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most citedTowards Optimal System Scheduling with Synthetic Inertia Provision from Wind Turbines

166 citations · 196 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

eess.SY2026

Impedance-Based VSC Unit Commitment with STATCOM Support under High IBG Penetration

Aoun Abbas, Zhongda Chu, Charalambos Konstantinou

The large-scale replacement of synchronous machines with inverter-based generation (IBG) introduces critical challenges to both voltage and frequency stability. This work builds on…

eess.SY2025

Headroom as A Grid Service in Software-Defined Power Grids: A Peak-to-Peak Control Design Approach

Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

To address system frequency challenges driven by the integration of renewable generation, advanced control strategies are designed at the device level to provide effective frequenc…

math.OC2025

Data-Driven Adjustable Robust Optimization

Xiaoxing Ren, Alessio Moreschini, Zhongda Chu +2

In this paper, we develop a two-stage data-driven approach to address the adjustable robust optimization problem, where the uncertainty set is adjustable to manage infeasibility ca…

eess.SY2025

Learning-Augmented Power System Operations: A Unified Optimization View

Wangkun Xu, Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

With the increasing penetration of renewable energy and inverter-based resources, traditional physics-based power-system operation faces growing challenges in maintaining economic…

eess.SY2024

On the Incorporation of Stability Constraints into Sequential Operational Scheduling

Wangkun Xu, Zhongda Chu, Florin Capitanescu +1

With the increasing penetration of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs), power system stability constraints must be incorporated into the operational framework, transforming it into sta…

eess.SY2024

Efficient Sampling for Data-Driven Frequency Stability Constraint via Forward-Mode Automatic Differentiation

Wangkun Xu, Qian Chen, Pudong Ge +2

Encoding frequency stability constraints in the operation problem is challenging due to its complex dynamics. Recently, data-driven approaches have been proposed to learn the stabi…

eess.SY2024

Coordinated Planning for Stability Enhancement in High IBR-Penetrated Systems

Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

Security and stability challenges in future power systems with high penetration Inverter-Based Resources (IBR) have been anticipated as one of the main barriers to decarbonization.…

eess.SY2024

Pricing of Short Circuit Current in High IBR-Penetrated System

Zhongda Chu, Jingyi Wu, Fei Teng

With the growing penetration of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) in power systems, stability service markets have emerged to incentivize technologies that ensure power system stabil…

eess.SY2023★ 2 cited

Cyber Recovery from Dynamic Load Altering Attacks: Linking Electricity, Transportation, and Cyber Networks

Mengxiang Liu, Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

To address the increasing vulnerability of power grids, significant attention has been focused on the attack detection and impact mitigation. However, it is still unclear how to ef…

eess.SY2023

Managing the Uncertainty in System Dynamics Through Distributionally Robust Stability-Constrained Optimization

Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

With the increasing penetration of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) and their impact on power system stability and operation, the concept of stability-constrained optimization has d…

eess.SY2023★ 3 cited

Control-mode as a Grid Service in Software-defined Power Grids: GFL vs GFM

Guoxuan Cui, Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

In power systems with high penetration of power electronics, grid-forming control is proposed to replace traditional Grid-Following Converter (GFL) in order to improve the overall…

eess.SY2023★ 1 cited

Stability Constrained Optimization in High IBR-Penetrated Power Systems-Part II: Constraint Validation and Applications

Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

Multiple operational constraints of power system stability are derived analytically and reformulated into Second-Order Cone (SOC) form through a unification method in Part I of thi…

eess.SY2023★ 2 cited

Stability Constrained Optimization in High IBR-Penetrated Power Systems-Part I: Constraint Development and Unification

Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

Conventional power system optimization framework is becoming less reliable and efficient due to the stability issues brought by the ever-increasing inverter-interfaced renewable pe…

eess.SY2023

Optimal Design of Neural Network Structure for Power System Frequency Security Constraints

Zhuoxuan Li, Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

Recently, frequency security is challenged by high uncertainty and low inertia in power system with high penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES). In the context of Unit Commi…

eess.SY2023★ 4 cited

Risk-Aware Objective-Based Forecasting in Inertia Management

Haipeng Zhang, Ran Li, Yan Chen +3

The objective-based forecasting considers the asymmetric and non-linear impacts of forecasting errors on decision objectives, thus improving the effectiveness of its downstream dec…

eess.SY2022★ 1 cited

Scheduling of Software-Defined Microgrids for Optimal Frequency Regulation

Zhongda Chu, Guoxuan Cui, Fei Teng

Integrated with a high share of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs), microgrids face increasing complexity of frequency dynamics, especially after unintentional islanding from the main…

eess.SY2022★ 2 cited

Mitigating Load-Altering Attacks Against Power Grids Using Cyber-Resilient Economic Dispatch

Zhongda Chu, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Balarko Chaudhuri +1

Large-scale Load-Altering Attacks (LAAs) against Internet-of-Things (IoT) enabled high-wattage electrical appliances (e.g., wifi-enabled air-conditioners, electric vehicles, etc.)…

eess.SY2021

Voltage Stability Constrained Unit Commitment in High IBG-Penetrated Power Systems

Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

With the increasing penetration of renewable energy sources, power system operation has to be adapted to ensure the system stability and security while considering the distinguishe…

eess.SY2021★ 9 cited

Frequency-Constrained Resilient Scheduling of Microgrid: A Distributionally Robust Approach

Zhongda Chu, Ning Zhang, Fei Teng

In order to prevent the potential frequency instability due to the high Power Electronics (PE) penetration under an unintentional islanding event, this paper presents a novel micro…

eess.SY2021★ 6 cited

Short Circuit Current Constrained UC in High IBG-Penetrated Power Systems

Zhongda Chu, Fei Teng

Inverter Based Generators (IBGs) have been increasing significantly in power systems. Due to the demanding thermal rating of Power Electronics (PE), their contribution to the syste…

eess.SY2019★ 166 cited

Towards Optimal System Scheduling with Synthetic Inertia Provision from Wind Turbines

Zhongda Chu, Uros Markovic, Gabriela Hug +1

The undergoing transition from conventional to converter-interfaced renewable generation leads to significant challenges in maintaining frequency stability due to declining system…