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most citedTwo-Level Decentralized-Centralized Control of Distributed Energy Resources in Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings

22 citations · 60 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

math.OC2022★ 22 cited

Two-Level Decentralized-Centralized Control of Distributed Energy Resources in Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings

Xiang Huo, Jin Dong, Borui Cui +3

The flexible, efficient, and reliable operation of grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) is increasingly impacted by the growing penetration of distributed energy resources (…

eess.SY2021

Sparse Control Synthesis for Uncertain Responsive Loads with Stochastic Stability Guarantees

Sai Pushpak Nandanoori, Soumya Kundu, Jianming Lian +3

Recent studies have demonstrated the potential of flexible loads in providing frequency response services. However, uncertainty and variability in various weather-related and end-u…

cs.CR2020★ 1 cited

Transactive Energy System Deployment over Insecure Communication Links

Yang Lu, Jianming Lian, Minghui Zhu +1

In this paper, the privacy and security issues associated with the transactive energy system (TES) deployment over insecure communication links are addressed. In particular, it is…

eess.SY2020★ 1 cited

Multi-stage Power Scheduling Framework for Data Center with Chilled Water Storage in Energy and Regulation Markets

Yangyang Fu, Xu Han, Jessica Stershic +3

Leveraging electrochemical and thermal energy storage systems has been proposed as a strategy to reduce peak power in data centers. Thermal energy storage systems, such as chilled…

math.OC2019★ 4 cited

Transactive Energy System: Market-Based Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources

Sen Li, Jianming Lian, Antonio Conejo +1

Distributed energy resources (DER) provide significant value for renewable energy integration in modern power grids. However, unlocking this value requires complex design and coord…

math.OC2018★ 2 cited

Prioritized Threshold Allocation for Distributed Frequency Response

Sai Pushpak Nandanoori, Soumya Kundu, Draguna Vrabie +2

Higher penetration of renewable generation will increase the demand for adequate (and cost-effective) controllable resources on the grid that can mitigate and contain the contingen…

math.OC2017

Assessment of Optimal Flexibility in Ensemble of Frequency Responsive Loads

Soumya Kundu, Jacob Hansen, Jianming Lian +1

Potential of electrical loads in providing grid ancillary services is often limited due to the uncertainties associated with the load behavior. A knowledge of the expected uncertai…

eess.SY2017★ 8 cited

Decentralized Robust Control for Damping Inter-area Oscillations in Power Systems

Jianming Lian, Shaobu Wang, Ruisheng Diao +1

As power systems become more and more interconnected, the inter-area oscillations has become a serious factor limiting large power transfer among different areas. Underdamped (Unda…

math.OC2017★ 4 cited

Hierarchical Control Framework for Integrated Coordination between DERs and Demand Response

Di Wu, Jianming Lian, Yannan Sun +2

Demand response represents a significant but largely untapped resource that can greatly enhance the flexibility and reliability of power systems. This paper proposes a hierarchical…

math.OC2016★ 1 cited

On Social Optima of Non-Cooperative Mean Field Games

Sen Li, Wei Zhang, Lin Zhao

This paper studies the connections between mean-field games and the social welfare optimization problems. We consider a mean field game in functional spaces with a large population…

math.OC2015

Constrained Linear Quadratic Stackelberg Games with Applications in Demand Response

Sen Li, Wei Zhang, Jianming Lian +1

This paper studies a class of dynamic Stackelberg games under open-loop information structure with constrained linear agent dynamics and quadratic utility functions. We show two im…

eess.SY2015★ 16 cited

Distributed Robust Adaptive Frequency Control of Power Systems with Dynamic Loads

Hunmin Kim, Minghui Zhu, Jianming Lian

This paper investigates the frequency control of multi-machine power systems subject to uncertain and dynamic net loads. We propose distributed internal model controllers that coor…

math.OC2015

Multi-Stage Pricing for Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads: A Dynamic Stackelberg Game Approach

Sen Li, Wei Zhang, Jianming Lian +1

This paper focuses on multi-stage coordination for a population of thermostatically controlled loads (TCL). Each load maximizes the individual utility in response to an energy pric…

math.OC2015★ 1 cited

A Mechanism Design Approach for Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads

Sen Li, Wei Zhang, Jianming Lian +1

This paper focuses on the coordination of a population of thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) with unknown parameters to achieve group objectives. The problem involves designi…