A Dual Method for Computing Power Transfer Distribution Factors

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Contributors

  • Henrik Ronellenfitsch - , Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, University of Pennsylvania (Author)
  • Marc Timme - , Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Dirk Witthaut - , Jülich Research Centre, University of Cologne (Author)

Abstract

Power Transfer Distribution Factors (PTDFs) play a crucial role in power grid security analysis, planning, and redispatch. Fast calculation of the PTDFs is therefore of great importance. In this paper, we present a non-approximative dual method of computing PTDFs. It uses power flows along topological cycles of the network but still relies on simple matrix algebra. At the core, our method changes the size of the matrix that needs to be inverted to calculate the PTDFs from N × N, where N is the number of buses, to (L-N+1) × (L-N+1), where L is the number of lines and L-N+1 is the number of independent cycles (closed loops) in the network while remaining mathematically fully equivalent. For power grids containing a relatively small number of cycles, the method can offer a speedup of numerical calculations.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1007-1015
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE transactions on power systems
Volume32
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2017
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-5956-3137/work/142242448

Keywords

Keywords

  • DC power flow, line outage distribution factor, power transfer distribution factor