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Fast and accurate optimization and simulation is widely becoming a necessity for large scale transmission resiliency and planning studies such as N-1 SCOPF, batch contingency solvers, and stochastic power flow. Current commercial tools,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-30 Aayushya Agarwal , Amritanshu Pandey , Larry Pileggi

The implementation of optimal power flow (OPF) methods to perform voltage and power flow regulation in electric networks is generally believed to require extensive communication. We consider distribution systems with multiple controllable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-15 Roel Dobbe , Oscar Sondermeijer , David Fridovich-Keil , Daniel Arnold , Duncan Callaway , Claire Tomlin

The primary goal of Optimal Power Flow (OPF) is to optimize the operation of a power system while meeting the demand and adhering to operational constraints. This paper presents a new approach for AC OPF. First, the approach constructs a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Mohammed N. Khamees , Kai Sun

Power grid operators typically solve large-scale, nonconvex optimal power flow (OPF) problems throughout the day to determine optimal setpoints for generators while adhering to physical constraints. Despite being at the heart of many OPF…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-03 Kyri Baker

Optimal power flow (OPF) problems are non-convex and large-scale optimization problems with important applications in power networks. This paper proposes the scheduled-asynchronous algorithm to solve a distributed semidefinite programming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-10 Chin-Yao Chang , Jorge Cortes , Sonia Martinez

A large amount of data has been generated by grid operators solving AC optimal power flow (ACOPF) throughout the years, and we explore how leveraging this data can be used to help solve future ACOPF problems. We use this data to train a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-23 Kyri Baker

Ensuring both feasibility and efficiency in optimal power flow (OPF) operations has become increasingly important in modern power systems with high penetrations of renewable energy and energy storage. While deep neural networks (DNNs) have…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-13 Yeomoon Kim , Minsoo Kim , Jip Kim

The Reactive Optimal Power Flow (ROPF) problem consists in computing an optimal power generation dispatch for an alternating current transmission network that respects power flow equations and operational constraints. Some means of action…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Julie Sliwak , Miguel Anjos , Lucas Létocart , Emiliano Traversi

Designing controllers that achieve task objectives while ensuring safety is a key challenge in control systems. This work introduces Opt-ODENet, a Neural ODE framework with a differentiable Quadratic Programming (QP) optimization layer to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-25 Keyan Miao , Liqun Zhao , Han Wang , Konstantinos Gatsis , Antonis Papachristodoulou

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

The optimal power flow (OPF) is a multi-valued, non-convex mapping from loads to dispatch setpoints. The variability of system parameters (e.g., admittances, topology) further contributes to the multiplicity of dispatch setpoints for a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Milad Hoseinpour , Vladimir Dvorkin

This paper develops a data-driven framework to synthesize local Volt/Var control strategies for distributed energy resources (DERs) in power distribution networks (DNs). Aiming to improve DN operational efficiency, as quantified by a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-24 Zhenyi Yuan , Guido Cavraro , Manish K. Singh , Jorge Cortés

This paper proposes a data-driven approach for optimal power flow (OPF) based on the stacked extreme learning machine (SELM) framework. SELM has a fast training speed and does not require the time-consuming parameter tuning process compared…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-02 Xingyu Lei , Zhifang Yang , Juan Yu , Junbo Zhao , Qian Gao , Hongxin Yu

The security-constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF) is fundamental in power systems and connects the automatic primary response (APR) of synchronized generators with the short-term schedule. Every day, the SCOPF problem is repeatedly solved…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Alexandre Velloso , Pascal Van Hentenryck

In recent years, there has been significant interest in the development of machine learning-based optimization proxies for AC Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF). Although significant progress has been achieved in predicting high-quality primal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Guancheng Qiu , Mathieu Tanneau , Pascal Van Hentenryck

With high penetrations of renewable generation and variable loads, there is significant uncertainty associated with power flows in DC networks such that stability and operational constraint satisfaction are of concern. Most existing DC…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-14 Jianzhe Liu , Bai Cui , Daniel K. Molzahn , Chen Chen , Xiaonan Lu , Feng Qiu

Controlling continuous-time dynamical systems is generally a two step process: first, identify or model the system dynamics with differential equations, then, minimize the control objectives to achieve optimal control function and optimal…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Cheng Chi

Alternative Current Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) is essential for efficient power system planning and real-time operation but remains an NP-hard and non-convex optimization problem with significant computational challenges. This paper…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-03 Ze Hu , Ziqing Zhu , Linghua Zhu , Xiang Wei , Siqi Bu , Ka Wing Chan

AC optimal power flow (AC OPF) is a fundamental problem in power system operation and control. Accurately modeling the network physics via the AC power flow equations makes AC OPF a challenging nonconvex problem that results in significant…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Nafis Sadik , Mohammad Rasoul Narimani

The ever increasing penetration of Renewable Energy Resources (RESs) in power distribution networks has brought, among others, the challenge of maintaining the grid voltages within the secure region. Employing droop voltage regulators on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-18 H. Sekhavatmanesh , G. Ferrari-Trecate , S. Mastellone