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Optimal power flow (OPF) is a very fundamental but vital optimization problem in the power system, which aims at solving a specific objective function (ex.: generator costs) while maintaining the system in the stable and safe operations. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-09 Yuhao Zhou , Bei Zhang , Chunlei Xu , Tu Lan , Ruisheng Diao , Di Shi , Zhiwei Wang , Wei-Jen Lee

Optimal power flow (OPF) is a central problem in the operation of electric power systems. An OPF problem optimizes a specified objective function subject to constraints imposed by both the non-linear power flow equations and engineering…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Mohammad Rasoul Narimani , Daniel K. Molzahn Dan Wu , Mariesa L. Crow

Designing robust algorithms for the optimal power flow (OPF) problem is critical for the control of large-scale power systems under uncertainty. The chance-constrained OPF (CCOPF) problem provides a natural formulation of the trade-off…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Eli Brock , Haixiang Zhang , Javad Lavaei , Somayeh Sojoudi

The distribution optimal power flow (D-OPF) models have gained attention in recent years to optimally operate acentrally-managed distribution grid. On account of nonconvex formulation that is difficult to solve, several relaxation methods…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Rahul Ranjan Jha , Anamika Dubey

This paper introduces a self-supervised learning framework for approximating the Security-Constrained DC Optimal Power Flow (SC-DCOPF) problem using a parametric linear model. The approach preserves the physical structure of the DC-OPF…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Anderson Anrrango , André Quisaguano , Gonzalo E. Constante-Flores , Can Li

Aiming for the median solution between cyber-intensive optimal power flow (OPF) solutions and subpar local control, this work advocates deciding inverter injection setpoints using deep neural networks (DNNs). Instead of fitting OPF…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Sarthak Gupta , Vassilis Kekatos , Ming Jin

Optimal transmission switching (OTS) improves optimal power flow (OPF) by selectively opening transmission lines, but its mixed-integer formulation increases computational complexity, especially on large grids. To address this, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-05 Minsoo Kim , Matthew Brun , Andy Sun , Jip Kim

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is being used in many domains. One of the biggest advantages of DRL is that it enables the continuous improvement of a learning agent. Secondly, the DRL framework is robust and flexible enough to be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Muhammad Usman Awais

Probabilistic power flow (PPF) is essential for quantifying operational uncertainty in modern distribution systems with high penetration of renewable generation and flexible loads. Conventional PPF methods primarily rely on Monte Carlo (MC)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-02 Weijie Xia , James Ciyu Qin , Edgar Mauricio Salazar Duque , Hongjin Du , Peter Palensky , Giovanni Sansavini , Pedro P. Vergara

At the heart of power system operations, alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) studies the generation of electric power in the most economical way under network-wide load requirement, and can be formulated as a highly structured…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Sihan Zeng , Youngdae Kim , Yuxuan Ren , Kibaek Kim

Reinforcement learning has been found useful in solving optimal power flow (OPF) problems in electric power distribution systems. However, the use of largely model-free reinforcement learning algorithms that completely ignore the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Gayathri Krishnamoorthy , Anamika Dubey

Challenges in the planning and operation of distribution networks caused by the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) create the need for the development of tools that can be easily used by system operators, industry, and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Tomislav Antić , Andrew Keane , Tomislav Capuder

The optimal power flow (OPF) problem is an important mathematical program that aims at obtaining the best operating point of an electric power grid. The optimization problem typically minimizes the total generation cost subject to certain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-02 Shourya Bose , Kejun Chen , Yu Zhang

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

The future power grid may rely on distributed optimization to determine the set-points for huge numbers of distributed energy resources. There has been significant work on applying distributed algorithms to optimal power flow (OPF)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-15 Rachel Harris , Mohannad Alkhraijah , Daniel K. Molzahn

Most power systems' approaches are currently tending towards stochastic and probabilistic methods due to the high variability of renewable sources and the stochastic nature of loads. Conventional power flow (PF) approaches such as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Deepak Tiwari , Mehdi Jabbari Zideh , Veeru Talreja , Vishal Verma , Sarika K. Solanki , Jignesh Solanki

The growing penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is leading to continually changing operating conditions, which need to be managed efficiently by distribution grid operators. The intermittent nature of DERs such as solar…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-21 Kshitij Girigoudar , Ashley M. Hou , Line A. Roald

Power Flow (PF) calculation based on machine learning (ML) techniques offer significant computational advantages over traditional numerical methods but often struggle to maintain full physical consistency. This paper introduces a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Panteleimon Dogoulis , Mohammad Iman Alizadeh , Sylvain Kubler , Maxime Cordy

Recently there has been increasing interest in improving smart grids efficiency using computational intelligence. A key challenge in future smart grid is designing Optimal Power Flow tool to solve important planning problems including…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Adnan Anwar , A. N. Mahmood

The integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) into the electrical grid causes various challenges in the distribution grids. The complexity of smart grids as multi-domain energy systems requires innovative architectures and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-19 Thomas Schwierz , Rajkumar Palaniappan , Oleksii Molodchyk , Christian Rehtanz