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Optimal power flow (OPF) is the central optimization problem in electric power grids. Although solved routinely in the course of power grid operations, it is known to be strongly NP-hard in general, and weakly NP-hard over tree networks. In…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-06-22 Krishnamurthy Dvijotham , Pascal Van Hentenryck , Michael Chertkov , Sidhant Misra , Marc Vuffray

Optimal power flow (OPF) is an important tool for Independent System Operators (ISOs) to deal with the power generation management. With the increasing penetration of renewable energy into power grids, challenges arise in tackling the OPF…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Jia Yang , Jun Song , Chaoyue Zhao

Chance-constrained optimization (CCO) has been widely used for uncertainty management in power system operation. With the prevalence of wind energy, it becomes possible to consider the wind curtailment as a dispatch variable in CCO.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-06 Xingyu Lei , Zhifang Yang , Junbo Zhao , Juan Yu

The integration of large-scale renewable energy sources, such as wind power, poses significant challenges for the optimal operation of power systems owing to their inherent uncertainties. This paper proposes a solution framework for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-19 Zhaojun Ruan , Botao Gao , Libao Shi

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Vincenzo Di Vito , Kaarthik Sundar , Ferdinando Fioretto , Deepjyoti Deka

Power system networks are often modeled as homogeneous graphs, which limits the ability of graph neural network (GNN) to capture individual generator features at the same nodes. By introducing the proposed virtual node-splitting strategy,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-22 Thuan Pham , Xingpeng Li

To manage renewable generation and load consumption uncertainty, chance-constrained optimal power flow (OPF) formulations and various solution methodologies have been proposed. However, conventional solution approaches often rely on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-06 Bowen Li , Ruiwei Jiang , Johanna L. Mathieu

Electric power grids regularly experience uncertain fluctuations from load demands and renewables, which poses a risk of violating operational limits designed to safeguard the system. In this paper, we consider the robust AC OPF problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-13 Dongchan Lee , Konstantin Turitsyn , Daniel K. Molzahn , Line A. Roald

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 integration of large-scale renewable generation has major implications on the operation of power systems, two of which we address in this work. First, system operators have to deal with higher degrees of uncertainty due to forecast…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-06-17 Andreas Venzke , Lejla Halilbasic , Adelie Barre , Line Roald , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Despite the success of Gaussian process based Model Predictive Control (MPC) in robotic control, its applicability scope is greatly hindered by multimodal disturbances that are prevalent in real-world settings. Here we propose a novel…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-11 Jingyi Wu , Chao Ning

In this letter, we present a novel Gaussian Process Learning-based Probabilistic Optimal Power Flow (GP-POPF) for solving POPF under renewable and load uncertainties of arbitrary distribution. The proposed method relies on a non-parametric…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-17 Parikshit Pareek , Hung D. Nguyen

In this paper, we introduce Voltage Phasor Control (VPC), also known as Phasor Based Control, as a novel way of implementing Optimal Power Flow (OPF). Unlike conventional OPF, in which the power flow optimization broadcasts power…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-19 Keith Moffat , Alexandra von Meier

High penetration of renewable energy sources and the increasing share of stochastic loads require the explicit representation of uncertainty in tools such as the optimal power flow (OPF). Current approaches follow either a linearized…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-07-24 Andreas Venzke , Lejla Halilbasic , Uros Markovic , Gabriela Hug , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Managing uncertainty and variability in power injections has become a major concern for power system operators due to the increasing levels of fluctuating renewable energy connected to the grid. This work addresses this uncertainty via a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Alejandra Pena-Ordieres , Daniel Molzahn , Line Roald , Andreas Waechter

The growing amount of fluctuating renewable infeeds and market liberalization increases uncertainty in power system operation. To capture the influence of fluctuations in operational planning, we model the forecast errors of the uncertain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-26 Line Roald , Frauke Oldewurtel , Bart Van Parys , Göran Andersson

Fast inverter control is a desideratum towards the smoother integration of renewables. Adjusting inverter injection setpoints for distributed energy resources can be an effective grid control mechanism. However, finding such setpoints…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-01 Mana Jalali , Manish K. Singh , Vassilis Kekatos , Georgios B. Giannakis , Chen-Ching Liu

Power systems are shifted from conventional bulk generation toward renewable generation. This trend leads to the frequency security problem due to the decline of system inertia. On the other hand, natural gas-fired units are frequently…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Lun Yang , Yinliang Xu , Jianguo Zhou , Hongbin Sun

There is an emerging need for efficient solutions to stochastic AC Optimal Power Flow ({AC-}OPF) to ensure optimal and reliable grid operations in the presence of increasing demand and generation uncertainty. This paper presents a highly…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-11 Ilyes Mezghani , Sidhant Misra , Deepjyoti Deka

The trend in the electric power system is to move towards increased amounts of distributed resources which suggests a transition from the current highly centralized to a more distributed control structure. In this paper, we propose a method…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-10-17 Javad Mohammadi , Soummya Kar , Gabriela Hug