I’m not sure why you say MATPOWER uses box constraints on the line flows. By 
default, for the AC OPF, MATPOWER uses the same constraint as the one J 
Carpenter presents. There is also the option to  constrain active power flow or 
current magnitude.

-- 
Ray Zimmerman
Senior Research Associate
B30 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
phone: (607) 255-9645



On Apr 15, 2014, at 9:15 PM, Aftognosia Aftognosia <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Dr Zimmerman,
> 
> Matpower uses box constraints on line flows when performing OPF.
> J Carpenter in his formulation, explicitly presented the constraints as P^2 + 
> Q^2 <= S^2.
> Thus, is the formulation with box constraints used in any formal literature 
> paper ? 
> (eg is it categorized as a separate form of ACOPF formulations )?
> 
> Thank you
> On Monday, April 14, 2014 2:41 PM, Ray Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Simply change the corresponding value in the case file. See Appendix B in the 
> User’s Manual for details on the input file format.
> 
> -- 
> Ray Zimmerman
> Senior Research Associate
> B30 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
> phone: (607) 255-9645
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 12, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Mahmoud Abdallah 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>  dear sir
>> I use matpower 3.2
>> 
>> I use runpf on case 39 and I wish to limit power generated at bus 39 to 
>> certain value how can I do that ?
>> 
>> first guess for power generated from generator at bus 39 = 1000 MW
>> I wish to make it generate only 500 MW 
>> 
>> thank you in advance
>> Eng. Mahmoud abdallah
>> Teaching Assistant
>> Ain Shams University
>> Faculty of Engineering
> 
> 
> 

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