Applications of grid computing in power systems
Mohsin Ali, Zhao Yang Dong, Xue Li, Peiming Zhang · 2005
Grid computing is an infrastructure that involves the integrated and collaborative use of computers, networks, databases and scientific instruments owned and managed by multiple organizations [1]. Currently, Grid computing is effectively used in scientific research, oil and gas fields, banking and education. It has provided significant contribution in these areas. In this paper, we introduce the fundamentals and applications of Grid computing in order to provide more open access and more efficient & effective computing services to meet the increasing needs of the power industry, especially in the context of a competitive electricity market. Power system applications developed on the Grid computing can provide real time information for the whole system. Grid computing can provide services in power generation, transmission distribution and in its marketing [2]. It can also provide efficient and effective services in the power system monitoring, scheduling, fault detection, transmission congestion management, planning, and electricity market analysis such as forecasting. In this paper, we will give detailed analysis of Grid computing in the context of power system applications. We will also investigate the existing Grid computing and similar computing applications in practice, and propose a general framework of Grid computing in power systems application approach. 1