I agree that this would be a really useful addition and I would really like to include it. I even have some modified code that was contributed to assist with this. Unfortunately, I can't promise when I'll get the time to add this feature. I don't expect it will make it into the next release.
-- Ray Zimmerman Senior Research Associate B30 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 phone: (607) 255-9645 On Oct 10, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Shri <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a plan to have support for nonlinear user-defined > constraint/objective function in MATPOWER for the upcoming release or in the > future? Seems like this could be really a useful addition. > > Thanks, > Shri > On Oct 10, 2013, at 8:49 AM, Ray Zimmerman wrote: > >> Anything is possible … the question is how much work would be involved. If >> the additional constraints, costs, and variables can be expressed in a way >> that fits the extended OPF formulation described in section 5.3 in the >> User's Manual, then it should be pretty simple and straightforward, and >> shouldn't require any changes to the existing MATPOWER code. On the other >> hand, if the constraints are non-linear functions, for example, it would >> require non-trivial modifications to the existing code. >> >> -- >> Ray Zimmerman >> Senior Research Associate >> B30 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 >> phone: (607) 255-9645 >> >> >> >> On Oct 9, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Benjamin Biegel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is is possible to extend matpower to also include for example temperature >>> limits on the power lines? If you model the temperature of a cable for >>> example using a first order model, is it then possible to use matpower to >>> minimize or constrain the temperatures of the power lines? >>> >>> Best :) >>> Benjamin >>> >>> -- >>> Benjamin Biegel >>> Civilingeniør >>> PhD-studerende, Aalborg Universitet >>> >>> [email protected] >>> www.benjaminbiegel.com >>> +45 2819 7620 >> >
