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Chance-constrained DC Optimal Power Flow with Non-Gaussian Distributed Uncertainties
Ge Chen, Hongcai Zhang, Yonghua Song
Chance-constrained programming (CCP) is a promising approach to handle uncertainties in optimal power flow (OPF). However, conventional CCP usually assumes that uncertainties follo…
Chance-constrained regulation capacity offering for HVAC systems under non-Gaussian uncertainties with mixture-model-based convexification
Ge Chen, Hongcai Zhang, Hongxun Hui +1
Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems are ideal demand-side flexible resources to provide regulation services. However, finding the best hourly regulation capac…
Joint Optimization of Wind Farm Layout Considering Optimal Control
Kaixuan Chen, Jin Lin, Yiwei Qiu +2
The wake effect is one of the leading causes of energy losses in offshore wind farms (WFs). Both turbine placement and cooperative control can influence the wake interactions insid…
Topology-free optimal power dispatch for distribution network considering security constraints and flexible building thermal inertia
Ge Chen, Hongcai Zhang, Ningyi Dai +1
With the increasing integration of distributed PV generation, the distribution network requires more and more flexibility to achieve the security-constrained optimal power dispatch…
Deep Learning-Aided Model Predictive Control of Wind Farms for AGC Considering the Dynamic Wake Effect
Kaixuan Chen, Jin Lin, Yiwei Qiu +2
To provide automatic generation control (AGC) service, wind farms (WFs) are required to control their operation dynamically to track the time-varying power reference. Wake effects…
Tertiary Regulation of Cascaded Run-of-the-River Hydropower in the Islanded Renewable Power System Considering Multi-Timescale Dynamics
Yiwei Qiu, Jin Lin, Feng Liu +4
To enable power supply in rural areas and to exploit clean energy, fully renewable power systems consisting of cascaded run-of-the-river hydropower and volatile energies such as pv…
Nonintrusive Uncertainty Quantification of Dynamic Power Systems Subject to Stochastic Excitations
Yiwei Qiu, Jin Lin, Xiaoshuang Chen +2
Continuous-time random disturbances (also called stochastic excitations) due to increasing renewable generation have an increasing impact on power system dynamics; However, except…
Multi-state Operating Reserve Model of Aggregate Thermostatically-Controlled-Loads for Power System Short-Term Reliability Evaluation
Yi Ding, Wenqi Cui, Shujun Zhang +3
Thermostatically-controlled-loads (TCLs) have been regarded as a good candidate for maintaining the power system reliability by providing operating reserve. The short-term reliabil…
Optimal Control of DERs in ADN under Spatial and Temporal Correlated Uncertainties
Xiaoshuang Chen, Jin Lin, Feng Liu +1
The control schemes of distributed energy resources (DERs) in active distribution networks (ADNs) are largely influenced by uncertainties. The uncertainties of DERs are complicated…
Optimal Control of AGC Systems Considering Non-Gaussian Wind Power Uncertainty
Xiaoshuang Chen, Jin Lin, Feng Liu +1
Wind power uncertainty poses significant challenges for automatic generation control (AGC) systems. It can enhance control performances to explicitly consider wind power uncertaint…
Data-driven Chance-constrained Regulation Capacity Offering for Distributed Energy Resources
Hongcai Zhang, Zechun Hu, Eric Munsing +2
This paper studies the behavior of a strategic aggregator offering regulation capacity on behalf of a group of distributed energy resources (DERs, e.g. plug-in electric vehicles) i…
Joint Planning of PEV Fast-Charging Network and Distributed PV Generation Using the Accelerated Generalized Benders Decomposition
Hongcai Zhang, Scott J. Moura, Zechun Hu +2
Integration of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with distributed renewable resources will decrease PEVs' well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions, promote renewable power adoption a…
A Second Order Cone Programming Model for Planning PEV Fast-Charging Stations
Hongcai Zhang, Scott Moura, Zechun Hu +2
This paper studies siting and sizing of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) fast-charging stations on coupled transportation and power networks. We develop a closed-form service rate mo…