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Small-Signal Stability Manifolds in Converter-Dominated Power Systems
Francesco Conte, Fernando Mancilla-David, Federico Silvestro +1
This paper proposes a systematic framework to assess the small-signal stability of power systems with high shares of grid-following inverter-based resources (IBRs) under varying co…
Detailed Small-Signal Stability Analysis of the Cigré High-Voltage Network Penetrated by Grid-Following Inverter-Based Resources
Francesco Conte, Fernando Mancilla-David, Amritansh Sagar +3
This paper presents a detailed small-signal stability analysis of a modified version of the Cigré European high-voltage network, where one of the synchronous generators is replaced…
Demand Response by Aggregates of Domestic Water Heaters with Adaptive Model Predictive Control
F. Conte, S. Massucco, F. Silvestro +2
This paper describes an intelligent management algorithm for an aggregate of domestic electric water heaters called to provide a demand response service. This algorithm is develope…
MATNet: Multi-Level Fusion Transformer-Based Model for Day-Ahead PV Generation Forecasting
Matteo Tortora, Francesco Conte, Gianluca Natrella +1
Accurate forecasting of renewable generation is crucial to facilitate the integration of Renewable Energy Sources into the power system. Focusing on photovoltaic (PV) units, foreca…
Optimal Coordination and Discount Allocation in Residential Renewable Energy Communities with Smart Home Appliances
Francesco Conte, Federico Silvestro, Andrea Vinci +1
This paper proposes an optimal management strategy for a Renewable Energy Community defined according to the Italian legislation. The specific case study is composed by a set of ho…
Optimal Management of Renewable Generation and Uncertain Demand with Reverse Fuel Cells by Stochastic Model Predictive Control
Francesco Conte, Gabriele Mosaico, Gianluca Natrella +2
This paper proposes a control strategy for a Reverse Fuel Cell used to manage a Renewable Energy Community. A two-stage scenario-based Model Predictive Control algorithm is designe…
Fault Detection and Localization in Active Distribution Networks using Optimally Placed Phasor Measurements Units
Francesco Conte, Fabio D'Agostino, Bruno Gabriele +2
This paper introduces an algorithm able to detect and localize the occurrance of a fault in an Active Distribution Network, using the measurements collected by Phasor Measurement U…
Optimal Management of a Smart Port with Shore-Connection and Hydrogen Supplying by Stochastic Model Predictive Control
Francesco Conte, Fabio D'Agostino, Daniele Kaza +3
The paper proposes an optimal management strategy for a Smart Port equipped with renewable generation and composed by an electrified quay, operating Cold-Ironing, and a Hydrogen-ba…
An Efficiency-Based Power Management Strategy for an Isolated Microgrid Project
Francesco Conte, Fabio D'Agostino, Samuele Grillo +2
The microgrids design for remote locations represents one of the most important and critical applications of the microgrid concept. It requires the correct sizing and the proper ut…
Performance analysis of frequency regulation services provided by aggregates of domestic thermostatically controlled loads
F. Conte, M. Crosa di Vergagni, S. Massucco +3
This paper proposes a control method for allowing aggregates of thermostatically controlled loads to provide synthetic inertia and primary frequency regulation services to the grid…
Day-Ahead and Intra-Day Planning of Integrated BESS-PV Systems providing Frequency Regulation
Francesco Conte, Stefano Massucco, Giacomo-Piero Schiapparelli +1
The paper proposes an optimal management strategy for a system composed by a battery and a photovoltaic power plant. This integrated system is called to deliver the photovoltaic po…
Frequency stability assessment of modern power systems: models definition and parameters identification
Francesco Conte, Stefano Massucco, Mario Paolone +3
One of the fundamental concerns in the operation of modern power systems is the assessment of their frequency stability in case of inertia-reduction induced by the large share of p…
Optimal Positioning of PMUs for Fault Detection and Localization in Active Distribution Networks
F. Conte, B. Gabriele, G. -P. Schiapparelli +3
This paper considers the problem of fault detection and localization in active distribution networks using PMUs. The proposed algorithm consists in computing a set of weighted leas…
Experimental Validation of a Dynamic Equivalent Model for Microgrids
F. Conte, F. D'Agostino, S. Massucco +3
The goal of this paper is the experimental validation of a gray-box equivalent modeling approach applied to microgrids. The main objective of the equivalent modeling is to represen…
Flexibility Evaluation of Domestic Electric Water Heater Aggregates
F. Conte, B. Gabriele, S. Massucco +3
In this paper, a method to evaluate the flexibility of aggregates of domestic electric water heaters is proposed and applied to the Italian case. Flexibility is defined as the capa…
Small-Signal Stability Analysis of a DC Shipboard Microgrid With Droop-Controlled Batteries and Constant Power Resources
Francesco Conte, Fabio D'Agostino, Samuele Grillo +2
The presence of constant power loads (CPLs) in dc shipboard microgrids may lead to unstable conditions. The present work investigates the stability properties of dc microgrids wher…
An Optimization Problem for Day-Ahead Planning of Electrical Energy Aggregators
Francesco Conte, Matteo Saviozzi, Samuele Grillo
The widespread diffusion of distributed energy resources, especially those based on renewable energy, and energy storage devices has deeply modified power systems. As a consequence…