Thank you very much.

Is it possible for you to give an example, for example case9, for all
generators? I will be appreciate if you do it.

Best Regards

R. Carvalini

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 16:08, Ray Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote:

> The *A* matrix is from equation (5.25) in the User's 
> Manual<http://www.pserc.cornell.edu/matpower/manual.pdf>.
> As I mentioned, the coefficients need to go in the columns corresponding to
> Pg(1) and Qg(1). So, Pg(1) is in the first column following the voltage
> angles (1st nb columns) and magnitudes (next nb columns), so it's in column
> 2*nb+1. For Qg(1) it's the first column after the Pg columns, so 2*nb (for
> the voltage angles and magnitudes) plus ng columns for Pg.
>
> Yes, if you wanted to do this for all generators, you need to include a row
> in *A* for each. Be careful though, this will likely over-constrain the
> problem and make it infeasible. If all generators have a fixed power factor,
> then balancing the real power output to match the load will mean a specific
> reactive power output as well, which will not necessarily match the reactive
> power load.
>
> --
>  Ray Zimmerman
> Senior Research Associate
> 211 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
> phone: (607) 255-9645
>
>
>
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Roberto Carvalini wrote:
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> I have read the manual but I didn't understand by which formula you
> computed this matrix (highlighted)
>
> mpc.A = sparse([1; 1], *[2*nb+1; 2*nb+ng+1]*, [QPratio; -1], 1,
> 2*nb+2*ng);
>
>  and if want to define the same PF for all generators, must I repeat this
> for all or it depends on the type buses (PV or Slack)?
>
> Regards
>
> R. Carvalini
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 16:27, Ray Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dirk's suggestion is fine for a simple power flow. But if you want to run
>> an OPF, where the generator dispatch is to be determined by the
>> optimization, but subject to a constant power factor constraint, then you
>> will need to supply an additional user-defined linear constraint. For
>> example, if you want to run case9 with a constant power factor constraint of
>> 0.95 on the first generator, you could do it like this ...
>>
>> define_constants;
>> mpc = loadcase('case9');
>> nb = size(mpc.bus, 1);
>> ng = size(mpc.gen, 1);
>> pf = 0.95;
>> QPratio = sqrt(1/pf^2 -1);
>> %% add constraint that QPratio * Pg(1) - Qg(1) = 0
>> mpc.A = sparse([1; 1], [2*nb+1; 2*nb+ng+1], [QPratio; -1], 1, 2*nb+2*ng);
>> mpc.l = 0;
>> mpc.u = 0;
>> r = runopf(mpc);
>> resulting_pf = r.gen(1, PG) / sqrt(r.gen(1, PG)^2 + r.gen(1, QG)^2)
>>
>> The important part here is defining the A matrix properly, where the
>> columns correspond to voltage angles, voltage magnitudes, generator real
>> injections, and generator reactive injections (2*nb + 2*ng columns in all).
>> So the coefficients for our constraint co in the columns corresponding to
>> Pg(1) and Qg(1).
>>
>>  --
>> Ray Zimmerman
>> Senior Research Associate
>> 211 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
>> phone: <%28607%29%20255-9645>(607) 255-9645
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2011, at 9:50 AM, Dirk Van Hertem wrote:
>>
>>  You model your generator as a load, so it is not represented in your gen
>> matrix. Of course, if you want model your generator in a unit commitment,
>> this may not be trivial...
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>> On 03/11/2011 12:32 PM, Roberto Carvalini wrote:
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> How can I add? my problem is this
>>
>> Best Wishes
>>
>>  Roberto
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 12:22, Dirk Van Hertem 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> You can just define them as a PQ bus with negative power... (negative
>>> load)
>>>
>>> Dirk
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/11/2011 12:11 PM, Roberto Carvalini wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> How can I define constant power factor in MAPOWER for example, for
>>>> generators PF=0.9?
>>>>
>>>> Please help me
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Roberto
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>> Dirk Van Hertem                       [email protected]
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dirk Van Hertem                       [email protected]
>> Electrical Engineering Department  http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/electa
>> K.U. Leuven, ESAT-ELECTA                     GSM: +32-(O)498-61.74.98
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>> <%2B32-16-32.19.85>+32-16-32.19.85
>>
>>
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