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ExaGridPF: A Parallel Power Flow Solver for Transmission and Unbalanced Distribution Systems
This paper investigates parallelization strategies for solving power flow
problems in both transmission and unbalanced, three-phase distribution systems
by developing a scalable power flow solver, ExaGridPF, which is compatible with
existing high-performance computing platforms. Newton-Raphson (NR) and
Newton-Krylov (NK) algorithms have been implemented to verify the performance
improvement over both standard IEEE test cases and synthesized grid topologies.
For three-phase, unbalanced system, we adapt the current injection method (CIM)
to model the power flow and utilize SuperLU to parallelize the computing load
across multiple threads. The experimental results indicate that more than 5
times speedup ratio can be achieved for synthesized large-scale transmission
topologies, and significant efficiency improvements are observed over existing
methods for the distribution networks
Store-and-forward based methods for the signal control problem in large-scale congested urban road networks
The problem of designing network-wide traffic signal control strategies for large-scale congested urban road networks is considered. One known and two novel methodologies, all based on the store-and-forward modeling paradigm, are presented and compared. The known methodology is a linear multivariable feedback regulator derived through the formulation of a linear-quadratic optimal control problem. An alternative, novel methodology consists of an open-loop constrained quadratic optimal control problem, whose numerical solution is achieved via quadratic programming. Yet a different formulation leads to an open-loop constrained nonlinear optimal control problem, whose numerical solution is achieved by use of a feasible-direction algorithm. A preliminary simulation-based investigation of the signal control problem for a large-scale urban road network using these methodologies demonstrates the comparative efficiency and real-time feasibility of the developed signal control methods
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