Voltage-sensitive distribution factors for contingency analysis and topology optimization

Fuente: arXiv
Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Titz, Maurizio, Witthaut, Dirk, van Dijk, Joost, Petrick, Benjamin, Westerbeck, Nico
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2025
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
_version_ 1866911523848323072
author Titz, Maurizio
Witthaut, Dirk
van Dijk, Joost
Petrick, Benjamin
Westerbeck, Nico
author_facet Titz, Maurizio
Witthaut, Dirk
van Dijk, Joost
Petrick, Benjamin
Westerbeck, Nico
contents Topology optimization is a promising approach for mitigating congestion and managing changing grid conditions, but it is computationally challenging and requires approximations. Conventional distribution factors like PTDFs and LODFs, based on DC power flow, fail to capture voltage variations, reactive power, and losses, thereby limiting their use in detailed optimization tasks such as busbar splitting. This paper introduces generalized distribution factors derived from a voltage-sensitive linearization of the full AC power flow equations. The proposed formulation accurately reflects reactive power flows, Ohmic losses, and voltage deviations while remaining computationally efficient. We derive and evaluate generalized PTDFs, LODFs, and topology modification factors using matrix identities. We discuss potential applications including voltage-aware N-1 security analysis and topology optimization with a focus on busbar splitting. Numerical experiments demonstrate close agreement with full AC solutions, significantly outperforming the traditional DC approximation.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2509_19976
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Voltage-sensitive distribution factors for contingency analysis and topology optimization
Titz, Maurizio
Witthaut, Dirk
van Dijk, Joost
Petrick, Benjamin
Westerbeck, Nico
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
Topology optimization is a promising approach for mitigating congestion and managing changing grid conditions, but it is computationally challenging and requires approximations. Conventional distribution factors like PTDFs and LODFs, based on DC power flow, fail to capture voltage variations, reactive power, and losses, thereby limiting their use in detailed optimization tasks such as busbar splitting. This paper introduces generalized distribution factors derived from a voltage-sensitive linearization of the full AC power flow equations. The proposed formulation accurately reflects reactive power flows, Ohmic losses, and voltage deviations while remaining computationally efficient. We derive and evaluate generalized PTDFs, LODFs, and topology modification factors using matrix identities. We discuss potential applications including voltage-aware N-1 security analysis and topology optimization with a focus on busbar splitting. Numerical experiments demonstrate close agreement with full AC solutions, significantly outperforming the traditional DC approximation.
title Voltage-sensitive distribution factors for contingency analysis and topology optimization
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19976