Systems and methods for optimal power flow on a radial network

Low, Steven H.; Peng, Qiuyu

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Title: Systems and methods for optimal power flow on a radial network

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Node controllers and power distribution networks in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable distributed power control. One embodiment includes a node controller including a distributed power control application; a plurality of node operating parameters describing the operating parameter of a node and a set of at least one node selected from the group consisting of an ancestor node and at least one child node; wherein send node operating parameters to nodes in the set of at least one node; receive operating parameters from the nodes in the set of at least one node; calculate a plurality of updated node operating parameters using an iterative process to determine the updated node operating parameters using the node operating parameters that describe the operating parameters of the node and the set of at least one node, where the iterative process involves evaluation of a closed form solution; and adjust node operating parameters.

Inventors:: Low, Steven H.; Peng, Qiuyu

Issue Date:: 2018-04-24

Research Org.:: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1436178

Patent Number(s):: 9954362

Application Number:: 14/722,075

Assignee:: California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G05 - CONTROLLING G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

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G - PHYSICS G05 - CONTROLLING G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL
G05B15/02 - electric

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F17/10 - Complex mathematical operations {

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER
H02J3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
H04L12/6418 - {Hybrid transport}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
Y02B70/30 - Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y04 - INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS Y04S - SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
Y04S20/20 - End-user application control systems

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DOE Contract Number:: AR0000226

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 May 26

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

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Distributed methods for solving the security-constrained optimal power flow problem
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Semidefinite programming for optimal power flow problems
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Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
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Distributed Optimal Power Flow for Smart Microgrids
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Stability and convergence of distributed algorithms for the OPF problem
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Branch Flow Model: Relaxations and Convexification—Part II
journal, August 2013

Branch Flow Model: Relaxations and Convexification—Part I
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Inverter VAR control for distribution systems with renewables
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Exact Convex Relaxation of Optimal Power Flow in Radial Networks
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Optimal power flow in direct current networks
conference, December 2013

Radial Distribution Load Flow Using Conic Programming
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Coarse-grained distributed optimal power flow
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Distributed algorithms for optimal power flow problem
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Demand response in radial distribution networks: Distributed algorithm
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Convex Relaxation of Optimal Power Flow—Part II: Exactness
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