Grid Optimization Competition on Synthetic and Industrial Power Systems

Safdarian, Farnaz; Snodgrass, Jonathan; Yeo, Ju Hee; Birchfield, Adam; Coffrin, Carleton; Demarco, Chris; Elbert, Stephen; Eldridge, Brent; Elgindy, Tarek; Greene, Scott L.; Guo, Nongchao; Holzer, Jesse; Lesieutre, Bernard; Mittelmann, Hans; O'Neill, Richard P.; Overbye, Thomas J.; Palmintier, Bryan; Van Hentenryck, Pascal; Veeramany, Arun; Mak, Terrence W. K.; Wert, Jessica

doi:10.1109/NAPS56150.2022.10012138

Grid Optimization Competition on Synthetic and Industrial Power Systems

Conference · 16 January 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS56150.2022.10012138· OSTI ID:1958151

Safdarian, Farnaz; Snodgrass, Jonathan; Yeo, Ju Hee; Birchfield, Adam; Coffrin, Carleton; Demarco, Chris; Elbert, Stephen; Eldridge, Brent; ; Greene, Scott L.; Guo, Nongchao; Holzer, Jesse; Lesieutre, Bernard; Mittelmann, Hans; O'Neill, Richard P.; Overbye, Thomas J.; ; Van Hentenryck, Pascal; Veeramany, Arun; Mak, Terrence W. K. more »

This paper summarizes a grid optimization (GO) competition effort in the United States to find the best solution strategies for up to interconnect-scale power system networks with around 32,000 buses. The optimization problem is a mixedinteger, non-convex non-linear problem, (MINLP) and includes discrete variables such as unit commitment and line switching, control settings (transformer taps and phase shifters with impedance correction tables), and bus shunts. The case study includes six actual industry grids as well as 16 realistic synthetic grids created by three different dataset teams. The winners are selected and ranked based on scoring criteria, which consider the solution quality (such as objective functions) within time limits. Nine winner teams are selected from 26 competitor teams. The results achieved by different teams are described and the performance of different algorithms on synthetic grids and actual industry grids are compared and analyzed.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1958151

Report Number(s):: NREL/CP-6A40-85377; MainId:86150; UUID:b8fc2769-838a-4668-bc10-961b858be282; MainAdminID:68806

Resource Relation:: Conference: Presented at the 2022 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 9-11 October 2022, Salt Lake City, Utah

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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