Meta-model Neural Process for Probabilistic Power Flow under Varying N-1 System Topologies

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12281v1
• Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:07:33 GMT
• Title: Meta-model Neural Process for Probabilistic Power Flow under Varying N-1 System Topologies
• Authors: Sel Ly, Kapil Chauhan, Anshuman Singh, Hung Dinh Nguyen,
• Abstract summary: A change in the topology might alter the power flow patterns and thus require the PPF problem to be solved again.<n>The previous PPF model and its solutions are no longer valid for the new topology.<n>This paper presents a novel topology-adaptive approach for finding the solutions to PPF problems under varying N-1 topologies.
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• Abstract: The probabilistic power flow (PPF) problem is essential to quantifying the distribution of the nodal voltages due to uncertain injections. The conventional PPF problem considers a fixed topology, and the solutions to such a PPF problem are associated with this topology. A change in the topology might alter the power flow patterns and thus require the PPF problem to be solved again. The previous PPF model and its solutions are no longer valid for the new topology. This practice incurs both inconvenience and computation burdens as more contingencies are foreseen due to high renewables and a large share of electric vehicles. This paper presents a novel topology-adaptive approach, based on the meta-model Neural Process (MMNP), for finding the solutions to PPF problems under varying N-1 topologies, particularly with one-line failures. By leveraging context set-based topology representation and conditional distribution over function learning techniques, the proposed MMNP enhances the robustness of PPF models to topology variations, mitigating the need for retraining PPF models on a new configuration. Simulations on an IEEE 9-bus system and IEEE 118-bus system validate the model's performance. The maximum %L1-relative error norm was observed as 1.11% and 0.77% in 9-bus and 118-bus, respectively. This adaptive approach fills a critical gap in PPF methodology in an era of increasing grid volatility.

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