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General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Shriram Srinivasan , Kaarthik Sundar

Many power system operation and planning problems use the DC power flow approximation to address computational challenges from the nonlinearity of the AC power flow equations. The DC power flow simplifies the AC power flow equations to a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-13 Babak Taheri , Daniel K. Molzahn

Convex relaxations and approximations of the optimal power flow (OPF) problem have gained significant research and industrial interest for planning and operations in electric power networks. One approach for reducing their solve times is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Shourya Bose , Kejun Chen , Yu Zhang

Existing algorithms to solve alternating-current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) often exploit linear approximations to simplify system models and accelerate computations. In this paper, we improve a recent hierarchical OPF algorithm, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-09 Heng Liang , Xinyang Zhou , Changhong Zhao

Variations of loading level and changes in system topological property may cause the operating point of an electric power systems to move gradually towards the verge of its transmission capability, which can lead to catastrophic outcomes…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-04-19 Bai Cui , Xu Andy Sun

We consider a class of optimal power flow (OPF) applications where some loads offer a modulation service in exchange for an activation fee. These applications can be modeled as multi-period formulations of the OPF with discrete variables…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-07 Quentin Gemine , Damien Ernst , Quentin Louveaux , Bertrand Cornélusse

We consider a robust optimization problem in an electric power system under uncertain demand and availability of renewable energy resources. Solving the deterministic alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem has been…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-16 Chaithanya Bandi , Krishnamurthy Dvijotham , David Morton , Haoxiang Yang

The optimal power flow (OPF) problem is one of the most important optimization problems for the operation of the power grid. It calculates the optimum scheduling of the committed generation units. In this paper, we develop a neural network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-31 Wenqian Dong , Zhen Xie , Gokcen Kestor , Dong Li

In recent years, several applications have been proposed in the context of distribution networks. Many of these can be formulated as an optimal power flow problem, a mathematical optimization program which includes a model of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-23 Sander Claeys , Frederik Geth , Geert Deconinck

With the proliferation of distributed generation into distribution networks, the need to consider fault currents in the dispatch problem becomes increasingly relevant. This paper introduces a method for adding fault current constraints into…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-31 Jose E. Tabarez , Arthur K. Barnes , Adam Mate , Russell W. Bent

This paper formulates an inverse power flow problem which is to infer a nodal admittance matrix (hence the network structure of a power system) from voltage and current phasors measured at a number of buses. We show that the admittance…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-18 Ye Yuan , Steven Low , Omid Ardakanian , Claire Tomlin

Understanding the feasible power flow region is of central importance to power system analysis. In this paper, we propose a geometric view of the power system loadability problem. By using rectangular coordinates for complex voltages, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-31 Y. Weng , R. Rajagopal , B. Zhang

With increasing smart grid direct current (DC) deployments in distribution feeders, microgrids, buildings, and high-voltage transmission, there is a need for better understanding the landscape of power flow (PF) solutions as well as for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Sina Taheri , Vassilis Kekatos

AC-OPF (Alternative Current Optimal Power Flow)aims at minimizing the operating costs of a power gridunder physical constraints on voltages and power injections.Its mathematical formulation results in a nonconvex polynomial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-31 Adrien Le Franc , Victor Magron , Jean-Bernard Lasserre , Manuel Ruiz , Patrick Panciatici

In complex power systems, nonlinear load flow equations have multiple solutions. Under typical load conditions only one solution is stable and corresponds to a normal operating point, whereas the second solution is not stable and is never…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-04-29 Hung D. Nguyen , Konstantin S. Turitsyn

We suggest a global perspective on dynamic network flow problems that takes advantage of the similarities to port-Hamiltonian dynamics. Dynamic minimum cost flow problems are formulated as open-loop optimal control problems for general…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Onur Tanil Doganay , Kathrin Klamroth , Bruno Lang , Michael Stiglmayr , Claudia Totzeck

The DC Optimal Power Flow (DC-OPF) problem is fundamental to power system operations, requiring rapid solutions for real-time grid management. While traditional optimization solvers provide optimal solutions, their computational cost…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Kshitiz Khanal

The existence of strictly positive lower bounds on voltage magnitude is taken for granted in optimal power flow problems. Nevertheless, it is not possible to rely on such bounds for a variety of real-world network optimization problems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-24 Frederik Geth

Optimal power flow (OPF) is a critical optimization problem that allocates power to the generators in order to satisfy the demand at a minimum cost. Solving this problem exactly is computationally infeasible in the general case. In this…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-18 Damian Owerko , Fernando Gama , Alejandro Ribeiro

Cascading failures in power systems normally occur as a result of initial disturbance or faults on electrical elements, closely followed by errors of human operators. It remains a great challenge to systematically trace the source of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-16 Chao Zhai , Hehong Zhang , Gaoxi Xiao , Tso-Chien Pan