Victor, Yes, you can do it without bus angles but you'd end up with a formulation with a dense distribution factors matrix which could be a problem for large systems. One place where you can speed up such DCOPF is by using a global power balance equation instead of nodal equations. You do not need nodal balance equations if you have the distribution factors matrix. An added benefit of using the distribution matrix would be loss estimation.
I rarely use Matpower so I am not sure which algorithm Ray uses. Maybe I should've let Ray answer the question since it was addressed to him. Jovan Ilic On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Victor Hugo Hinojosa M. < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dr Zimmerman, > I’d like to ask you a question about the DC optimal power flow (DC-OPF). > The optimization problem in Matpower is modeled using as decision variables > the active power generation and the bus voltage angles. These variables are > solved using the primal-dual interior point solver (MIPS) considering that > both variables are independent. When the AC transmission system is > transformed using the DC approach, the voltage angles and the active power > injections are related through the Y_bus matrix, so the decision variables > are dependent. It’s possible to model the DC-OPF problem using only the > power generation as decision variable?**** > > Thank you so much for your comments in advance.**** > > Best Regards,**** > > Víctor**** > > ** ** >
