------------------------------ DC Optimal Power Flow ------------------------------ The DC-OPF formulation is a simplified version of the AC-OPF that assumes: - Voltage magnitudes are fixed at 1.0 p.u. - Reactive power flows are ignored. - Small angle differences between buses. If the generating cost functions for all generators are linear, the DC-OPF formulation becomes a linear programming (LP) problem. Otherwise, it is a convex quadratic programming (QP) problem due to the quadratic term in the objective function. Objective Function ------------------ The objective is to minimize the total generation cost: .. math:: \text{Minimize: } \sum_{g} \left( a_g \cdot p_g^2 + b_{g} \cdot p_g + c_{g} \right) Constraints ----------- 1. **Active Power Balance**: .. math:: \sum_{g\in\mathcal{G}_n} p_g - p^d_n = \sum_{l} \left( F_{ln} \cdot p^f_l + T_{ln} \cdot p^t_l \right), \quad \forall n 2. **Line Flow Equations**: .. math:: p^f_l = \frac{1}{x_l} \cdot \left( \theta_n - \theta_m\right), \quad \forall (l,n,m): F_{l,n} = 1, T_{l,m} = 1 .. math:: p^t_l = \frac{1}{x_l} \cdot \left( \theta_m - \theta_n \right), \quad \forall (l,n,m): F_{l,n} = 1, T_{l,m} = 1 3. **Line Flow Limits**: .. math:: -\overline{s}_l \leq p^f_l \leq \overline{s}_l, \quad \forall l .. math:: -\overline{s}_l \leq p^t_l \leq \overline{s}_l, \quad \forall l 4. **Generator Limits**: .. math:: \underline{p}_g \leq p_g \leq \overline{p}_g, \quad \forall g 5. **Voltage Magnitude Limits**: .. math:: \underline{\theta}_n \leq \theta_n \leq \overline{\theta}_n, \quad \forall n 6. **Voltage Angle Reference**: .. math:: \theta_{0} = 0