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GPU-based Batch LU-Factorization Solver for Concurrent Analysis of Massive Power Flows
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Gan Zhou
  • Rui Bo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Lungsheng Chien
  • Xu Zhang
  • Fei Shi
  • Chunlei Xu
  • Yanjun Feng
Abstract

In many power system applications, such as N-x static security analysis and Monte-Carlo-simulation-based probabilistic power flow (PF) analysis, it is a very time-consuming task to analyze massive number of PFs on identical or similar network topology. This letter presents a novel GPU-accelerated batch LU-factorization solver that achieves higher level of parallelism and better memory-access efficiency through packaging massive number of LU-factorization tasks to formulate a new larger-scale problem. The proposed solver can achieve up to 76 times speedup when compared to KLU library and lays a critical foundation for massive-PFs-solving applications.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
  • Computer Graphics,
  • Computer Graphics Equipment,
  • Electric Load Flow,
  • Electric Power Systems,
  • Factorization,
  • Intelligent Systems,
  • Monte Carlo Methods,
  • Parallel Processing Systems,
  • Program Processors,
  • Degree of Parallelism,
  • LU Factorization,
  • Network Topology,
  • Power Flows,
  • Power System Applications,
  • Probabilistic Power Flow,
  • Static Security Analysis,
  • Time-Consuming Tasks,
  • Graphics Processing Unit,
  • Graphics Processing Unit (GPU),
  • Parallel Computing,
  • Power Flow
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
11-1-2017
Publication Date
01 Nov 2017
Citation Information
Gan Zhou, Rui Bo, Lungsheng Chien, Xu Zhang, et al.. "GPU-based Batch LU-Factorization Solver for Concurrent Analysis of Massive Power Flows" IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol. 32 Iss. 6 (2017) p. 4975 - 4977 ISSN: 0885-8950,15580679
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rui-bo/33/