Exploring Potential Applications of Ising Machines for Power System Operations

Recent advancements in Ising machines, both via quantum and quantum-inspired annealing, have been showing promising results solving difficult optimization problems. Due to the potential of these dedicated there is a rising interest applying machines power system operation. However, despite exhibiting computational advantages over conventional resources, modeling capability limit applications. Hence, this work explores applications two steps. First, using known characteristics theoretical derivation, constructs an machine applicability table for Then, constructed table, assesses suitability well-known problems operation identify Furthermore, understand performance phasor measurement unit placement problem solved inspired machine. The show large-scale that are unsolvable by methods. findings summarized usage guideline operations.