This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Optimal Power Flow on Power System Simulator for Engineering (PSSE). It covers the capabilities and applications of PSSE in power system analysis; the PSSE user interface and fundamentals of power systems and optimal power flow (OPF); setting up power system model in PSSE and load flow analysis to understand system behavior under normal operating conditions; the generator, load modeling, transmission network modeling and dynamic modeling; creating, managing and analyzing multiple scenarios for OPF studies; and managing and exchanging data within PSSE and with other applications.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the algorithms used for OPF analysis including linear and nonlinear optimization techniques; configuring OPF in PSSE and managing constraints like the voltage limits, branch flow limits and generator output limits; setting-up cost functions for generation and interpreting the results of OPF studies; the sensitivity analysis and its application in OPF including contingency analysis, renewable energy integration and voltage stability and control; the common problems encountered during OPF analysis in PSSE; the software extensions and add-ons for enhanced OPF analysis; and dealing with uncertainty in OPF such as load forecasting errors and renewable variability.