Network Formulations

Network formulations are used to describe how the network and buses are handled when constructing constraints. The most common constraint decided by the network formulation is the supply-demand balance constraint.

PowerSimulations.NetworkModel — Type

Establishes the model for the network specified by type.

Arguments

-::Type{T}: PowerModels AbstractPowerModel

Accepted Key Words

use_slacks::Bool: Adds slacks to the network modeling
PTDF::PTDF: PTDF Array calculated using PowerNetworkMatrices
duals::Vector{DataType}: Constraint types to calculate the duals
reduce_radial_branches::Bool: Skips modeling radial branches in the system to reduce problem size

Example

ptdfarray = PTDF(system) nw = NetworkModel(PTDFPowerModel, ptdf = ptdfarray),

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Available Network Models are:

Formulation	Description
`CopperPlatePowerModel`	Copper plate connection between all components, i.e. infinite transmission capacity
`AreaBalancePowerModel`	Network model approximation to represent inter-area flow with each area represented as a single node
`PTDFPowerModel`	Uses the PTDF factor matrix to compute the fraction of power transferred in the network across the branches
`AreaPTDFPowerModel`	Uses the PTDF factor matrix to compute the fraction of power transferred in the network across the branches and balances power by Area instead of system-wide

PowerModels.jl available formulations:

Exact non-convex models: ACPPowerModel, ACRPowerModel, ACTPowerModel.
Linear approximations: DCPPowerModel, NFAPowerModel.
Quadratic approximations: DCPLLPowerModel, LPACCPowerModel
Quadratic relaxations: SOCWRPowerModel, SOCWRConicPowerModel, SOCBFPowerModel, SOCBFConicPowerModel, QCRMPowerModel, QCLSPowerModel.
SDP relaxations: SDPWRMPowerModel, SparseSDPWRMPowerModel.

All of these formulations are described in the PowerModels.jl documentation and will not be described here.

`CopperPlatePowerModel`

PowerSimulations.CopperPlatePowerModel — Type

Infinite capacity approximation of network flow to represent entire system with a single node.

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Variables:

If Slack variables are enabled:

SystemBalanceSlackUp:
- Bounds: [0.0, ]
- Default initial value: 0.0
- Default proportional cost: 1e6
- Symbol: $p^\text{sl,up}$
SystemBalanceSlackDown:
- Bounds: [0.0, ]
- Default initial value: 0.0
- Default proportional cost: 1e6
- Symbol: $p^\text{sl,dn}$

Objective:

Add a large proportional cost to the objective function if slack variables are used $+ (p^\text{sl,up} + p^\text{sl,dn}) \cdot 10^6$

Expressions:

Adds $p^\text{sl,up}$ and $p^\text{sl,dn}$ terms to the respective active power balance expressions ActivePowerBalance created by this CopperPlatePowerModel network formulation.

Constraints:

Adds the CopperPlateBalanceConstraint to balance the active power of all components available in the system

\[\begin{align} & \sum_{c \in \text{components}} p_t^c = 0, \quad \forall t \in \{1, \dots, T\} \end{align}\]

`AreaBalancePowerModel`

PowerSimulations.AreaBalancePowerModel — Type

Approximation to represent inter-area flow with each area represented as a single node.

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Variables: If Slack variables are enabled:

SystemBalanceSlackUp by area:
- Bounds: [0.0, ]
- Default initial value: 0.0
- Default proportional cost: 1e6
- Symbol: $p^\text{sl,up}$
SystemBalanceSlackDown by area:
- Bounds: [0.0, ]
- Default initial value: 0.0
- Default proportional cost: 1e6
- Symbol: $p^\text{sl,dn}$

Objective:

Adds $p^\text{sl,up}$ and $p^\text{sl,dn}$ terms to the respective active power balance expressions ActivePowerBalance per area.

Expressions:

Creates ActivePowerBalance expressions for each area that then are used to balance active power for all buses within a single area.

Constraints:

Adds the CopperPlateBalanceConstraint to balance the active power of all components available in an area.

\[\begin{align} & \sum_{c \in \text{components}_a} p_t^c = 0, \quad \forall a\in \{1,\dots, A\}, t \in \{1, \dots, T\} \end{align}\]

`PTDFPowerModel`

PowerSimulations.PTDFPowerModel — Type

Linear active power approximation using the power transfer distribution factor PTDF matrix.

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Variables:

If Slack variables are enabled:

SystemBalanceSlackUp:
- Bounds: [0.0, ]
- Default initial value: 0.0
- Default proportional cost: 1e6
- Symbol: $p^\text{sl,up}$
SystemBalanceSlackDown:
- Bounds: [0.0, ]
- Default initial value: 0.0
- Default proportional cost: 1e6
- Symbol: $p^\text{sl,dn}$

Objective:

Add a large proportional cost to the objective function if slack variables are used $+ (p^\text{sl,up} + p^\text{sl,dn}) \cdot 10^6$

Expressions:

Adds $p^\text{sl,up}$ and $p^\text{sl,dn}$ terms to the respective system-wide active power balance expressions ActivePowerBalance created by this CopperPlatePowerModel network formulation. In addition, it creates ActivePowerBalance expressions for each bus to be used in the calculation of branch flows.

Constraints:

Adds the CopperPlateBalanceConstraint to balance the active power of all components available in the system

\[\begin{align} & \sum_{c \in \text{components}} p_t^c = 0, \quad \forall t \in \{1, \dots, T\} \end{align}\]

In addition creates NodalBalanceActiveConstraint for HVDC buses balance, if DC components are connected to an HVDC network.

`AreaPTDFPowerModel`

PowerSimulations.AreaPTDFPowerModel — Type

Linear active power approximation using the power transfer distribution factor PTDF matrix. Balancing areas independently.

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Variables

Slack variables are not supported.

Objective Function

No changes to the objective function.

Expressions

Creates the area-wide and nodal-wide active power balance expressions ActivePowerBalance to balance power based on each area independently. The flows across areas are computed based on the PTDF factors of lines connecting areas.

Constraints:

Adds the ActivePowerBalance constraint to balance the active power of all components available for each area.

\[\begin{align} & \sum_{c \in \text{components}_a} p_t^c = 0, \quad \forall a\in \{1,\dots, A\}, t \in \{1, \dots, T\} \end{align}\]

This includes the flows of lines based on the PTDF factors.