On Distribution Grid Optimal Power Flow Development and Integration

Conference · Mon Sep 25 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252964· OSTI ID:2310959

Hanif, Sarmad ^[1]; Sadnan, Rabayet ^[1]; Slay, Tylor Elliot ^[1]; Nazir, Mohammad Nawaf ^[1]; Poudel, Shiva ^[1]; Bhatti, Bilal Ahmad ^[1]; Reiman, Andrew P. ^[1]; Follum, James D. ^[1]; McKinsey, Joseph ^[2]; Elgindy, Tarek ^[2]; Yang, Rui ^[2]

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1. BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Due to changes in electric distribution grid operation, new operation regimes have been recommended. Distribution grid optimal power flow (DOPF) has received tremendous attention in the research community, yet it has not been fully adopted across the utility industry. Our paper recognizes this problem and suggests a development and integration procedure for DOPF. We propose development of DOPF as a three step procedure of 1) processing the grid, 2) obtaining a tractable solution, and 3) implementing multiple solution algorithms and benchmarking them to improve application reliability. For the integration of DOPF, we demonstrate how a DOPF federate may be developed that can be integrated in a co-simulation environment to mimic the real-world conditions and hence improve its practicality to be deployed in the field. To demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed methods, tests on IEEE 123 bus system are performed where the usage of tractable formulation in DOPF algorithm development and its comparison to the benchmark solution are demonstrated.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 2310959
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-179880
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English