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Optimal Power Flow Analysis

The ETAP Optimal Power Flow (OPF) module is an extremely powerful simulation program for power system design, planning, and operation. It
solves power system load flow, but at the same time can optimize system operating conditions and automatically adjust control variable settings,
while ensuring system operating constraints are not violated. The optimized system will reduce the installation and/or operating cost, improve
system overall performance, and increases its reliability and security. Besides minimizing the operating and installation cost, the program also
provides a variety of other choices of optimization objectives, which covers virtually all the optimization criteria for a real power system. Any
practical control means in a power system such as transformer LTC, generator AVR control, shunt and series compensations, and load shed can all
be considered in the calculation. Constraints for bus voltage, branch flow in different types (MVA, MW, Mvar, and Amp), as well as control
variable adjustable bounds are also available for users to select and enforce. By using state-of-the-art optimization algorithms and advanced
programming techniques, this program is proven very capable, robust, and effective. Systems with over 20,000 buses can be solved at incredible
speed.

Some of the key features of the Optimal Power Flow program are summarized below:

z Common and integrated database

z Fully inherited 3-D data structure, including infinite presentations, unlimited configurations, & multiple data revisions
z Handles Looped, Radial, or Combined Systems
z Systems with multiple swing buses
z Systems with isolated sub-systems
z Systems with zero impedance branches (tie circuit breakers)
z Systems with de-energized buses and branches
z Automatic adjustment of cable/line resistance according to operating temperatures
z Automatic adjustment of overload heater resistance according to tolerance
z Automatic adjustment of cable/line length according to their tolerance
z Automatic adjustment of transformer impedance according to tolerance
z Automatic adjustment of current limiting reactor impedance according to tolerance
z Multiple loading categories
z Multiple generation categories
z Load diversity factors
z Accurate AC modeling
z State-of-the-art Interior Point Algorithm
z Logarithmic Barrier Function (handles both equality & inequality constraints)
z Primal-Dual Direction Search method
z Controlled solution parameters

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z Minimize system real power losses

z Minimize system reactive power losses
z Minimize swing bus power
z Minimize shunt Mvar devices
z Minimize fuel cost
z Minimize series compensation
z Minimize generation cost
z Minimize control movement
z Minimize control adjustment
z Maximize voltage security indexes
z Maximize line flow security indexes
z Flatten voltage profile
z User-defined objective functions
z Bus voltage constraint
z Line flow constraint
z Control limit constraint
z Generator Var limit constraint
z Transmission interface limit constraint
z Smooth function of any variables
z Generator MW & Mvar control
z Transformer LTC control
z Transformer phase-shifter control
z Shunt compensation control
z Series compensation control
z Switching capacitor control

Optimal Power Flow Analysis

Toolbar
Study Case Editor
Display Options
Calculation Methods
Required Data
Output Reports
One-Line Diagram Displayed Results

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