Distributed Optimal Power Flow Analysis of Active Distribution Networks Based on Intelligent Partition Strategy.

With the increasing penetration of distributed energy in power systems, the optimal power flow (OPF) analysis-based distribution network energy management system faces challenges such as high data dimensionality, long solution time, and large computational load. In response to these challenges, this paper aims to use the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) to solve the OPF problem of active distribution systems in a fully distributed fashion. Considering the impact of distribution system partitioning on the performance of distributed algorithms, a data-driven network partitioning method based on measurement data is proposed to accelerate the convergence rate of the optimization algorithm. Moreover, different from traditional ADMM algorithms that rely more or less on certain global information, this paper integrates a consensus-based method to coordinate the balance problem at the interface between regions, thereby achieving a fully distributed solution to the OPF problem. In addition, this paper employs the LinDistFlow AC power flow approximation model to resolve the non-convexity challenges of the OPF problem. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified through tests on IEEE distribution network cases of different sizes, and its performance in terms of error accuracy and computation time of the optimization algorithm is superior in comparison to other partitioning methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]