You haven't said which bus is your slack bus. Can I assume that it would be the 
one labeled GSP? I don't see a slack generator at that bus. Is the OLTC the 
*only* voltage control you have in the network? Is the voltage at GSP fixed?

-- 
Ray Zimmerman
Senior Research Associate
419A Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
phone: (607) 255-9645




On Feb 10, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Silvio Miceli wrote:

> I want to have an OLTC at slack bus only in order to control centrally the 
> network voltage (active network) as below figure. How can I compare the 
> results with and without OLTC? with changing tap ratio or with changing 
> voltage setpoints?
> 
> <image.png>
> 
> Best Wishes
> 
> Silvio Miceli
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 20:43, Ray Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote:
> In order to understand clearly what you are trying to compare, I would need 
> to see the network topology.
> 
> But, it both cases include the OLTC in the topology and in one case you are 
> modifying the tap ratio to control voltage and in the other you are simply 
> modifying the generator voltage setpoints, then the two solutions will not be 
> equivalent.
> 
> -- 
> Ray Zimmerman
> Senior Research Associate
> 419A Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
> phone: (607) 255-9645
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 10, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Silvio Miceli wrote:
> 
>> Dear Ray,
>> 
>> As far as I know, taking into account the voltage at slack bus as 
>> optimization variable is equal to have an OLTC. So, how can I compare the 
>> results with and without voltage control at slack? Can it be done either by 
>> changing the tap ratio or voltage limits? 
>> Best Wishes
>> 
>> Silvio Miceli
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 18:57, Silvio Miceli <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear Ray,
>> 
>> 1. 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?
>> 
>> 2. Also, according to one of your replies to a post with regards to 
>> considering the slack bus voltage as optimization variable, why you want to 
>> implement OLTC in MATPOWER? In my idea, considering the slack bus as 
>> optimization variable is equal to have an OLTC and consequently considering 
>> the secondary voltage as optimization variable. Because usually the OLTC is 
>> used in order to control the voltage of slack bus and in MATPOWER is already 
>> considered as optimization variable. If I am not right, please let me know?
>> 
>> 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 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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