Interactive object-oriented simulation of interconnected power systems using SIMULINK

An object-oriented power system simulation environment is constructed using the SIMULINK dynamic system modeling software. The environment is well sui ted to educational purposes, because the user interface is interactive and intuitive with a graphical, object oriented model representation. For small system studies, a model is constructed in block diagram form with one bloc k for each system component, For large scale simulations, the dynamics of p ortions of the network can be combined into collective blocks, with paramet ers managed as data arrays accessed indirectly using string mnemonics. The advanced numerical capabilities built into SIMULINK provide an excellent si mulation engine far the nonlinear models. Off-line analysis is available th rough the extensive capabilities of the MATLAB environment.