Optimal transmission switching

Emily Fisher, Richard P. O’Neill, Michael C. Ferris

2009 · 53 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper, we formulate the problem of finding an optimal generation dispatch and transmission topology to meet a specific inflexible load as a mixed integer program. Our model is a mixed-integer linear program because it employs binary variables to represent the state of the equipment and linear relationships to describe the physical system. We find that on the standard 118-bus IEEE test case a savings of 25 percent in system dispatch cost can be achieved.