Optimization with PowerModels.jl

Installation

If you are not yet using Julia, install it. Note that you need a version that is supported PowerModels, PyCall and pyjulia for the interface to work. Currently, Julia 1.1 is the most recent version of Julia that supports all these packages.

Note

You don’t necessarily need a Julia IDE if you are using PowerModels through pandapower, but it might help for debugging to install an IDE such as Juno. Also, PyCharm has a Julia Plugin.

  1. Add the Julia binary folder (e.g. /Julia-1.1.0/bin) to the system variable PATH. Providing the path is correct, you can now enter the julia prompt by executing julia in your shell.

  2. The library PyCall allows to use Python from inside julia. By default, PyCall uses the Conda.jl package to install a Miniconda distribution private to Julia. To use an already installed Python distribution (e.g. Anaconda), set the PYTHON environment variable inside the Julia prompt to e.g.: ENV["PYTHON"]="C:\\Anaconda3\\python.exe".

  3. Access the package mode by typing ]. Now install the packages: add Ipopt PowerModels PyCall.

  4. Test your PowerModels installation by executing test PowerModels. Then, test if calling Python from Julia works as described here.

Note

If you cannot plot using PyCall and PyPlot in Julia, see the workarounds offered here.

  1. To call Julia from Python, install the pyjulia package with pip install julia. Afterwards, test if everything works by importing PowerModels from Python with: from julia.PowerModels import run_ac_opf. This takes some time, since Python starts a julia instance in the background, but it if the import completes without error everything is configured correctly and you can now use PowerModels to optimize pandapower networks.

  2. Additional packages are required to use the pandapower - PowerModels.jl interface. Install the “JSON” and “JuMP” packages with, e.g., julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add("JSON"); Pkg.add("JuMP")' or by entering ] inside the julia console and calling add JSON add JuMP

Usage

The usage is explained in the PowerModels tutorial.

pandapower.runpm_ac_opf(net, pp_to_pm_callback=None, calculate_voltage_angles=True, trafo_model='t', delta=1e-08, trafo3w_losses='hv', check_connectivity=True, pm_model='ACPPowerModel', pm_solver='ipopt', correct_pm_network_data=True, pm_time_limits=None, pm_log_level=0)

Runs a non-linear power system optimization using PowerModels.jl.

Flexibilities, constraints and cost parameters are defined in the pandapower element tables.

Flexibilities can be defined in net.sgen / net.gen /net.load net.sgen.controllable if a static generator is controllable. If False, the active and reactive power are assigned as in a normal power flow. If True, the following flexibilities apply:

  • net.sgen.min_p_mw / net.sgen.max_p_mw

  • net.sgen.min_q_mvar / net.sgen.max_q_mvar

  • net.load.min_p_mw / net.load.max_p_mw

  • net.load.min_q_mvar / net.load.max_q_mvar

  • net.gen.min_p_mw / net.gen.max_p_mw

  • net.gen.min_q_mvar / net.gen.max_q_mvar

  • net.ext_grid.min_p_mw / net.ext_grid.max_p_mw

  • net.ext_grid.min_q_mvar / net.ext_grid.max_q_mvar

  • net.dcline.min_q_to_mvar / net.dcline.max_q_to_mvar / net.dcline.min_q_from_mvar / net.dcline.max_q_from_mvar

Controllable loads behave just like controllable static generators. It must be stated if they are controllable. Otherwise, they are not respected as flexibilities. Dc lines are controllable per default

Network constraints can be defined for buses, lines and transformers the elements in the following columns:
  • net.bus.min_vm_pu / net.bus.max_vm_pu

  • net.line.max_loading_percent

  • net.trafo.max_loading_percent

  • net.trafo3w.max_loading_percent

How these costs are combined into a cost function depends on the cost_function parameter.

INPUT:

net - The pandapower format network

OPTIONAL:

pp_to_pm_callback (function, None) - callback function to add data to the PowerModels data structure

pm_model (str, “ACPPowerModel”) - model to use. Default is AC model

pm_solver (str, “ipopt”) - default solver to use. If ipopt is not available use Ipopt

correct_pm_network_data (bool, True) - checks if network data is correct. If not tries to correct it

pm_time_limits (Dict, None) - Time limits in seconds for power models interface. To be set as a dict like

{“pm_time_limit”: 300.}

pm_log_level (int, 0) - solver log level in power models

pandapower.runpm_dc_opf(net, pp_to_pm_callback=None, calculate_voltage_angles=True, trafo_model='t', delta=1e-08, trafo3w_losses='hv', check_connectivity=True, correct_pm_network_data=True, pm_model='DCPPowerModel', pm_solver='ipopt', pm_time_limits=None, pm_log_level=0)

Runs a linearized power system optimization using PowerModels.jl.

Flexibilities, constraints and cost parameters are defined in the pandapower element tables.

Flexibilities can be defined in net.sgen / net.gen /net.load net.sgen.controllable if a static generator is controllable. If False, the active and reactive power are assigned as in a normal power flow. If True, the following flexibilities apply:

  • net.sgen.min_p_mw / net.sgen.max_p_mw

  • net.sgen.min_q_mvar / net.sgen.max_q_mvar

  • net.load.min_p_mw / net.load.max_p_mw

  • net.load.min_q_mvar / net.load.max_q_mvar

  • net.gen.min_p_mw / net.gen.max_p_mw

  • net.gen.min_q_mvar / net.gen.max_q_mvar

  • net.ext_grid.min_p_mw / net.ext_grid.max_p_mw

  • net.ext_grid.min_q_mvar / net.ext_grid.max_q_mvar

  • net.dcline.min_q_to_mvar / net.dcline.max_q_to_mvar / net.dcline.min_q_from_mvar / net.dcline.max_q_from_mvar

Controllable loads behave just like controllable static generators. It must be stated if they are controllable. Otherwise, they are not respected as flexibilities. Dc lines are controllable per default

Network constraints can be defined for buses, lines and transformers the elements in the following columns:
  • net.bus.min_vm_pu / net.bus.max_vm_pu

  • net.line.max_loading_percent

  • net.trafo.max_loading_percent

  • net.trafo3w.max_loading_percent

How these costs are combined into a cost function depends on the cost_function parameter.

INPUT:

net - The pandapower format network

OPTIONAL:

pp_to_pm_callback (function, None) - callback function to add data to the PowerModels data structure

pm_model (str, “DCPPowerModel”) - model to use. Default is DC model

pm_solver (str, “ipopt”) - The “main” power models solver

correct_pm_network_data (bool, True) - checks if network data is correct. If not tries to correct it

pm_time_limits (Dict, None) - Time limits in seconds for power models interface. To be set as a dict like

{“pm_time_limit”: 300.}

pm_log_level (int, 0) - solver log level in power models

pandapower.runpm(net, julia_file=None, pp_to_pm_callback=None, calculate_voltage_angles=True, trafo_model='t', delta=1e-08, trafo3w_losses='hv', check_connectivity=True, correct_pm_network_data=True, pm_model='ACPPowerModel', pm_solver='ipopt', pm_mip_solver='cbc', pm_nl_solver='ipopt', pm_time_limits=None, pm_log_level=0)

Runs a power system optimization using PowerModels.jl. with a custom julia file.

Flexibilities, constraints and cost parameters are defined in the pandapower element tables.

Flexibilities can be defined in net.sgen / net.gen /net.load net.sgen.controllable if a static generator is controllable. If False, the active and reactive power are assigned as in a normal power flow. If True, the following flexibilities apply:

  • net.sgen.min_p_mw / net.sgen.max_p_mw

  • net.sgen.min_q_mvar / net.sgen.max_q_mvar

  • net.load.min_p_mw / net.load.max_p_mw

  • net.load.min_q_mvar / net.load.max_q_mvar

  • net.gen.min_p_mw / net.gen.max_p_mw

  • net.gen.min_q_mvar / net.gen.max_q_mvar

  • net.ext_grid.min_p_mw / net.ext_grid.max_p_mw

  • net.ext_grid.min_q_mvar / net.ext_grid.max_q_mvar

  • net.dcline.min_q_to_mvar / net.dcline.max_q_to_mvar / net.dcline.min_q_from_mvar / net.dcline.max_q_from_mvar

Controllable loads behave just like controllable static generators. It must be stated if they are controllable. Otherwise, they are not respected as flexibilities. Dc lines are controllable per default

Network constraints can be defined for buses, lines and transformers the elements in the following columns:
  • net.bus.min_vm_pu / net.bus.max_vm_pu

  • net.line.max_loading_percent

  • net.trafo.max_loading_percent

  • net.trafo3w.max_loading_percent

How these costs are combined into a cost function depends on the cost_function parameter.

INPUT:

net - The pandapower format network

OPTIONAL:

julia_file (str, None) - path to a custom julia optimization file

pp_to_pm_callback (function, None) - callback function to add data to the PowerModels data structure

correct_pm_network_data (bool, True) - checks if network data is correct. If not tries to correct it

pm_model (str, “ACPPowerModel”) - The PowerModels.jl model to use

pm_solver (str, “ipopt”) - The “main” power models solver

pm_mip_solver (str, “cbc”) - The mixed integer solver (when “main” solver == juniper)

pm_nl_solver (str, “ipopt”) - The nonlinear solver (when “main” solver == juniper)

pm_time_limits (Dict, None) - Time limits in seconds for power models interface. To be set as a dict like

{“pm_time_limit”: 300., “pm_nl_time_limit”: 300., “pm_mip_time_limit”: 300.}

pm_log_level (int, 0) - solver log level in power models

The TNEP optimization is explained in the PowerModels TNEP tutorial. Additional packages including “juniper”

pandapower.runpm_tnep(net, pp_to_pm_callback=None, calculate_voltage_angles=True, trafo_model='t', delta=1e-08, trafo3w_losses='hv', check_connectivity=True, pm_model='DCPPowerModel', pm_solver=None, correct_pm_network_data=True, pm_nl_solver='ipopt', pm_mip_solver='cbc', pm_time_limits=None, pm_log_level=0)

Runs a non-linear transmission network extension planning (tnep) optimization using PowerModels.jl.

OPTIONAL:

julia_file (str, None) - path to a custom julia optimization file

pp_to_pm_callback (function, None) - callback function to add data to the PowerModels data structure

correct_pm_network_data (bool, True) - checks if network data is correct. If not tries to correct it

pm_model (str, “ACPPowerModel”) - The PowerModels.jl model to use

pm_solver (str, “juniper”) - The “main” power models solver

pm_mip_solver (str, “cbc”) - The mixed integer solver (when “main” solver == juniper)

pm_nl_solver (str, “ipopt”) - The nonlinear solver (when “main” solver == juniper)

pm_time_limits (Dict, None) - Time limits in seconds for power models interface. To be set as a dict like

{“pm_time_limit”: 300., “pm_nl_time_limit”: 300., “pm_mip_time_limit”: 300.}

pm_log_level (int, 0) - solver log level in power models