Yes, this is an Optimal Power Flow, with a specific objective function and
specific bounds on the optimization variables.
Ray
> On Aug 4, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Ehsan Hejri <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Dear Community,
>
> I have a strange question about OPF.
>
> If I use a solver like fmincon with Interior Point algorithm in MATLAB
> optimization toolbox to solve runpf('case30') with objective of loss
> minimization (Pgen_total - Pdemand_total ) and considering Pg in all
> PV-buses as control variables, can we call this funny method OPF?
>
> It is converged surprisingly!
>
> It is like, you run so many PF to find the best one. It is time consuming but
> changing objective function is easier.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Ehsan
