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Linear optimal power flow system and method

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OSTI ID:1568374

An electric power system or power grid is optimized using a computer-implemented tool the represents in computer memory the optimization function and at least one constraint, which the processor operates upon using a linear programming solver algorithm. The constraints are represented in memory as data structures that include both real and reactive power terms, corresponding to at least one of a power flow model and a transmission line model. The transmission line model is represented using a piecewise linear representation. The power flow model may also include for each node in the power system a real power loss term representing transmission line loss allocated to that node.

Research Organization:
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000222
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Patent Number(s):
10,296,988
Application Number:
14/458,597
OSTI ID:
1568374
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English