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This paper proposes a real-time distributed operational architecture to efficiently coordinate intergrated transmission and distribution systems (ITD). At the distribution system level, the distribution system operator (DSO) computes the…

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Data centers (DCs) can help decarbonize the power grid by helping absorb renewable power (e.g., wind and solar) due to their ability to shift power loads across space and time. However, to harness such load-shifting flexibility, it is…

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A distribution system can flexibly adjust its substation-level power output by aggregating its local distributed energy resources (DERs). Due to DER and network constraints, characterizing the exact feasible power output region is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Qi Li , Jianzhe Liu , Bai Cui , Wenzhan Song , Jin Ye

It is estimated that data centers constitute 1.5% of global electricity usage. At the same time, to serve increasing user requirements, modern cloud providers are operating multiple geographically distributed data centers. Distributed data…

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This paper presents a method for predictive aggregation of the available flexibility at the residential unit level into a flexibility chart that represents the admissible active and reactive powers, along with the associated flexibility…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-12 Clément Moureau , Thomas Stegen , Mevludin Glavic , Bertrand Cornélusse

An electricity bill of a data center (DC) is determined not only by how much energy the DC consumes, but especially by how the consumed energy is spread over time during the billing cycle. More specifically, these electricity costs are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-07 Mehiar Dabbagh , Bechir Hamdaoui , Ammar Rayes

A variety of computing platform like Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and multicore Central Processing Unit (CPU) in data centers are suitable for acceleration of data-intensive workloads. Especially,…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Rourab Paul , Marco Danelutto

With the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services, data centers have become critical infrastructures driving digital economies, with increasing energy demand heightening concerns over electricity use and carbon…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-30 Zhentong Shao , Nanpeng Yu , Daniel Wong

The energy consumption analysis and optimization of data centers have been an increasingly popular topic over the past few years. It is widely recognized that several effective metrics exist to capture the efficiency of hardware and/or…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Guillaume Fieni , Romain Rouvoy , Lionel Seinturier

Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs) such as air conditioners and water heaters typically maintain their temperature within a preset range using on/off actuation. These types of loads are inherently flexible: many different power…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-15 Austin Coffman , Neil Cammardella , Prabir Barooah , Sean Meyn

Future power grids will entail large fleets of storage devices capable of scheduling their charging/discharging profiles so as to achieve lower peak demand and reduce energy bills, by shifting absorption times in sync with the availability…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-04 David Angeli , Zihang Dong , Goran Strbac

Flexible load at the demand-side has been regarded as an effective measure to cope with volatile distributed renewable generations. To unlock the demand-side flexibility, this paper proposes a peer-to-peer energy sharing mechanism that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-09 Yue Chen , Wei Wei , Mingxuan Li , Laijun Chen , João P. S. Catalão

Nowadays, data-centers are largely under-utilized because resource allocation is based on reservation mechanisms which ignore actual resource utilization. Indeed, it is common to reserve resources for peak demand, which may occur only for a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Francesco Pace , Dimitrios Milios , Damiano Carra , Daniele Venzano , Pietro Michiardi

Cloud Computing (CC) serves to be a key driver for fulfilling the store and compute requirements of a modern Smart Grid (SG). However, since the datacenters are deployed in concentrated and far remote areas, it fails to guarantee the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-24 Md. Muzakkir Hussain , Mohammad Saad Alam , M. M. Sufyan Beg

Harnessing the demand-side flexibility in building and mobility sectors can help to better integrate renewable energy into power systems and reduce global CO2 emissions. Enabling this sector coupling can be achieved with advances in energy…

This paper presents a novel centralized, variational data assimilation approach for calibrating transient dynamic models in electrical power systems, focusing on load model parameters. With the increasing importance of inverter-based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-15 Ahmed Attia , D. Adrian Maldonado , Emil Constantinescu , Mihai Anitescu

In-memory (transactional) data stores are recognized as a first-class data management technology for cloud platforms, thanks to their ability to match the elasticity requirements imposed by the pay-as-you-go cost model. On the other hand,…

The ever increasing adoption of mobile devices with limited energy storage capacity, on the one hand, and more awareness of the environmental impact of massive data centres and server pools, on the other hand, have both led to an increased…

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To mitigate global climate change, distributed energy resources (DERs), such as distributed generators, flexible loads, and energy storage systems (ESSs), have witnessed rapid growth in power distribution systems. When properly managed,…

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