That's very interesting. I run the case14 as below and get convergence in 1 
iteration. However, the convergence aside, I still get different results when I 
run a PF calculation of my model using the results of a previous OPF 
calculation - these results are different by 100's of MVAR's. To me this 
implies that the solution given by the opf is not attainable using pf, ie that 
it is incorrect, or that the opf voltage results are not matched to the opf 
power flow results. Could this also be a bug?

Regards,

Dominic

mpc=loadcase('case14.m');
resultsOPF=runopf(mpc);
resultsPF=runpf(resultsOPF);

MATPOWER Version 5.0, 17-Dec-2014 -- AC Optimal Power Flow
PDIPMOPF Version 4.1, Build 18, 11-Nov-2011
Copyright (c) 2007-2011 by Power System Engineering Research Center (PSERC)

Converged in 0.03 seconds
Objective Function Value = 8081.53 $/hr
================================================================================
|     System Summary                                                           |
================================================================================

How many?                How much?              P (MW)            Q (MVAr)
---------------------    -------------------  -------------  -----------------
Buses             14     Total Gen Capacity     772.4         -52.0 to 148.0
Generators         5     On-line Capacity       772.4         -52.0 to 148.0
Committed Gens     5     Generation (actual)    268.3              67.6
Loads             11     Load                   259.0              73.5
  Fixed           11       Fixed                259.0              73.5
  Dispatchable     0       Dispatchable          -0.0 of -0.0      -0.0
Shunts             1     Shunt (inj)             -0.0              20.7
Branches          20     Losses (I^2 * Z)         9.29             39.16
Transformers       3     Branch Charging (inj)     -               24.3
Inter-ties         0     Total Inter-tie Flow     0.0               0.0
Areas              1

                          Minimum                      Maximum
                 -------------------------  --------------------------------
Voltage Magnitude   1.014 p.u. @ bus 4          1.060 p.u. @ bus 1
Voltage Angle     -14.27 deg   @ bus 14         0.00 deg   @ bus 1
P Losses (I^2*R)             -                  2.90 MW    @ line 1-2
Q Losses (I^2*X)             -                  8.86 MVAr  @ line 1-2
Lambda P           36.72 $/MWh @ bus 1         41.20 $/MWh @ bus 14
Lambda Q           -0.09 $/MWh @ bus 1          0.57 $/MWh @ bus 14

================================================================================
|     Bus Data                                                                 |
================================================================================
Bus      Voltage          Generation             Load          Lambda($/MVA-hr)
  #   Mag(pu) Ang(deg)   P (MW)   Q (MVAr)   P (MW)   Q (MVAr)     P        Q
----- ------- --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  -------  -------
    1  1.060    0.000*   194.33      0.00       -         -      36.724  -0.094
    2  1.041   -4.022     36.72     23.69     21.70     12.70    38.360     -
    3  1.016   -9.926     28.74     24.13     94.20     19.00    40.575     -
    4  1.014   -8.665       -         -       47.80     -3.90    40.190   0.120
    5  1.016   -7.428       -         -        7.60      1.60    39.661   0.208
    6  1.060  -12.689      0.00     11.55     11.20      7.50    39.734     -
    7  1.046  -11.188       -         -         -         -      40.172   0.120
    8  1.060  -10.415      8.49      8.27       -         -      40.170     -
    9  1.044  -12.997       -         -       29.50     16.60    40.166   0.196
   10  1.039  -13.233       -         -        9.00      5.80    40.318   0.309
   11  1.046  -13.091       -         -        3.50      1.80    40.155   0.228
   12  1.045  -13.533       -         -        6.10      1.60    40.379   0.212
   13  1.040  -13.583       -         -       13.50      5.80    40.575   0.353
   14  1.024  -14.274       -         -       14.90      5.00    41.197   0.571
                        --------  --------  --------  --------
               Total:    268.29     67.63    259.00     73.50

================================================================================
|     Branch Data                                                              |
================================================================================
Brnch   From   To    From Bus Injection   To Bus Injection     Loss (I^2 * Z)
  #     Bus    Bus    P (MW)   Q (MVAr)   P (MW)   Q (MVAr)   P (MW)   Q (MVAr)
-----  -----  -----  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
   1      1      2    129.67     -6.36   -126.77      9.40     2.902      8.86
   2      1      5     64.66      6.37    -62.61     -3.21     2.051      8.47
  3      2      3     55.59      0.47    -54.25      0.56     1.344      5.66
   4      2      4     48.92     -0.48    -47.63      0.79     1.285      3.90
   5      2      5     37.28      1.59    -36.54     -3.00     0.737      2.25
   6      3      4    -11.21      4.57     11.31     -5.63     0.099      0.25
   7      4      5    -49.17     11.58     49.50    -10.53     0.331      1.04
   8      4      7     22.85     -3.99    -22.85      5.04     0.000      1.05
   9      4      9     14.84      1.17    -14.84     -0.04     0.000      1.12
  10      5      6     42.06     15.14    -42.06    -10.90     0.000      4.23
  11      6     11      6.09      4.56     -6.04     -4.46     0.049      0.10
  12      6     12      7.65      2.66     -7.58     -2.51     0.072      0.15
  13      6     13     17.12      7.73    -16.91     -7.32     0.208      0.41
  14      7      8     -8.49     -8.05      8.49      8.27     0.000      0.22
  15      7      9     31.34      3.01    -31.34     -2.02     0.000      1.00
  16      9     10      6.49      3.20     -6.47     -3.16     0.015      0.04
  17      9     14     10.20      2.95    -10.06     -2.67     0.131      0.28
  18     10     11     -2.53     -2.64      2.54      2.66     0.010      0.02
  19     12     13      1.48      0.91     -1.47     -0.91     0.006      0.01
  20     13     14      4.88      2.42     -4.84     -2.33     0.047      0.10
                                                             --------  --------
                                                    Total:     9.287     39.16

================================================================================
|     Voltage Constraints                                                      |
================================================================================
Bus #  Vmin mu    Vmin    |V|   Vmax    Vmax mu
-----  --------   -----  -----  -----   --------
    1      -      0.940  1.060  1.060   583.780
    6      -      0.940  1.060  1.060    55.184
    8      -      0.940  1.060  1.060    71.069

================================================================================
|     Generation Constraints                                                   |
================================================================================
Gen   Bus                Active Power Limits
  #     #    Pmin mu    Pmin       Pg       Pmax    Pmax mu
----  -----  -------  --------  --------  --------  -------
   4     6    0.266      0.00      0.00    100.00      -

Gen  Bus              Reactive Power Limits
#    #   Qmin mu    Qmin       Qg       Qmax    Qmax mu
---  ---  -------  --------  --------  --------  -------
  1    1   0.094      0.00      0.00     10.00      -

MATPOWER Version 5.0, 17-Dec-2014 -- AC Power Flow (Newton)

Newton's method power flow converged in 1 iterations.

Converged in 0.00 seconds
Objective Function Value = 8081.53 $/hr
================================================================================
|     System Summary                                                           |
================================================================================

How many?                How much?              P (MW)            Q (MVAr)
---------------------    -------------------  -------------  -----------------
Buses             14     Total Gen Capacity     772.4         -52.0 to 148.0
Generators         5     On-line Capacity       772.4         -52.0 to 148.0
Committed Gens     5     Generation (actual)    268.3              67.6
Loads             11     Load                   259.0              73.5
  Fixed           11       Fixed                259.0              73.5
  Dispatchable     0       Dispatchable          -0.0 of -0.0      -0.0
Shunts             1     Shunt (inj)             -0.0              20.7
Branches          20     Losses (I^2 * Z)         9.29             39.16
Transformers       3     Branch Charging (inj)     -               24.3
Inter-ties         0     Total Inter-tie Flow     0.0               0.0
Areas              1

                          Minimum                      Maximum
                 -------------------------  --------------------------------
Voltage Magnitude   1.014 p.u. @ bus 4          1.060 p.u. @ bus 1
Voltage Angle     -14.27 deg   @ bus 14         0.00 deg   @ bus 1
P Losses (I^2*R)             -                  2.90 MW    @ line 1-2
Q Losses (I^2*X)             -                  8.86 MVAr  @ line 1-2
Lambda P           36.72 $/MWh @ bus 1         41.20 $/MWh @ bus 14
Lambda Q           -0.09 $/MWh @ bus 1          0.57 $/MWh @ bus 14

================================================================================
|     Bus Data                                                                 |
================================================================================
Bus      Voltage          Generation             Load          Lambda($/MVA-hr)
  #   Mag(pu) Ang(deg)   P (MW)   Q (MVAr)   P (MW)   Q (MVAr)     P        Q
----- ------- --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  -------  -------
    1  1.060    0.000*   194.33      0.00       -         -      36.724  -0.094
    2  1.041   -4.022     36.72     23.69     21.70     12.70    38.360     -
    3  1.016   -9.926     28.74     24.13     94.20     19.00    40.575     -
    4  1.014   -8.665       -         -       47.80     -3.90    40.190   0.120
    5  1.016   -7.428       -         -        7.60      1.60    39.661   0.208
    6  1.060  -12.689      0.00     11.55     11.20      7.50    39.734     -
    7  1.046  -11.188       -         -         -         -      40.172   0.120
    8  1.060  -10.415      8.49      8.27       -         -      40.170     -
    9  1.044  -12.997       -         -       29.50     16.60    40.166   0.196
   10  1.039  -13.233       -         -        9.00      5.80    40.318   0.309
   11  1.046  -13.091       -         -        3.50      1.80    40.155   0.228
   12  1.045  -13.533       -         -        6.10      1.60    40.379   0.212
   13  1.040  -13.583       -         -       13.50      5.80    40.575   0.353
   14  1.024  -14.274       -         -       14.90      5.00    41.197   0.571
                        --------  --------  --------  --------
               Total:    268.29     67.63    259.00     73.50

================================================================================
|     Branch Data                                                              |
================================================================================
Brnch   From   To    From Bus Injection   To Bus Injection     Loss (I^2 * Z)
  #     Bus    Bus    P (MW)   Q (MVAr)   P (MW)   Q (MVAr)   P (MW)   Q (MVAr)
-----  -----  -----  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
   1      1      2    129.67     -6.36   -126.77      9.40     2.902      8.86
   2      1      5     64.66      6.37    -62.61     -3.21     2.051      8.47
   3      2      3     55.59      0.47    -54.25      0.56     1.344      5.66
   4      2      4     48.92     -0.48    -47.63      0.79     1.285      3.90
   5      2      5     37.28      1.59    -36.54     -3.00     0.737      2.25
   6      3      4    -11.21      4.57     11.31     -5.63     0.099      0.25
   7      4      5    -49.17     11.58     49.50    -10.53     0.331      1.04
   8      4      7     22.85     -3.99    -22.85      5.04     0.000      1.05
   9      4      9     14.84      1.17    -14.84     -0.04     0.000      1.12
  10      5      6     42.06     15.14    -42.06    -10.90     0.000      4.23
  11      6     11      6.09      4.56     -6.04     -4.46     0.049      0.10
  12      6     12      7.65      2.66     -7.58     -2.51     0.072      0.15
  13      6     13     17.12      7.73    -16.91     -7.32     0.208      0.41
  14      7      8     -8.49     -8.05      8.49      8.27     0.000      0.22
  15      7      9     31.34      3.01    -31.34     -2.02     0.000      1.00
  16      9     10      6.49      3.20     -6.47     -3.16     0.015      0.04
  17      9     14     10.20      2.95    -10.06     -2.67     0.131      0.28
  18     10     11     -2.53     -2.64      2.54      2.66     0.010      0.02
  19     12     13      1.48      0.91     -1.47     -0.91     0.006      0.01
  20     13     14      4.88      2.42     -4.84     -2.33     0.047      0.10
                                                             --------  --------
                                                    Total:     9.287     39.16

================================================================================
|     Voltage Constraints                                                      |
================================================================================
Bus #  Vmin mu    Vmin    |V|   Vmax    Vmax mu
-----  --------   -----  -----  -----   --------
    1      -      0.940  1.060  1.060   583.780
    6      -      0.940  1.060  1.060    55.184
    8      -      0.940  1.060  1.060    71.069

================================================================================
|     Generation Constraints                                                   |
================================================================================
Gen   Bus                Active Power Limits
  #     #    Pmin mu    Pmin       Pg       Pmax    Pmax mu
----  -----  -------  --------  --------  --------  -------
   4     6    0.266      0.00      0.00    100.00      -

Gen  Bus              Reactive Power Limits
#    #   Qmin mu    Qmin       Qg       Qmax    Qmax mu
---  ---  -------  --------  --------  --------  -------
  1    1   0.094      0.00      0.00     10.00      -
>> compare_case(resultsOPF, resultsPF)
----------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  -----
matrix / col         case 1          case 2        difference     row
----------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  -----
bus
  VM                   1.03914         1.03914     7.68601e-11     10
  VA                  -14.2741        -14.2741     2.45214e-07     14 *

gen
  PG                    194.33          194.33     5.37223e-08      1
  QG                   11.5455         11.5455     1.64362e-07      4 *

branch
  PF                   42.0553         42.0553     9.84285e-08     10 *
  QF                  -8.05255        -8.05255      3.0924e-08     14
  PT                  -42.0553        -42.0553     9.84285e-08     10
  QT                   8.27299         8.27299     2.97751e-08     14
>>

Von: bounce-118752219-69321...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118752219-69321...@list.cornell.edu] Im Auftrag von Abhyankar, 
Shrirang G.
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2015 20:55
An: MATPOWER discussion forum
Betreff: Re: AW: Solved case does not converge in zero iterations

I think the runopf routine should update generator set point voltages in the 
mpc struct once a solution is found. It is clearly a bug if that's not the case.

I did a quick check on case14 and found that the power flow converges in 0 
iterations given an initial guess from the OPF solution. With case118, the 
power flow takes 1 iteration. Note that power flow uses a default convergence 
tolerance of 1e-8. For case14, the mismatch norm at iteration 0 is ~ 1-e10, 
while for case118 it is ~ 1e-7. Hence, the power flow converges in 0 iterations 
for case14 and in 1 iteration for case118. Regardless, you should expect almost 
same solutions (accuracy ~ tolerance settings) for OPF and PF.

Shri


From: Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez 
<ce.murillosanc...@gmail.com<mailto:ce.murillosanc...@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: MATPOWER discussion forum 
<matpowe...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:matpowe...@list.cornell.edu>>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:39:48 -0500
To: MATPOWER discussion forum 
<matpowe...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:matpowe...@list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: Re: AW: Solved case does not converge in zero iterations



Dear Dominic:

The PF solver takes the generator voltage setpoint from the gen(:, VG), thus 
changing the voltage values set by the OPF at generator buses.  Try
resultsOPF=runopf(mpc)                             %calculate opf
mpc.gen=resultsOPF.gen                             %update mpc with optimal P,V 
and angle values
mpc.bus=resultsOPF.bus
mpc.gen(:, VG) = mpc.bus(mpc.gen(:, GEN_BUS), VM);
resultsPF=runpf(mpc)

Regards,
carlos.



Hewes, Dominic wrote:
Hi Uriel,

Thanks for your quick response. I understand that the opf varies the PV bus 
voltages (and other variables) in order to achieve an optimal solution. 
However, if I take the results of the opf (i.e the optimal generator P, V and 
bus V,Angle etc) and use these to run a pf (which as you say fixes these 
variables and does not allow them to change) then why should I get different 
results in comparison to the opf results?

Maybe my method description could be clearer. If I first run an opf, and then 
update my original mpc struct with the voltages, angles and powers from the opf 
results, and then run a pf, surely I should get the same results as were output 
by the opf? ie:

resultsOPF=runopf(mpc)                             %calculate opf

mpc.gen=resultsOPF.gen                             %update mpc with optimal P,V 
and angle values
mpc.bus=resultsOPF.bus

resultsPF=runpf(mpc)                                   %run pf to calculate 
power flows given by the optimal P,V and angle values

Does this make any sense?

Again, thanks for the response.

Regards,

Dominic



Von: 
bounce-118751957-69321...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-118751957-69321...@list.cornell.edu>
 [mailto:bounce-118751957-69321...@list.cornell.edu] Im Auftrag von Uriel 
Fernando Sandoval
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2015 20:02
An: MATPOWER discussion forum
Betreff: Re: Solved case does not converge in zero iterations

Hello Dominic,

Probably you are confusing what is the objective of each routine:

On one hand opf tries to minimize the production cost subject to voltage 
constraints : Vmin<= V <= Vmax (for all buses, even PV buses) and other network 
constraints, therefore, opf does not fix the terminal voltage of the generators.

On the other hand pf solves and obtain an equilibrium point that satisfy power 
balance equations, but, in this case pf fixes the terminal voltage the 
generators (PV buses)  Vk == Vref.

IMHO that is the reason why your are experiencing those differences.


Best,

Uriel


El 28/01/2015, a las 10:42, Hewes, Dominic 
<dominic.he...@tum.de<mailto:dominic.he...@tum.de>> escribió:

Dear Matpower Community,

I am observing a strange problem whereby the results from a successful 
'runopf()' do not seem to present a solved power flow case. I want to verify 
the power flow solution from an OPF by running a PF with the OPF results as the 
mpc struct. Firstly, the 'runpf()' converges in 1 iteration, whereas i would 
expect a solved case to converge in 0 iterations- am i mistaken here? Secondly, 
when i use the 'compare_case()' command to compare the OPF results with the 
resulting PF results, I see that there are large differences between the 
solutions. My code is as follows:

resultsOPF=runopf(mpc123);
resultsPF=runpf(resultsOPF);

compare_case(resultsOPF, resultsPF)

The comparison shows a maximum reactive power difference of 494 MVAR between 
the generator results:

gen
  PG               5.00578e-10     9.67145e-09     9.17088e-09    614
  QG               7.99959e-11         494.118         494.118    218 *

The OPF command converges successfully with no error warnings, and so I assumed 
that running the results struct through a PF command should give the same power 
flow solution. Am i mistaken here?  If my thinking is correct, this would 
indicate that the optimiser has provided results that do not represent a 
feasible power flow solution - is this potentially a bug? I have tested the 
same method on the 'case14.m' file and observe that this also requires 1 
iteration to converge and gives very small differences (~2e-7) between the OPF 
and PF results.

I am using the latest matpower release (5.0), the TSPOPF 5.0 solver and a 
windows 7 machine (see output of mpver at end of email). I have tried with 
other solvers and observe the same problem. I am working with a large model 
(>5000 bus) that i have attached below. Could the size of my model be the cause 
of this problem?

Presently I am not sure whether I am making a simple mistake or if there is a 
bug in the solver that is causing the output of inaccurate results.

Has anyone experienced similar problems? I would very much appreciate any 
advice on the cause of the problem.

Kind Regards,

Dominic


mpver

MATPOWER               Version 5.0        17-Dec-2014
MATLAB                 Version 8.4        08-Sep-2014   Release: (R2014b)
Optimization Toolbox   Version 7.1        08-Sep-2014   Release: (R2014b)
MIPS                   Version 1.1        17-Dec-2014
SDP_PF                 -- not installed --
YALMIP                 -- not installed --
BPMPD_MEX              -- not installed --
CPLEX                  Version 12.6.0.0                 PCWIN64
Gurobi                 -- not installed --
GLPK                   -- not installed --
IPOPT                  -- not installed --
KNITRO                 -- not installed --
MINOPF                 -- not installed --
MOSEK                  -- not installed --
PDIPMOPF               Version 5.0        17-Dec-2014   PCWIN64
SCPDIPMOPF             Version 5.0        17-Dec-2014   PCWIN64
SDPT3                  -- not installed --
SeDuMi                 -- not installed --
TRALMOPF               Version 5.0        17-Dec-2014   PCWIN64
Architecture:          PCWIN64
<mpc123.mat>


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