Microgrids

Distributed energy management for community microgrids considering network operational constraints and building thermal dynamics

A distributed energy management system for community microgrids is developed in this paper. Unlike a centralized optimization-based energy management system, it schedules distributed energy resources and energy storage systems, as well as residential …

Distributed Energy Management for Community Microgrids Considering Phase Balancing and Peak Shaving

In this paper, a distributed energy management for community microgrids considering phase balancing and peak shaving is proposed. In each iteration, the house energy management system (HEMS) installed in each house minimizes its electricity costs and …

Hybrid Energy Storage Management Platform for Integrated Energy System

Development of Energy Management Systems (EMS) to coordinate and optimize various services of a grid storage system (GSS) to the grid and/or utilities.

Measurement-based voltage stability assessment

Development of different algorithm to monitor power system long term voltage stability based on real time measurement.

Optimal energy management for commercial buildings considering comprehensive comfort levels in a retail electricity market

Demand response has been implemented by distribution system operators to reduce peak demand and mitigate contingency issues on distribution lines and substations. Specifically, the campus-based commercial buildings make the major contributions to …

A Robust Power Grid Defense Model Considering Load Demand and Wind Generation Uncertainties

It is a major task to develop effective strategies for defending the power system against deliberate attacks. It is critical to comprehensively consider the human-related and environmental risks and uncertainties, which is missing in existing …

Networked Microgrids for Improving Economics and Resiliency

In this paper, we propose networked microgrids to facilitate the integration of variable renewable generation and improve the economics and resiliency of electricity supply in microgrids. A new concept, probability of successful islanding (PSI) is …

Community Microgrid Scheduling Considering Network Operational Constraints and Building Thermal Dynamics

This paper proposes a Mixed Integer Conic Programming (MICP) model for community microgrids considering the network operational constraints and building thermal dynamics. The proposed multi-objective optimization model optimizes not only the …

Community microgrid scheduling considering building thermal dynamics

This paper proposes a scheduling model for community microgrids considering the building thermal dynamics and customer comfort preference. The proposed optimization framework minimizes the total cost of operating the community microgrid, including …

Microgrid optimal scheduling with chance-constrained islanding capability

To facilitate the integration of variable renewable generation and improve the resilience of electricity supply in a microgrid, this paper proposes an optimal scheduling strategy for microgrid operation considering constraints of islanding …