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The real-time electricity market with the integration of renewable energies and electric vehicles have been receiving significant attention recently. So far most of the literature addresses the optimal power flow (OPF) problem in the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-24 Adrian-Petru Surani , Rahul Sahetiya

Recently, there has been a surge of interest in adopting deep neural networks (DNNs) for solving the optimal power flow (OPF) problem in power systems. Computing optimal generation dispatch decisions using a trained DNN takes significantly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Yexiang Chen , Subhash Lakshminarayana , Carsten Maple , H. Vincent Poor

The solution to an optimal power flow (OPF) problem provides a minimum cost operating point for an electric power system. The performance of OPF solution techniques strongly depends on the problem's feasible space. This paper presents an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-03 Daniel K. Molzahn

Linear approximations of the AC power flow equations are of great significance for the computational efficiency of large-scale optimal power flow (OPF) problems. Put differently, the feasibility of the obtained solution is essential for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-12 Meiyi Li , Yuhan Du , Javad Mohammadi , Constance Crozier , Kyri Baker , Soummya Kar

Optimal Power Flow (OPF) is a valuable tool for power system operators, but it is a difficult problem to solve for large systems. Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, especially Neural Networks-based (NN) optimization proxies, have emerged as…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Rahul Nellikkath , Mathieu Tanneau , Pascal Van Hentenryck , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Efficiently solving Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problems in power systems is crucial for operational planning and grid management. There is a growing need for scalable algorithms capable of handling the increasing variability, constraints, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Fabien Bernier , Jun Cao , Maxime Cordy , Salah Ghamizi

We develop DeepOPF as a Deep Neural Network (DNN) approach for solving direct current optimal power flow (DC-OPF) problems. DeepOPF is inspired by the observation that solving DC-OPF for a given power network is equivalent to characterizing…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-09-24 Xiang Pan , Tianyu Zhao , Minghua Chen

An effective means for analyzing the impact of novel operating schemes on power systems is time domain simulation, for example for investigating optimization-based curtailment of renewables to alleviate voltage violations. Traditionally,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-27 Sandro Merkli , Alexander Domahidi , Juan Jerez , Manfred Morari , Roy S. Smith

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

The incorporation of stochastic loads and generation into the operation of power grids gives rise to an exposure to stochastic risk. This risk has been addressed in prior work through a variety of mechanisms, such as scenario generation or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-06 Daniel Bienstock , Apurv Shukla

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) approaches for the Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem received considerable attention recently. A key challenge of these approaches lies in ensuring the feasibility of the predicted solutions to physical system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-08 Tianyu Zhao , Xiang Pan , Minghua Chen , Andreas Venzke , Steven H. Low

To address computational challenges associated with power flow nonconvexities, significant research efforts over the last decade have developed convex relaxations and approximations of optimal power flow (OPF) problems. However, benefits…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-24 Babak Taheri , Daniel K. Molzahn

The optimal power-flow problem (OPF) has played a key role in the planning and operation of power systems. Due to the non-linear nature of the AC power-flow equations, the OPF problem is known to be non-convex, therefore hard to solve. Most…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-07-07 Konstantina Christakou , Dan-Cristian Tomozei , Jean-Yves Le Boudec , Mario Paolone

Alternating current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) is one of the fundamental problems in power systems operation. AC-OPF is traditionally cast as a constrained optimization problem that seeks optimal generation set points whilst fulfilling a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-18 Henning Lange , Bingqing Chen , Mario Berges , Soummya Kar

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

Linear optimal power flow (LOPF) algorithms use a linearization of the alternating current (AC) load flow equations to optimize generator dispatch in a network subject to the loading constraints of the network branches. Common algorithms…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2018-02-01 Jonas Hörsch , Henrik Ronellenfitsch , Dirk Witthaut , Tom Brown

Optimal power flow (OPF) is a fundamental tool for analyzing the characteristics of bipolar DC distribution network (DCDN). However, existing OPF models face challenges in reflecting the power distribution and exchange of bipolar DCDN…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-06 Yiyao Zhou , Qianggang Wang , Yuan Chi , Jianquan Liao , Tao Huang , Niancheng Zhou , Xiaolong Xu , Xuefei Zhang

High percentage penetrations of renewable energy generations introduce significant uncertainty into power systems. It requires grid operators to solve alternative current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problems more frequently for economical…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-04 Xiang Pan , Minghua Chen , Tianyu Zhao , Steven H. Low

The optimal power flow (OPF) problem minimizes the operating cost of an electric power system. Applications of convex relaxation techniques to the non-convex OPF problem have been of recent interest, including work using the Lasserre…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-17 Daniel K. Molzahn , Cédric Josz , Ian A. Hiskens , Patrick Panciatici

The energy transition is driving the integration of large shares of intermittent power sources in the electric power grid. Therefore, addressing the AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF) effectively becomes increasingly essential. The AC-OPF,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-08 Anna Varbella , Damien Briens , Blazhe Gjorgiev , Giuseppe Alessio D'Inverno , Giovanni Sansavini