AC–DC optimal reactive power flow model via predictor–corrector primal‐dual interior‐point method

Abstract

This study presents a quadratic optimal reactive power flow (ORPF) models for ac-dc hybrid power system. In the ac system, the load tap changing transformer is represented by an ideal transformer and its series impedance with an artificial node located between them. The ideal transformer is further replaced by the current injections at the two terminal nodes. The artificial node voltage and the current injections are used to express the relationship between the quantities at both sides. For the dc system, some variables are introduced to formulate the dc equations. Finally, utilising their couplings, the ac and dc equations expressed in different coordinates can be integrated into a unified quadratic ac-dc ORPF model, which is simply expressed in the block form. The predictor-corrector primal-dual interior-point method is used to solve the optimisation problem. The quadratic model results in the constant Hessians that all have elements of 1 or −1, and mostly being zero and multiplication is not required to form the full Hessian, thereby accelerating the entire optimal process significantly. Extensive numerical simulations have shown the validity and superior performance of the proposed model than the conventional one.