Contingency Options: Distributed Computing

 

The Distributed Contingency Analysis tool is available as an add-on to the base Simulator package. Contact PowerWorld Corporation for more details.

These options are all available on the Contingency Analysis Dialog under the Contingency Options Tab under the Distributed Computing Grouping.

Distributed Computing is available for use with Contingency Analysis. In order to use distributed computing you must first configure a list of remote computers which can be utilized along with appropriate authentication information for those computers. The computer list and authentication information is common to all the distributed computing tools in Simulator and can be found in the Simulator Options Dialog, or reached with the Distributed Computing Options button. They are described in Distributed Computing Options.

The only two options specific to Contingency Analysis for Distributed Computing are as follows

Use Distributed Computing

Check this box to signify that when processing contingencies distributed computing should be used.

Number of Contingencies per Process

When distributed computing is used for contingency analysis, the entire list of contingencies to be solved will be split up into groups of contingencies. This setting specifies the number of contingencies to include in each group. During the distributed computing, Simulator will sent a group of contingencies to each computer available as specified in the Distributed Computing Options. As the remote computers complete a group, Simulator will send another grouping to that computer. This will continue until the contingency analysis results are completed.