A single-line diagram shows the GIST 2217-Bus Test System, an open simulation model of South Korea’s national power grid. Courtesy of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
June 19 (Asia Today) -- South Korean researchers have developed an open simulation model that digitally reproduces the structure of the country's power grid, allowing researchers to study the domestic electricity system without using classified infrastructure data.
The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology said Friday that its Power Grid Research Center developed the GIST 2217-Bus Test System using only publicly available maps and electricity statistics.
A bus is a connection point within a power system where electricity is generated, transmitted or distributed.
The institute said the model could improve South Korea's power grid research environment, which has largely depended on foreign test systems developed around electricity networks with different geographical and operational characteristics.
