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The formulations and approximations of the branch flow model for mesh power networks (Mesh-BranchFlow) are given in this paper. Using different sets of the power flow equations, six formats of the exact Mesh-BranchFlow model are listed.…
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Optimal power flow (OPF) is one of the fundamental tasks for power system operations. While machine learning (ML) approaches such as deep neural networks (DNNs) have been widely studied to enhance OPF solution speed and performance, their…
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Solving the non-convex optimal power flow (OPF) problem for large-scale power distribution systems is computationally expensive. An alternative is to solve the relaxed convex problem or linear approximated problem, but these methods lead to…
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