The functions that limit the active power of the controlled element have two properties in common that are associated with the convergence of the control loop. The functions that limit active power are volt-watt and volt-watt combined with volt-var.

  • ActivePChangeTolerance: Tolerance in pu of the convergence of the control loop associated with active power. For the same control iteration, this value is compared to the difference between the active power limit in pu resulted from the convergence process and the one resulted from the volt-watt function;
  • deltaP_factor : Maximum change in pu from the prior active power limit to the one resulted from the volt-watt curve during each control iteration. If it is not set or set equal -1, OpenDSS will use its automatic convergence algorithm.