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We propose a scheme to control the evolution of a two-level quantum system in the strong coupling regime based on the idea of reverse-engineering. A coherent control field is designed to drive both closed and open two-level quantum systems…
This paper explores the novel concept of damping controller coordination, which aims to minimize the Total Action metric by identifying an optimal switching combination (on/off) of these controllers. The metric is rooted in power system…
In this paper, a phasor measurement unit (PMU)-based wide-area damping control method is proposed to damp the interarea oscillations that threaten the modern power system stability and security. Utilizing the synchronized PMU data, the…
This paper proposes a novel real-time algorithm for controlling wave energy converters (WECs). We begin with the economic model predictive control (MPC) problem formulation and apply a novel, first-order optimization algorithm inspired by…
A novel control design approach for general nonlinear systems is presented in this paper. The approach is based on the identification of a polynomial model of the system to control and on the on-line inversion of this model. An efficient…
This correspondence paper studies a network integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system that unifies the interference channel for communication and distributed radar sensing. In this system, a set of distributed ISAC transmitters…
We study damping of inter-area oscillations in transmission grids using voltage-source-converter-based high-voltage direct-current (VSC-HVDC) links. Conventional power oscillation damping controllers rely on system models that are difficult…
With the increasing penetration of renewable energy resources, power systems face new challenges in balancing power supply and demand and maintaining the nominal frequency. This paper studies load control to handle these challenges. In…
Clustering methods seek to partition data such that elements are more similar to elements in the same cluster than to elements in different clusters. The main challenge in this task is the lack of a unified definition of a cluster,…
Illuminated by the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technology in classical control engineering, we propose the PWM approximation which transforms continuous and bang-bang control into each other. This method works by squeezing the…
Grid-forming inverter-based autonomous microgrids present new operational challenges as the stabilizing rotational inertia of synchronous machines is absent. The design of efficient control policies for grid-forming inverters is, however, a…
This paper presents a new approach to non-parametric cluster analysis called Adaptive Weights Clustering (AWC). The idea is to identify the clustering structure by checking at different points and for different scales on departure from…
This paper proposes a taxonomy of power converter control schemes based on the recently proposed concept of complex frequency. This quantity captures local frequency variations due to the change of both the phase angle and amplitude of bus…
Model predictive control (MPC) has proven its applicability in power conversion control with its fast dynamic response to reference changes while ensuring critical system constraints are satisfied. Even then, the computational burden still…
A conceptual design methodology is proposed for event-triggered based power system wide area damping controller. The event-triggering mechanism is adopted to reduce the communication burden between origin of the remote signal and the wide…
Clustering is a fundamental task for analyzing unlabeled data based solely on its underlying distribution. Spectral clustering is a clustering method that represents a dataset as a graph and uses the relationships between data points.…
Due to the fluctuating nature of the wind and the increasing use of wind energy as a power source, wind power will have an increasing negative influence on the stability of the power grid. In this paper, a model predictive control strategy…
The control of large buildings encounters challenges in computational efficiency due to their size and nonlinear components. To address these issues, this paper proposes a Piecewise Affine (PWA)-based distributed scheme for Model Predictive…
Cascading failures typically occur following a large disturbance in power systems, such as tripping of a generating unit or a transmission line. Such failures can propagate and destabilize the entire power system, potentially leading to…
This paper introduces a new grid-forming control for power converters, termed hybrid angle control (HAC) that ensures the almost global closed-loop stability. HAC combines the recently proposed matching control with a novel nonlinear angle…