3D Nonlinear transies field-circuit modeling of inductive fault current limiters

Due to increasing levels of fault currents, Fault Current Limiters (FCLs) are expected to play an important role in the protection of future power grids. Inductive saturable FCLs are particularly interesting due to their inherent reaction on the fault. Many different configurations have been proposed in literature. Being difficult or impossible...

A case study in the future challenges in electricity grid infrastructure

The generation by renewables and the loading by electrical vehicle charging imposes severe challenges in the redesign of today's power supply systems. Indeed, accomodating these emerg- ing power sources and sinks requires traditional power systems to evolve from rigid centralized unidirectional architectures to intelligent decentralized entities...

Multi-agent model predictive control for transportation networks: Serial versus parallel schemes

We consider the control of large-scale transportation networks, like road traffic networks, power distribution networks, water distribution networks, etc. Control of these networks is often not possible from a single point by a single intelligent control agent; instead control has to be performed using multiple intelligent agents. We consider...

A system look at electromechanical actuation for primary flight control