3 papers
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Coordination of DERs for Grid Reliability via Day-ahead Demand-Supply Power Bounds
Thomas Navidi, Abbas El Gamal, Ram Rajagopal
A previous study has shown that coordinating DERs to protect the distribution grid can significantly reduce the infrastructure upgrades needed to address future increases in DER an…
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Coordinating Distributed Energy Resources for Reliability can Significantly Reduce Future Distribution Grid Upgrades and Peak Load
Thomas Navidi, Abbas El Gamal, Ram Rajagopal
Current DER coordination schemes, such as demand-response and VPPs, aim to reduce electricity costs during peak demand events with no consideration of distribution grid reliability…
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Empirical Exploration of Zone-by-zone Energy Flexibility: a Non-intrusive Load Disaggregation Approach for Commercial Buildings
Maomao Hu, Ram Rajagopal, Jacques A. de Chalendar
Building energy flexibility has been increasingly demonstrated as a cost-effective solution to respond to the needs of energy networks, including electric grids and district coolin…