A multistage solution approach for dynamic reactive power optimization based on interval uncertainty (Q1720823)

Summary: In order to solve the uncertainty and randomness of the output of the renewable energy resources and the load fluctuations in the reactive power optimization, this paper presents a novel approach focusing on dealing with the issues aforementioned in dynamic reactive power optimization (DRPO). The DRPO with large amounts of renewable resources can be presented by two determinate large-scale mixed integer nonlinear nonconvex programming problems using the theory of direct interval matching and the selection of the extreme value intervals. However, it has been admitted that the large-scale mixed integer nonlinear nonconvex programming is quite difficult to solve. Therefore, in order to simplify the solution, the heuristic search and variable correction approaches are employed to relax the nonconvex power flow equations to obtain a mixed integer quadratic programming model which can be solved using software packages such as CPLEX and GUROBI. The ultimate solution and the performance of the presented approach are compared to the traditional methods based on the evaluations using IEEE 14-, 118-, and 300-bus systems. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the presented approach, which potentially can be a significant tool in DRPO research.