If you save the case that produces the error and e-mail it to me directly off 
list, I'll have a look? Simply call "savecase" before calling rundcopf() so 
that I can reproduce the error.

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




On Feb 27, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Alexandra Kapetanaki 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Dr Ray,
> 
> Thank you very much for your feedback.
> Please find attached the correct IEEE RTS network where the red lines are 
> always connected to the network but with lower rating(10MVA each).
> However, the problem of non structure array remains.
> The reference bus is the bus 13.
> I would also like to inform you that I have added extra generators in each 
> bus-load in order to satisfy the demand when the generators capacity is not 
> adequate.
> Also I run the dc-opf  and the problem appears with dc-opf, whereas when I 
> run the AC opf the simulation runs succesfully.
> 
> Thank you once again for your time and your support,
> Kind Regrds,
> Alexandra
> From: [email protected] 
> [[email protected]] on behalf of Ray Zimmerman 
> [[email protected]]
> Sent: 27 February 2013 16:49
> To: MATPOWER discussion forum
> Subject: Re: matpower-problem
> 
> So, if I understand, you are saying that the branches highlighted in red are 
> always connected, but any number of the other lines could be out. It seems 
> there is still a possibility of the system separating into two islands by 
> opening the right branches connected to the 3 buses about 1/2 way down the 
> page.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ray Zimmerman
> Senior Research Associate
> 419A Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
> phone: (607) 255-9645
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:51 AM, Alexandra Kapetanaki 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> From: Alexandra Kapetanaki
>> Sent: 27 February 2013 09:47
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: matpower-problem
>> 
>> 
>> Dear Dr Ray,
>> 
>> My name is Alexandra and I am phd student at the University of Manchester.
>> I am writing you because I face difficulties when I use matpower for the 
>> IEEE RTS 24 network.
>> More specifically I have the following error message:
>> 
>> Attempt to reference field of non-structure array.
>> 
>> Error in qps_ot (line 260)
>> kl = find(lam.eqlin < 0);   %% lower bound binding
>> 
>> Error in qps_matpower (line 240)
>>         [x, f, eflag, output, lambda] = ...
>> 
>> Error in dcopf_solver (line 222)
>> [x, f, info, output, lambda] = qps_matpower(HH, CC, A, l, u, xmin, xmax, x0, 
>> opt);
>> 
>> Error in opf_execute (line 71)
>>   [results, success, raw] = dcopf_solver(om, mpopt);
>> 
>> Error in opf (line 225)
>> [results, success, raw] = opf_execute(om, mpopt);
>> 
>> Error in runopf (line 96)
>> [r, success] = opf(casedata, mpopt);
>> 
>> Error in nonsequential_modified_new (line 244)
>>     results=runopf(mpc,mpopt);
>> 
>> 
>> Actually my simulation runs for many iterations and in each of them some 
>> lines failed randomly and so there is the possibility that there is no 
>> voltage reference bus in each island.
>> For this reason in each iteration I check if the red lines in the attached 
>> file are connected with the network or not and if one of the them has failed 
>> I restore it in order to avoid setting 
>> voltage reference to the islanded buses. Therefore, in each iteration the 
>> red lines are connected with the network and so one voltage reference bus in 
>> bus 13 is adequate.
>> However, I face the same error message after few iterations.
>> Do you have any idea about this problem?
>> Is there any condition that I didn't take into consideration?
>> 
>> Thank you in advance,
>> I look forward for your feedback,
>> Kind Regards,
>> Kapetanaki Alexandra
>> <matpower-problem (1).zip>
> 
> <IEEE-RTS_new.png>

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