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Recent Developments in Optimal Power Flow Modeling Techniques

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Handbook of Power Systems II

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This article discusses recent advances in mathematical modeling techniques of transmission networks and control devices within the scope of optimal power flow (OPF) implementations. Emphasis is on the newly proposed concept of representing meshed power networks using an extended conic quadratic (ECQ) model and its amenability to solution by using interior-point codes. Modeling of both classical power control devices and modern unified power flow controller (UPFC) technology is described in relation to the ECQ network format. Applications of OPF including economic dispatching, loss minimization, constrained power flow solutions, and transfer capability computation are presented. Numerical examples that can serve as testing benchmarks for future software developments are reported on a sample test network.

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Jabr, R.A. (2010). Recent Developments in Optimal Power Flow Modeling Techniques. In: Rebennack, S., Pardalos, P., Pereira, M., Iliadis, N. (eds) Handbook of Power Systems II. Energy Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12686-4_1

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