid
AU - Mahmud, Khizir
AU - Sahoo, Animesh K.
AU - Fernandez, Edstan
AU - Sanjeevikumar, Padmanaban
AU - Holm-Nielsen, Jens Bo
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the Center for Bioenergy and Green Engineering, Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark, for partly supporting and funding the research activities.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2007-2012 IEEE.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - The traditional power generation and distribution systems will be supplanted by the Internet of Energy, which accelerates the necessity to know the appropriate computation tools to perform any research in this future smart grid arena. However, there is a plethora of computational tools in this area, which challenges the researchers to find an appropriate tool based on their research objectives. Therefore, this article presents a comprehensive study about existing simulation tools related to electrical power generation, transmission, distribution, and associated systems. It provides an overview of more than 150 simulation software in these areas. The tools are classified and discussed based on both traditional and CEN-CENELEC-ETSI smart-grid reference architecture. Typical applications, sources, availability, and strengths of each tool are listed. Each tool has its own strengths and limitations to perform a certain task, and necessary information are provided to help researchers to find an appropriate computational tool for their specific research goal.
AB - The traditional power generation and distribution systems will be supplanted by the Internet of Energy, which accelerates the necessity to know the appropriate computation tools to perform any research in this future smart grid arena. However, there is a plethora of computational tools in this area, which challenges the researchers to find an appropriate tool based on their research objectives. Therefore, this article presents a comprehensive study about existing simulation tools related to electrical power generation, transmission, distribution, and associated systems. It provides an overview of more than 150 simulation software in these areas. The tools are classified and discussed based on both traditional and CEN-CENELEC-ETSI smart-grid reference architecture. Typical applications, sources, availability, and strengths of each tool are listed. Each tool has its own strengths and limitations to perform a certain task, and necessary information are provided to help researchers to find an appropriate computational tool for their specific research goal.
KW - Computational tools
KW - generation-transmission systems
KW - modeling software
KW - simulation software
KW - smart grid
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U2 - 10.1109/JSYST.2020.2964436
DO - 10.1109/JSYST.2020.2964436
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85083015901
SN - 1932-8184
VL - 14
SP - 3641
EP - 3652
JO - IEEE Systems Journal
JF - IEEE Systems Journal
IS - 3
M1 - 8970595
ER -