Active Distribution Network Optimal Power Flow Deploying the Benders Decomposition Method

The goal of this paper is to solve the problem of optimal power flow (OPF) in the presence of various elements such as microgrid (MG), distributed energy resources (DER), Electrical Vehicle charging stations (EVCS), renewable energy sources (RES) including wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, energy storage elements, and so on. Using centralized techniques to address such a high-burden computing problem is the most common method. However, in this study, the Benders decomposition method is used to keep the data privacy among distribution users and also save the computation time for solving the OPF problem.