Dear Ray, Can I say MATPOWER's OPF considers the power factor angle of generators as optimization variable? If not, how can I consider as optimization variable?
Best Wishes Silvio On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 17:47, Ray Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Silvio Miceli wrote: > > 1. What kind of generator has been taken into account in MATPOWER in > Section 5.4.3 of MANUAL in order to consider the capability curve? > > > It is simply intended to be a piecewise linear approximation to the kind > of capability curve exhibited by many types of conventional generators, > such as this > one<http://images.pennnet.com/articles/hrm/cap/cap_coord%2003.gif> from > Figure 2 in [1]. > > 2. I want to minimize losses instead of maximizing social welfare > considering offers and bids. How can I do it in MATPOWER? > > > The answer to this one is readily available in the list archives ... e.g. > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00817.html > > 3. How can I maximize profit for generators in MATPOWER instead of > maximizing Social welfare? > Also, by which formula I can obtain profits (for generators), revenue and > cost in MATPOWER? Could you please address it? > > > I'm not aware of a method to maximize profits, since that would involve an > objective that is a function of price, a very unconventional type of > optimization problem. You can compute revenue directly as the product of > quantity and price, and the cost is available in the dispatch matrix > returned by runmarket. See help idx_disp for a description of each column > of the dispatch matrix. > > - Ray > > [1] > http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/353952/articles/hydro-review/volume-28/issue-2/feature-articles/system-protection/coordinating-generator-protection-and-controls-an-overview.html > > -- > Ray Zimmerman > Senior Research Associate > 419A Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 > phone: (607) 255-9645 > >
