3 papers
eess.SY2026
Minimizing Grid Interconnection Capacity Requirements for AI Data Centers: A Developer-Side Planning Framework with Onsite Resources and Workload Flexibility
Hassan Zahid Butt, Rida Fatima, Xingpeng Li
Securing grid interconnection capacity has become a bottleneck for AI data center projects and can take longer than constructing the facilities themselves. This mismatch can delay…
eess.SY2026
Optimal Assembly of Repurposed Lithium-Ion Battery Packs under Cell Heterogeneity and Screening Uncertainty
Hassan Zahid Butt, Xingpeng Li
The growing supply of retired electric vehicle batteries presents an opportunity for second-life stationary energy storage, but assembling heterogeneous retired cells into reliable…
eess.SY2025
Approximating CCCV charging using SOC-dependent tapered charging power constraints in long-term microgrid planning
Hassan Zahid Butt, Xingpeng Li
Traditional long-term microgrid planning models assume constant power charging for battery energy storage systems (BESS), overlooking efficiency losses that occur toward the end of…