The find_islands() and case_info() function return the bus numbers in each island, as well as isolated buses, and case_info() also prints out lots of summary info about each island. If you actually want to extract each island into it’s own MATPOWER case, use extract_islands().
Ray > On Jan 15, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Abhyankar, Shrirang G. <abhy...@mcs.anl.gov> > wrote: > > > > From: Bijay Hughes <bijayhughe...@gmail.com <mailto:bijayhughe...@gmail.com>> > Reply-To: MATPOWER discussion forum <matpowe...@list.cornell.edu > <mailto:matpowe...@list.cornell.edu>> > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:20:42 +0800 > To: MATPOWER discussion forum <matpowe...@list.cornell.edu > <mailto:matpowe...@list.cornell.edu>> > Subject: extracting islands in extremely large systems > > Dear Shri, Ray and others, > > I am dealing with huge systems in my research. I am running multiple dcpf > each time with varied load profile. Each time I run my dcpf, some > transmission lines burn. > > Burning is a very serious problem, MATPOWER cannot do anything to help you > here. :-)) > > Use the function case_info() to extract the islands. > > Shri > > > As a result, islands are created. To run another dcpf with my updated system, > I need to detect islands first, else my solution does not convert ( I guess > you are all aware of this problem). Is there a way to extract all the islands > after I run my dcpf. I need to detect all the islands form and keep their > statuses at 4 (which means disabled). Can anybody please help me? > > Sincerely, > > Bijay