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The day-ahead energy and reserve management with transmission restrictions and voltage security limits is a challenging task for large-scale power systems in the presence of real-time variations caused by the uncertain demand and the…
We consider the problem of using district heating systems as ancillary services for primary frequency control in power networks. We propose a novel power sharing scheme for heating systems based on the average temperature, which enables an…
We propose and analyse a model predictive control (MPC) strategy tailored for networks of underwater agents tasked with maintaining formation while following a shared path and using acoustic communication channels. The strategy accommodates…
This work considers distributed sensing and transmission of sporadic random samples. Lower bounds are derived for the reconstruction error of a single normally or uniformly-distributed finite-dimensional vector imperfectly measured by a…
Frequency stability is fundamental to the secure operation of power systems. With growing uncertainty and volatility introduced by renewable generation, secondary frequency regulation must now deliver enhanced performance not only in the…
We propose a distributed algorithm for controlling traffic signals. Our algorithm is adapted from backpressure routing, which has been mainly applied to communication and power networks. We formally prove that our algorithm ensures global…
Most previously proposed controllers are analyzed in the small-signal/quasi-steady regime rather than large-signal or transient stability for grid-forming inverters (GFMI). Additionally, methods that presume system-wide data--global…
In this paper, we propose a distributed voltage control in power distribution networks through reactive power compensation. The proposed control can (i) operate in a distributed fashion where each bus makes its decision based on local…
In this paper, we consider multiple channels and wireless nodes with multiple transceivers. Each node assigns one transmitter at each available channel. For each assigned transmitter the node decides the power level and data rate of…
One critical value microgrids bring to power systems is resilience, the capability of being able to island from the main grid under certain conditions and connect back when necessary. Once islanded, a microgrid must be synchronized to the…
This project presents decentralized control scheme for Load-Frequency Control in power System. In this era renewable energy is most promising solution to man's ever increasing energy needs. But the power production by these resources cannot…
Increasing penetration of Photovoltaic (PV) generation brings an opportunity, and sometimes necessity, for this new resource to provide ancillary services such as frequency support. Recent efforts toward this goal focused mainly on the…
This paper proposes a new distributed consensus-based control method for voltage and frequency control of fully inverter-based islanded microgrids (MGs). The proposed method includes the active power sharing in voltage control to improve…
This paper presents a passivity-based control framework for AC-DC converters supplying non-passive Information Technology rack loads in DC data centers. Unlike conventional cascaded proportional-integral controllers that ensure stability…
The increasing penetration of distributed energy resources and power-electronics interfaces in DC microgrids, coupled with rising cyber threats, necessitates primary controllers that are provably safe, cyber-resilient, and practical. The…
High-voltage direct-current (HVDC) systems for constant or intermittent power delivery have recently been developed further to support grid frequency regulation (GFR). This paper proposes a new control strategy for a line-commutated…
This paper, the second of a two-part series, presents a method for mean-field feedback stabilization of a swarm of agents on a finite state space whose time evolution is modeled as a continuous time Markov chain (CTMC). The resulting…
This paper proposes an advanced control strategy to eliminate both current sharing error and DC circulating current caused by line impedance mismatched and measurement errors in islanded AC microgrid system. The proposed adaptive virtual…
Grid-interfacing inverters act as the interface between renewable resources and the electric grid, and have the potential to offer fast and programmable controls compared to synchronous generators. With this flexibility there has been…
Frequency Containment Reserves might be insufficient to provide an appropriate response in the presence of large disturbances and low inertia scenarios. As a solution, this work assesses the supplementary droop frequency-based Emergency…