Economic Dispatch in Unbalanced Distribution Networks via Semidefinite Relaxation

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Authors: Emiliano Dall'Anese, Georgios B. Giannakis, Bruce F. Wollenberg 

Publication date: 30 June 2012

Abstract: The economic dispatch problem is considered for unbalanced three-phase power distribution networks entailing both non-deferrable and elastic loads, and distributed generation (DG) units. The objective is to minimize the costs of power drawn from the main grid and supplied by the DG units over a given time horizon, while meeting the overall load demand and effecting voltage regulation. Similar to optimal power flow counterparts for balanced systems, the resultant optimization problem is nonconvex. Nevertheless, a semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation technique is advocated to obtain a (relaxed) convex problem solvable in polynomial-time complexity. To promote a reliable yet efficient feeder operation, SDP-compliant constraints on line and neutral current magnitudes are accommodated in the optimization formulated, along with constraints on the power factor at the substation and at nodes equipped with capacitor banks. Tests on the IEEE 13-node radial feeder demonstrate the ability of the proposed method to attain the globally optimal solution of the original nonconvex problem.

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