Thank you all for your answers! 

On 05.10.2012, at 16:19, "Mohammad Reza Salehizadeh" 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Thank you. If the lines' limitations is dependent to system, before running 
> OPF, how can we determine which one (thermal or stability) is more 
> restricting to set in RATE_A?
> 
> -Reza 
> 
> From: Ray Zimmerman <[email protected]>
> To: MATPOWER discussion forum <[email protected]> 
> Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 6:19 AM
> Subject: Re: comprehension question about RATE_A, RATE_B, RATE_C
> 
> I believe it depends on the system and on the individual line. Presumably, 
> you would set RATE_A to the less of the two limits.
> 
> -- 
> Ray Zimmerman
> Senior Research Associate
> 419A Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
> phone: (607) 255-9645
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 5, 2012, at 8:48 AM, Mohammad Reza Salehizadeh 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> As we know, there are two restricting constraints for the MVA flows a 
>> transmission line: a) Thermal limitation b) Stability limitation that (b) is 
>> more restricted. As Ray stated, currently MATPOWER consider RATE_A. Hence, 
>> Is it more reasonable to consider Stability limitation in RATE_A for short 
>> or mid-term power system analysis?
>> 
>> -Reza
>> 
>> From: Ray Zimmerman <[email protected]>
>> To: MATPOWER discussion forum <[email protected]> 
>> Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 5:39 AM
>> Subject: Re: comprehension question about RATE_A, RATE_B, RATE_C
>> 
>> The only one that is used currently by MATPOWER is the long term rating 
>> (RATE_A), which is used to limit the MVA flows when running an OPF.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Ray Zimmerman
>> Senior Research Associate
>> 419A Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
>> phone: (607) 255-9645
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 4, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Cansu Yildirim <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>>  
>>> I’m trying to model a network containing different voltage levels and I 
>>> have to take account of the load of each branch in my network, so that my 
>>> lines are not overloaded.
>>> Therefore I wanted to fill in data for the long, short and emergency 
>>> ratings (RATE_A,RATE_B,RATE_C). As far as I didn’t get anything wrong, 
>>> these ratings define the allowable magnitude of the flow. Can anybody give 
>>> me a proper definition? And how do they influence my power flow? How does 
>>> matpower use this information?
>>> And I’m not sure how to calculate these ratings. Is it enough to know the 
>>> maximum allowable operating current and voltage rating for the cables?
>>>  
>>> I would be grateful for any help.
>>>  
>>> Kind regards,
>>>  
>>> Cansu Yildirim
> 
> 
> 

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