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most citedEnhancing Optimal Microgrid Planning with Adaptive BESS Degradation Costs and PV Asset Management: An Iterative Post-Optimization Correction Framework

6 citations · 6 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

eess.SY2026

Coordinated Conservation Voltage Reduction and Network Topology Reconfiguration in Active Distribution Networks

Rida Fatima, Hassan Zahid Butt, Xingpeng Li

Distribution networks rely on conservation voltage reduction (CVR) and network topology reconfiguration (NTR) to manage demand, distributed energy resources (DERs), and tighter ope…

eess.SY2026

Assessing Modeling Fidelity for Long-Term Battery Energy Storage Planning: Operation, Degradation, and Temporal Representation

Hassan Zahid Butt, Xingpeng Li

Long-term battery energy storage system (BESS) planning often relies on simplified degradation, operational, and temporal representations to maintain computational tractability, ye…

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.SY2026

Optimal Loss Reduction in Distribution Networks Using Conservation Voltage Reduction and Network Topology Reconfiguration

Rida Fatima, Hassan Zahid Butt, Xingpeng Li

Conservation voltage reduction (CVR) and network topology reconfiguration (NTR) are widely employed to improve distribution system performance; however, existing approaches largely…

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…

eess.SY2025

Degradation-Aware Lifecycle Planning of Microgrids with Second-Life Batteries through Reliability-Guided Refinement

Hassan Zahid Butt, Xingpeng Li

Second-life batteries (SLBs) can reduce storage investment in microgrids, but their lower initial state of health and round-trip efficiency (RTE) can make degradation-naive sizing…

eess.SY2024★ 6 cited

Enhancing Optimal Microgrid Planning with Adaptive BESS Degradation Costs and PV Asset Management: An Iterative Post-Optimization Correction Framework

Hassan Zahid Butt, Xingpeng Li

The transition to renewable energy has positioned photovoltaic (PV) systems and battery energy storage systems (BESS) as essential assets in microgrids, particularly for remote ins…

eess.SY2023

Optimal Dynamic Reconfiguration of Distribution Networks

Rida Fatima, Hassan Zahid Butt, Xingpeng Li

The aim of distribution networks is to meet their local area power demand with maximum reliability. As the electricity consumption tends to increase every year, limited line therma…