3 papers
eess.SY2025
Watts and Drops: Co-Scheduling Power and Water in Desalination Plants
Ahmed S. Alahmed, Audun Botterud, Saurabh Amin +1
We develop a mathematical framework to jointly schedule water and electricity in a profit-maximizing renewable colocated water desalination plant that integrates both thermal and m…
eess.SY2025
Joint Scheduling of DER under Demand Charges: Structure and Approximation
Ruixiao Yang, Gulai Shen, Ahmed S. Alahmed +1
We study the joint scheduling of behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DERs), including flexible loads, renewable generation, and battery energy storage systems, under net…
eess.SY2025
Co-Optimizing Distributed Energy Resources under Demand Charges and Bi-Directional Power Flow
Ruixiao Yang, Gulai Shen, Ahmed S. Alahmed +1
We address the co-optimization of behind-the-meter (BTM) distributed energy resources (DER), including flexible demands, renewable distributed generation (DG), and battery energy s…