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Optimal power flow (OPF) is an important technique for power systems to achieve optimal operation while satisfying multiple constraints. The traditional OPF are mostly centralized methods which are executed in the centralized control…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-03-05 Qiao Li , David Wenzhong Gao , Lin Cheng , Fang Zhang , Weihang Yan

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

Accurate subsurface reservoir pressure control is extremely challenging due to geological heterogeneity and multiphase fluid-flow dynamics. Predicting behavior in this setting relies on high-fidelity physics-based simulations that are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Harun Ur Rashid , Aleksandra Pachalieva , Daniel O'Malley

This paper considers the problem of releasing privacy-preserving load data of a decentralized operated power system. The paper focuses on data used to solve Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problems and proposes a distributed algorithm that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Terrence W. K. Mak , Ferdinando Fioretto , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Linear approximation commonly used in solving alternating-current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) simplifies the system models but incurs accumulated voltage errors in large power networks. Such errors will make the primal-dual type gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-08 Heng Liang , Xinyang Zhou , Changhong Zhao

Solving the AC optimal power flow problem (AC-OPF) is critical to the efficient and safe planning and operation of power grids. Small efficiency improvements in this domain have the potential to lead to billions of dollars of cost savings,…

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

Many power system operation and planning problems use the DC power flow approximation to address computational challenges from the nonlinearity of the AC power flow equations. The DC power flow simplifies the AC power flow equations to a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-13 Babak Taheri , Daniel K. Molzahn

In this letter we propose a generalized branch model to be used in DC optimal power flow (DCOPF) applications. Besides AC lines and transformers, the formulation allows for representing variable susceptance branches, phase shifting…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-28 F. M. Gatta , A. Geri , S. Lauria , M. Maccioni , L. Nati

In this paper, we propose a combined Online Feedback Optimization (OFO) and dynamic estimation approach for a real-time power grid operation under time-varying conditions. A dynamic estimation uses grid measurements to generate the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-17 Miguel Picallo , Dominic Liao-McPherson , Saverio Bolognani , Florian Dörfler

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

We propose a new method to efficiently compute load-flows (the steady-state of the power-grid for given productions, consumptions and grid topology), substituting conventional simulators based on differential equation solvers. We use a deep…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-01-31 Benjamin Donnot , Isabelle Guyon , Marc Schoenauer , Antoine Marot , Patrick Panciatici

AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problems need to be solved more frequently in the future to maintain stable and economic power system operation. To tackle this challenge, a deep neural network-based voltage-constrained approach (DeepOPF-V)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-20 Wanjun Huang , Xiang Pan , Minghua Chen , Steven H. Low

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

One potential future for the next generation of smart grids is the use of decentralized optimization algorithms and secured communications for coordinating renewable generation (e.g., wind/solar), dispatchable devices (e.g.,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-24 Terrence W. K. Mak , Minas Chatzos , Mathieu Tanneau , Pascal Van Hentenryck

To limit the probability of unacceptable worst-case linearization errors that might yield risks for power system operations, this letter proposes a robust data-driven linear power flow (RD-LPF) model. It is applicable to both transmission…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-21 Yitong Liu , Zhengshuo Li , Junbo Zhao

The growing penetration of renewable energy necessitates high-frequency real-time scheduling. While neural network-based surrogates enable computationally efficient scheduling, strictly enforcing nonconvex power flow constraints without…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-04 Jie Zhu , Yinliang Xu , Hongbin Sun

We propose a data-based method to solve a multi-stage stochastic optimal power flow (OPF) problem based on limited information about forecast error distributions. The framework explicitly combines multi-stage feedback policies with any…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-29 Yi Guo , Kyri Baker , Emiliano Dall'Anese , Zechun Hu , Tyler H. Summers

With increasing smart grid direct current (DC) deployments in distribution feeders, microgrids, buildings, and high-voltage transmission, there is a need for better understanding the landscape of power flow (PF) solutions as well as for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Sina Taheri , Vassilis Kekatos

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