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We present a solution of sparse alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) analysis on graphical processing unit (GPU). In particular, we discuss the performance bottlenecks and detail our efforts to accelerate the linear solver, a core…
This paper introduces a framework for solving alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problems using graphics processing units (GPUs). While GPUs have demonstrated remarkable performance in various computing domains, their…
We consider the unit commitment (UC) problem that employs the alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) constraints, which is formulated as a mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem and thus challenging to solve in practice. We…
Security-constrained unit commitment with alternating current optimal power flow (SCUC-ACOPF) is a central problem in power grid operations that optimizes commitment and dispatch of generators under a physically accurate power transmission…
Sequential quadratic programming (SQP) is widely used in solving nonlinear optimization problem, with advantages of warm-starting solutions, as well as finding high-accurate solution and converging quadratically using second-order…
The modern power grid is witnessing a shift in operations from traditional control methods to more advanced operational mechanisms. Due to the nonconvex nature of the Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF) problem and the need for…
DC Optimal Power Flow (DCOPF) is a key operational tool for power system operators, and it is embedded as a subproblem in many challenging optimization problems (e.g., line switching). However, traditional CPU-based solve routines (e.g.,…
In this paper, we study efficient and robust computational methods for solving the security-constrained alternating current optimal power flow (SC-ACOPF) problem, a two-stage nonlinear optimization problem with disjunctive constraints, that…
We propose a GPU accelerated proximal message passing algorithm for solving contingency-constrained DC optimal power flow problems (OPF). We consider a highly general formulation of OPF that uses a sparse device-node model and supports a…
Alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problems are nonconvex and nonlinear optimization problems. Utilities and independent service operators (ISO) require ACOPF to be solved in almost real time. Interior point methods (IPMs) are…
Integrating renewable resources within the transmission grid at a wide scale poses significant challenges for economic dispatch as it requires analysis with more optimization parameters, constraints, and sources of uncertainty. This…
In this paper, we develop an online method that leverages machine learning to obtain feasible solutions to the AC optimal power flow (OPF) problem with negligible optimality gaps on extremely fast timescales (e.g., milliseconds), bypassing…
Transmission-constrained problems in power systems can be cast as polynomial optimization problems whose coefficients vary over time. We consider the complications therein and suggest several approaches. On the example of the…
The Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF) problem is a core task in power system operations, aimed at determining cost-effective generation dispatch while satisfying physical and operational constraints. However, conventional ACOPF…
The coordinated alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) for coupled transmission-distribution grids has become crucial to handle problems related to high penetration of renewable energy sources (RESs). However, obtaining all system…
Using machine learning to obtain solutions to AC optimal power flow has recently been a very active area of research due to the astounding speedups that result from bypassing traditional optimization techniques. However, generally ensuring…
In this paper, we present an optimization algorithm based on an alternating projection method to solve the large-scale security constraint optimal power flow (SCOPF) problem in power systems. The SCOPF is first partitioned into…
This paper demonstrates the scalability of open-source GPU-accelerated nonlinear programming (NLP) frameworks -- ExaModels.jl and MadNLP.jl -- for solving multi-period alternating current (AC) optimal power flow (OPF) problems on GPUs with…
In this paper, we discuss our approach and algorithmic framework for solving large-scale security constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF) problems. SCOPF is a mixed integer non-convex optimization problem that aims to obtain the minimum…
Solving the nonlinear AC optimal power flow (AC OPF) problem remains a major computational bottleneck for real-time grid operations. In this paper, we propose a residual learning paradigm that uses fast DC optimal power flow (DC OPF)…