Alexander J. Flueck
Assistant Professor
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- 3301 South Dearborn Street
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- Chicago, IL 60616-3793
- USA
- Telephone: 312-567-3625
- Fax: 312-567-8976
- Email address: flueck@iit.edu
- URL: http://www.ece.iit.edu/~flueck/
Key words:
Available transfer capability,
Computational techniques and Simulation,
Security assessment,
Stability,
Voltage stability
Unlisted key words:
Cluster computing,
On-line security assessment,
Parallel programming,
Real-time power system control
Research description:
Dr. Flueck's research group focuses on the dual problems of large-scale electric
power system stability and security. The laboratory facilities include a
GNU/Linux compute cluster for simulation of large-scale power system
dynamics. The group develops sophisticated computational algorithms for:
- Transfer capability studies of 50,000 bus, and larger, power systems,
- Fast and accurate contingency screening with respect to voltage collapse,
- Parallel simulation of power system dynamics via message-passing techniques on distributed-memory compute clusters.
The group's research involves many aspects of scientific computing, primarily
in the analysis of large-scale nonlinear dynamical systems. The Eastern
Interconnection of the North American Electric Reliability Council
(NERC) is the primary testbed for the group's novel computational tools.
Laboratory facilities:
Dr. Flueck's research group uses a 32 processor GNU/Linux computing
cluster to develop high performance power system analysis tools. In
addition, the Center for Electric Power and Power Electronics at IIT
has state-of-the-art laboratories for power electronics and power
system design, simulation and visualization.
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