4 papers
Operational Risks in Grid Integration of Large Data Center Loads: Characteristics, Stability Assessments, and Sensitivity Studies
Kyung-Bin Kwon, Sayak Mukherjee, Veronica Adetola
This paper investigates the dynamic interactions between large-scale data centers and the power grid, focusing on reliability challenges arising from sudden fluctuations in demand.…
Managing Risks from Large Digital Loads Using Coordinated Grid-Forming Storage Network
Soumya Kundu, Kaustav Chatterjee, Ramij R. Hossain +2
Anticipated rapid growth of large digital load, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, is poised to increase uncertainty and large fluctuations in consumption, threat…
Configuration and EMT Simulation of the 240-bus MiniWECC System Integrating Offshore Wind Farms (OWFs)
Buxin She, Hisham Mahmood, Marcelo Elizondo +2
As offshore wind farms (OWFs) become increasingly prevalent in Northern California and Southern Oregon, they introduce faster dynamics into the Western Electricity Coordinating Cou…
Empowering the Grid: Decentralized Autonomous Control for Effective Utilization and Resilience
Sai Pushpak Nandanoori, Alok Kumar Bharati, Subhrajit Sinha +3
With the emergence of low-inertia microgrids powered by inverter-based generation, there remains a concern about the operational resilience of these systems. Grid-forming inverters…