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Solving the Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow (AC OPF) problem to global optimality remains challenging due to its nonconvex quadratic constraints. In this paper, we present a unified framework that combines static piecewise…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Yu-Yang Tang , Liang Chen , Sheng-Jie Chen , Yu-Hong Dai , Bo Zhou , Xiaomeng Ai

The optimal power flow (OPF) problem seeks to control power generation/demand to optimize certain objectives such as minimizing the generation cost or power loss in the network. It is becoming increasingly important for distribution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-02 Lingwen Gan , Na Li , Ufuk Topcu , Steven H. Low

We present a linear cutting-plane relaxation approach that rapidly proves tight lower bounds for the Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow Problem (ACOPF). Our method leverages outer-envelope linear cuts for well-known second-order cone…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-15 Daniel Bienstock , Matias Villagra

Many steady-state problems in power systems, including rectangular power-voltage formulations of optimal power flows in the alternating-current model (ACOPF), can be cast as polynomial optimisation problems (POP). For a POP, one can derive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-20 Alan C. Liddell , Jie Liu , Jakub Marecek , Martin Takac

Optimal Power Flow (OPF) can be modeled as a non-convex Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Program (QCQP). Our purpose is to solve OPF to global optimality. To this end, we specialize the Mixed-Integer Quadratic Convex Reformulation method…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-14 Hadrien Godard , Sourour Elloumi , Amélie Lambert , Jean Maeght , Manuel Ruiz

Optimal power flow (OPF) is the fundamental mathematical model in power system operations. Improving the solution quality of OPF provide huge economic and engineering benefits. The convex reformulation of the original nonconvex alternating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-02 Zhao Yuan

The Alternating Current Optimal Transmission Switching (ACOTS) problem incorporates line switching decisions into the AC Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF) framework, offering well-known benefits in reducing operational costs and enhancing system…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-09 Cheng Guo , Harsha Nagarajan , Merve Bodur

This paper investigates the impact of the changes in the demand of power systems on the quality of the solution procured by the convex relaxation methods for the AC optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem. This investigation needs various…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-24 Arash Farokhi Soofi , Saeed D. Manshadi

Optimal power flow (OPF) over power transmission networks poses challenging large-scale nonlinear optimization problems, which involve a large number of quadratic equality and indefinite quadratic inequality constraints. These…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Y. Shi , H. D. Tuan , P. Apkarian , A. V. Savkin

The nonlinear, non-convex AC Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) problem is fundamental for power systems operations. The intrinsic complexity of AC-OPF has fueled a growing interest in the development of optimization proxies for the problem, i.e.,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-09 Guancheng Qiu , Mathieu Tanneau , Pascal Van Hentenryck

This paper focuses on the AC Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem for multi-phase systems. Particular emphasis is given to systems with high integration of renewables, where adjustments of the real and reactive output powers from renewable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-22 Ahmed S. Zamzam , Nicholas D. Sidiropoulos , Emiliano Dall'Anese

The recent literature has discussed the use of the relaxed Second Order Cone Programming (SOCP) to formulate Optimal Power Flow problems (OPF) for radial power grids. However, if the shunt parameters of the lines, composing the power grid,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-04 Mostafa Nick , Rachid Cherkaoui , Jean-Yves Le Boudec , Mario Paolone

We present a decomposition approach for obtaining good feasible solutions for the security-constrained alternating-current optimal power flow (SCACOPF) problem at an industrial scale and under real-world time and computational limits. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-06 Cosmin G. Petra , Ignacio Aravena

AC optimal power flow (AC~OPF) is a challenging non-convex optimization problem that plays a crucial role in power system operation and control. Recently developed convex relaxation techniques provide new insights regarding the global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-10 Mohammad Rasoul Narimani , Daniel K. Molzahn , Mariesa L. Crow

The distribution optimal power flow (D-OPF) models have gained attention in recent years to optimally operate acentrally-managed distribution grid. On account of nonconvex formulation that is difficult to solve, several relaxation methods…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Rahul Ranjan Jha , Anamika Dubey

Exact Second Order Conic Programming (SOCP) formulation of AC Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF) consists of non-convex arctangent constraints. Generally, these constraints have been ignored or approximated (at the expense of increased…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-14 Anamika Tiwari , Abheejeet Mohapatra , Soumya Ranjan Sahoo

Optimal Power Flow (OPF) is an important tool used to coordinate assets in electric power systems to ensure customer voltages are within pre-defined tolerances and to improve distribution system operations. While convex relaxations of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-18 Michael D. Sankur , Roel Dobbe , Emma Stewart , Duncan S. Callaway , Daniel B. Arnold

The Unit Commitment problem with AC power flow constraints (UC-ACOPF) is a non-convex mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problem encountered in power systems. Its combination of combinatorial complexity and non-convex nonlinear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-21 D. Gómez , S. Göttlich , A. Ríos , P. Salgado

Several convex relaxations of the optimal power flow (OPF) problem have recently been developed using both bus injection models and branch flow models. In this paper, we prove relations among three convex relaxations: a semidefinite…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-01-10 Subhonmesh Bose , Steven H. Low , Thanchanok Teeraratkul , Babak Hassibi

This paper presents a reformulation for the automatic generation control (AGC) in a decomposed convex relaxation algorithm. It finds an optimal solution to the AC optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem that is secure against a large set of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-09 Muhammad Waseem , Saeed D. Manshadi