Superposition theorem for flexible grids

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Main Authors: Marot, Antoine, Henka, Noureddine, Donnot, Benjamin, Tazi, Sami
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Published: 2023
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author Marot, Antoine
Henka, Noureddine
Donnot, Benjamin
Tazi, Sami
author_facet Marot, Antoine
Henka, Noureddine
Donnot, Benjamin
Tazi, Sami
contents Flexible grid topology has become a key enabler of flexibility in modern power grids, particularly for congestion management. Studying the effects of combinatorial topological changes is therefore of significant interest, though it remains computationally intensive in most cases. To address this, we revisit the superposition theorem, which has served as the foundation for the decomposition of numerous power system problems over the past decades, particularly those involving changes in generation and loads. However, its application has traditionally been restricted to fixed grid topologies, breaking down as soon as a topology change occurs. In this paper, we extend the superposition theorem to accommodate varying grid topologies by leveraging well-known distribution factors. This unified framework applies to all types of topological changes, including line disconnection and reconnection, as well as bus splitting and merging. We provide numerical experiments to validate our approach and highlight its advantages in terms of speed-up and interpretability. Finally, we demonstrate its application in two key use cases: remedial action search and updated security analysis following a topological change. Our results show that the proposed approach achieves more than an order-of-magnitude speed-up for real-sized grids compared to the fastest power flow solvers.
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Marot, Antoine
Henka, Noureddine
Donnot, Benjamin
Tazi, Sami
Systems and Control
Flexible grid topology has become a key enabler of flexibility in modern power grids, particularly for congestion management. Studying the effects of combinatorial topological changes is therefore of significant interest, though it remains computationally intensive in most cases. To address this, we revisit the superposition theorem, which has served as the foundation for the decomposition of numerous power system problems over the past decades, particularly those involving changes in generation and loads. However, its application has traditionally been restricted to fixed grid topologies, breaking down as soon as a topology change occurs. In this paper, we extend the superposition theorem to accommodate varying grid topologies by leveraging well-known distribution factors. This unified framework applies to all types of topological changes, including line disconnection and reconnection, as well as bus splitting and merging. We provide numerical experiments to validate our approach and highlight its advantages in terms of speed-up and interpretability. Finally, we demonstrate its application in two key use cases: remedial action search and updated security analysis following a topological change. Our results show that the proposed approach achieves more than an order-of-magnitude speed-up for real-sized grids compared to the fastest power flow solvers.
title Superposition theorem for flexible grids
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04437