An introduction to optimal power flow: Theory, formulation, and examples

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1172-1197

  Frank, Stephen ^a   Rebennack, Steffen ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

electric power systems analysis; electrical engineering; nonlinear programming; operations research; optimal power flow; optimization; Power flow

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONSTRAINED NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATIONS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; POWER FLOW EQUATIONS; POWER FLOWS; POWER SYSTEMS MODELING; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE;

ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW;

EID: 84981543675     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2016.1189626     Document Type: Article

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