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Operating modern power grids with stability guarantees is admittedly imperative. Classic stability methods are not well-suited for these dynamic systems as they involve centralized gathering of information and computation of the system's…
Proper traffic simulation of electric vehicles, which draw energy from overhead wires, requires adequate modeling of traction infrastructure. Such vehicles include trains, trams or trolleybuses. Since the requested power demands depend on a…
This two-part paper details a theory of solvability for the power flow equations in lossless power networks. In Part I, we derive a new formulation of the lossless power flow equations, which we term the fixed-point power flow. The model is…
This paper presents a novel distributed approach for solving AC power flow (PF) problems. The optimization problem is reformulated into a distributed form using a communication structure corresponding to a hypergraph, by which complex…
Unbalanced optimal power flow refers to a class of optimization problems subject to the steady state physics of three-phase power grids with nonnegligible phase unbalance. Significant progress on this problem has been made on the…
Many practical planning and operational applications in power systems require simultaneous consideration of a large number of operating conditions or Multi-Scenario AC-Optimal Power Flow (MS-AC-OPF) solution. However, when the number of…
There is a growing need for new optimization methods to facilitate the reliable and cost-effective operation of power systems with intermittent renewable energy resources. In this paper, we formulate the robust AC optimal power flow…
This paper proposes a novel method for solving and tracing power flow solutions with changes of a loading parameter. Different from the conventional continuation power flow method, which repeatedly solves static AC power flow equations, the…
We propose a new method to efficiently compute load-flows (the steady-state of the power-grid for given productions, consumptions and grid topology), substituting conventional simulators based on differential equation solvers. We use a deep…
This paper proposes a novel set of power constraints for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs), referred to as Dynamic Power Constraints (DPCs), that account for the voltage and current limits of the BESS as a function of its State of…
The effective management of stochastic characteristics of renewable power generations is vital for ensuring the stable and secure operation of power systems. This paper addresses the task of optimizing the chance-constrained…
In this project we evaluate a framework for synchronization of mixed machine-converter power grids. Synchronous machines are assumed to be actuated by mechanical torque injections, while the converters by DC-side current injections. As this…
In this paper, we present a novel transformer architecture tailored for learning robust power system state representations, which strives to optimize power dispatch for the power flow adjustment across different transmission sections.…
In this paper, we present an optimization algorithm based on an alternating projection method to solve the large-scale security constraint optimal power flow (SCOPF) problem in power systems. The SCOPF is first partitioned into…
This paper addresses the problem of voltage regulation in power distribution networks with deep-penetration of distributed energy resources, e.g., renewable-based generation, and storage-capable loads such as plug-in hybrid electric…
Optimal power flow (OPF) over power transmission networks poses challenging large-scale nonlinear optimization problems, which involve a large number of quadratic equality and indefinite quadratic inequality constraints. These…
In this letter we propose a generalized branch model to be used in DC optimal power flow (DCOPF) applications. Besides AC lines and transformers, the formulation allows for representing variable susceptance branches, phase shifting…
This paper compares centralized and distributed methods to solve the power minimization problem with quality-of-service (QoS) constraints in the downlink (DL) of multi-cell Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In…
The future of high-performance computing, specifically on future Exascale computers, will presumably see memory capacity and bandwidth fail to keep pace with data generated, for instance, from massively parallel partial differential…
Traditionally, a regional dispatch center uses the equivalent method to deal with external grids, which fails to reflect the interactions among regions. This paper proposes a distributed N-1 contingency analysis (DCA) solution, where…