4 papers
A Unified Framework for Hybrid Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Inverter Control
Xiaoyang Wang, Xin Chen
This paper proposes a novel unified control framework for achieving hybrid grid-forming (GFM) and grid-following (GFL) inverter operation by integrating dispatchable virtual oscill…
Electricity Demand and Grid Impacts of AI Data Centers: Challenges and Prospects
Xin Chen, Xiaoyang Wang, Ana Colacelli +2
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) is driving an unprecedented increase in the electricity demand of AI data centers, raising emerging challenges for electric power g…
Distributed Coordination of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Inverters for Optimal Frequency Control in Power Systems
Xiaoyang Wang, Xin Chen
The large-scale integration of inverter-interfaced renewable energy sources presents significant challenges to maintaining power balance and nominal frequency in modern power syste…
Alternating Methods for Large-Scale AC Optimal Power Flow with Unit Commitment
Matthew Brun, Thomas Lee, Dirk Lauinger +2
Security-constrained unit commitment with alternating current optimal power flow (SCUC-ACOPF) is a central problem in power grid operations that optimizes commitment and dispatch o…