Title :
Optimal power flow in electrical microgrids
Author :
Heredia-Ramirez, F.A. ; Rivas-Trujillo, E. ; Hernandez-Mora, J.A.
Author_Institution :
GCEM, Bogota, Colombia
Abstract :
First of all, a state of the art regarding the methods to solve optimal power flow (OPF) and its application in electrical microgrids are presented in this article. Afterward, a mathematical algorithm based on the gradient method is proposed to implement OPF to a low-power electrical microgrid, with the objective of improving the voltage´s characteristics and reducing the active power losses. Finally, the proposed algorithm is applied to low-power electrical microgrid with photovoltaic generation to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; gradient methods; load flow; solar cells; OPF; active power loss reduction; electrical microgrid; gradient method; mathematical algorithm; optimal power flow; photovoltaic generation; voltage characteristics improvement; Jacobian matrices; Load flow; MATLAB; Microgrids; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon; gradient method; microgrid; optimal power flow; reduction of losses; voltage´s characteristics;
Conference_Titel :
Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXIV), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Panama City
DOI :
10.1109/CONCAPAN.2014.7000464
