Design of cloud computing architecture for power system analysis

Cloud computing is a novel solution to deal with the problems of power system analysis raised by the expansion of power system and the interconnection among power grids. Introducing it to power system analysis, considering the development needs of computing resources and distributed applications, the possible applications of cloud computing in power system analysis are discussed, and the structure of power system analysis cloud platform is put forward. To validate the design, the Eucalyptus private cloud platform is established and the power system reliability assessment is deployed to the platform. Simulation results prove the feasibility and superiority of cloud computing in power system analysis.