TITLE:
Optimal Power Flow in Electrical Microgrids
AUTHORS:
Heredia Ramírez Francisco Andrés, Johann Hernandez, Edwin Rivas Trujillo
KEYWORDS:
Optimal Power Flow, Microgrid, Gradient Method, Profile Voltages, Reduction of Losses
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.6 No.12,
October
27,
2014
ABSTRACT: This paper presents in the first place, the state of art relating to the methods to solve optimal power flows (OPF) and its application in electrical microgrids. Afterwards, a mathematical algorithm based on the gradient method is proposed for the application of OPF in a low power microgrid, in order to improve the voltages profiles and consequently reduce the active power losses. Finally, the proposed algorithm is implemented in a low power microgrid to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.