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Full-AC load flow constitutes a core computation in power system analysis. The present invention provides a performance gain with a hardware implementation of a sparse-linear solver using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The invention also relates to the design, simulation, and hardware verification of a static transmission line model for analog power flow computation. Operational transconductance amplifiers are employed in the model based on a previously proposed DC emulation technique of power flow computation, and provide reconfigurability of transmission line parameters via transconductance gain. The invention also uses Analog Behavioral Models (ABMs) in an efficient strategy for designing analog emulation engines for large-scale power system computation. Results of PSpice simulations of these emulation circuits are compared with industrial grade numerical simulations for validation. The application is also concerned with the development of a generator model using analog circuits for load flow emulation for power system analysis to reduce computation time. The generator model includes reconfigurable parameters using operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs). The circuit module is used with other reconfigurable circuits, i.e., transmission lines and loads.
IP STATUS
Intellectual Property and Development Status
United States Patent Pending- 14/956,461
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Commercialization Opportunities
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Contact Information
Robert B. McGrath, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Vice Provost
Office of Technology Commercialization
Drexel University
3180 Chestnut Street, Ste. 104
The Left Bank
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-895-0303
Email: RBM26@Drexel.edu