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Specifications of a Simulation Framework for Virtualized Intelligent Electronic Devices in Smart Grids Covering Networking and Security Requirements

Kabbara, N. (author), Mwangi, A.W. (author), Gibescu, Madeleine (author), Abedi, A. (author), Stefanov, Alexandru (author), Palensky, P. (author)

As power system's operational technology converges with innovative information and communication technologies, the need for extensive resilience testing for scenarios covering the electrical grid, networking bottlenecks, as well as cyber security threats, become a necessity. This paper proposes a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary simulation...

conference paper 2023

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Future Dutch Electricity Grid: Assessing the Potential of Overplanting in Photovoltaic Systems

Reis, F.R. (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco (author)

This paper concerns with the determination of a suitable level of overplanting for photovoltaic systems. For this purpose, six futuristic operational scenarios for the Dutch electrical power system are generated for year 2050. A synthetic model is developed by using DIgSILENT Power Factory 2022 SP3 to investigate the steady-state systemic...

conference paper 2023

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Comparative Performance of Inverted-Based Generation using Synchonverter during Transient Stability Conditions

Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author), Chamorro, Harold R. (author), Abdellah, Kouzou (author)

Inverter-based generation (IBG) is critical in achieving a dependable and resilient electrical system while meeting the net-zero emission goal. The enormous integration of IBG tends to produce various issues, including reduced rotational inertia and reduced short circuit levels. Several scientific publications agree that the voltage source...

conference paper 2022

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Investigations of the Virtual Impedance Control Mode of Synchronverter in the Power Swing

Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco M. (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author), Chamorro, Harold R. (author)

Power electronic converter (PEC) is a key element for the successful integration of novel technologies, PEC working as inverter at novel generation technologies are the decisive components to zero-net carbon emissions in the electricity systems. The colossal penetration of IBG tends to produce several issues in the power networks. There is a...

conference paper 2022

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A New Formulation for Optimal Tuning of Fast Frequency Support in Multi-Energy Systems

Giannakopoulos, G. (author), Perilla Guerra, A.D. (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author)

Power electronic dominated power systems formed nowadays are characterized by fast and frequent dynamics, limited short circuit support, low inertia conditions and lack of inertial support. Under these conditions, coping with active power imbalances in a power system may becomes a significant challenge for transmission system operators (TSOs)...

conference paper 2022

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Cyber-Physical Testbed Co-simulation Real-Time: System Frequency Response

Riquelme-Dominguez, Jose Miguel (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco (author), Melo, André Felipe Silva (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author)

Future carbon-neutral power systems impose many challenges; one of them is an advanced simulation platform that allows replicating the complex systems' actual dynamic performance. DIgEnSys-Lab is working toward proposing solutions to the most critical challenges to carbon-neutral energy systems. This paper shows preliminary results of...

conference paper 2022

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Intelligent Contingencgy Overload-Avoiding Control of BESS for Renewable-Rich Local Area

Gonzalez-Longatt, F. (author), Astapov, Victor (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author), Abdellah, Kouzou (author), Olivo, Franklin (author), Chamorro, Harold R. (author)

An N-1 contingency can negatively affect the reliability and security of electrical power systems. A single transmission line outage can cause overload on the local healthy transmission systems, and actions are required to alleviate the overload. Traditionally the system operator uses two actions depending on the operating local area power...

conference paper 2022

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Detection and Identification of Generator Disconnection Using Multi-layer Perceptron Neural Network Considering Low Inertia Scenario

Verduzco, Alejandro (author), Páramo Balsa, Paula (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco (author), Andrade, Manuel A. (author), Acosta Montalvo, Martha Nohemi (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author)

This research paper presents a method that uses measurements of voltages angles, as provided by phasor measurement units (PMU), to accurately detect the sudden disconnection of a generation unit from a power grid. Results in this research paper have demonstrated, in a practical fashion, that a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) neural network (NN) can...

conference paper 2022

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Open Data Based Model of the Dutch High-Voltage Power System

Zomerdijk, W. (author), Gusain, D. (author), Palensky, P. (author), Cvetkovic, M. (author)

A numerical model of a power system can be used to get accurate insights into the impact of policies and investment decisions regarding the transformation of the energy system, while also helping in identifying bottlenecks in implementing decisions. Spatial aggregation, especially for generation and load, must be carefully approached to obtain...

conference paper 2022

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Importance of Model Fidelity of Power to X Devices in Energy System Analysis

Gusain, D. (author), Cvetkovic, M. (author), Yağci, Bekir Caner (author), Palensky, P. (author)

Power-to-X (PtX) technologies are accelerating the energy transition. Increasingly, these technologies are also being leveraged as flexible energy resources to support the electrical grid. PtX models are often represented using a constant efficiency term as a linear relation between the power input and energy output. However, the operational...

conference paper 2022

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Critical Components Identification for Cyber-Physical Power Systems Considering Time-Varying Operational States

Liu, Y. (author), Semertzis, I. (author), Stefanov, Alexandru (author), Palensky, P. (author)

The security issues of Cyber-Physical power Systems (CPS) have attracted widespread attention from scholars. Vulnerability assessment emerges as an effective method to identify the critical components and thus increase the system resilience. While efforts have been made to study the vulnerability features of power systems under the occurrence...

conference paper 2021

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Assessment of Dynamic Measurement Intervals for State Estimation in Future Distribution Systems

Sirige, S.S.B. (author), Blaauwbroek, Niels (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author), Lekić, A. (author)

The ongoing energy transition introduces new load and generation units like photovoltaic generation in the medium-voltage systems network. These generation units increase the variance of the power injections, resulting in increased stochasticity of the power flow values. For confident assessment of the system’s operating condition, a measurement...

conference paper 2021

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Stability and Accuracy Analysis of a Real-time Co-simulation Infrastructure

Barbierato, L. (author), Pons, Enrico (author), Mazza, Andrea (author), Bompard, Ettore Francesco (author), Subramaniam Rajkumar, Vetrivel (author), Palensky, P. (author), Macii, Enrico (author), Bottaccioli, Lorenzo (author), Patti, Edoardo (author)

Co-simulation techniques are gaining popularity amongst the power system research community to analyse future scalable Smart Grid solutions. However, complications such as multiple communication protocols, uncertainty in latencies are holding-up the widespread usage of these techniques for power system analysis. These issues are even further...

conference paper 2021

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Real-time simulation Model of Ultracapacitors for Frequency Stability Support from Wind Generation

Zhang, C. (author), Rakhshani, E. (author), Veerakumar, Nidarshan (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, F. (author)

The frequency stability of the power system is challenged by the high penetration of power electronic interfaced renewable energy sources (RES). Energy storage systems (ESS) are used to supply extra power injection to enhance the frequency stability during a disturbance. This paper presents a novel approach for improving the frequency dynamics...

conference paper 2021

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Optimal Tuning of Active Power Gradient Control for Frequency Support in Multi-Energy Systems

Perilla Guerra, A.D. (author), Gusain, D. (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author), van der Meijden, M.A.M.M. (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, F. (author)

Coping with severe active power imbalances constitutes a challenging task in low inertia multi-energy systems. The phase out of the majority of conventional power plants with large size synchronous generators entails that power electronic interfaced devices should take over the primary task of active power balance-frequency control. In view of...

conference paper 2020

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Frequency Support of Fast-Multi-Energy Storage Systems in Low Rotational Inertia Scenarios

Ersdal, A. M. (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, F. (author), Acosta, M. N. (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author)

Modern power systems are increasing the connection of power electronic converters (PECs), and new inertia-less technologies displace the synchronous generation units. Therefore, the total rotational system inertia is reduced, creating new problems related to the system frequency control and stability. Several mechanisms to enable the PECs with...

conference paper 2020

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A Decentralized Frequency Regulation Scheme in AC Microgrids

Peyghami, Saeed (author), Zarei, Seyed Fariborz (author), Ghasemi, Mohammad Amin (author), Palensky, P. (author), Blaabjerg, Frede (author)

Microgrids (MGs) are becoming active segments of future power systems. Frequency regulation inislanded MGs is of high importance to guarantee stable and reliable operation under different loading conditions. This paper proposes a decentralized frequency regulation of AC MGs, which relies on the local information. Comparing to the conventional...

conference paper 2020

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Under-Frequency Load Shedding in Mongolia: Simulation Assessment Considering Inertia Scenarios

Adiyabazar, Choidorj (author), Acosta, Martha N. (author), Gonzalez-Longatt, F. (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author)

Mongolia power system (MPS) is evolving quite fast, and the integration of renewable resources (mainly wind power and solar photovoltaic) reached 20% by 2019. The MPS is interconnected to Russia in order to cover local energy deficits, especially during freezing winters. However, the interconnection to Russia is a sensible element of the MPS,...

conference paper 2020

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Technical Assessment of Large Scale PEM Electrolyzers as Flexibility Service Providers

Gusain, D. (author), Cvetkovic, M. (author), Bentvelsen, Ron (author), Palensky, P. (author)

To counter the inherent intermittent and unpre dictable power generation from large amounts of wind and solar, fast-acting resources are required, one of the options being sector coupling via power to gas devices. Industrial Power to Gas (IPtG) resources, such as an electrolyzer, represent an attractive solution to satisfy the rising energy...

conference paper 2020

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Maintenance Scheduling in Power Electronic Converters Considering Wear-out Failures

Peyghami, S. (author), Blaabjerg, Frede (author), Rueda, José L. (author), Palensky, P. (author)

Power electronic converters are one of failure sources in energy systems, and hence drivers of downtime costs in power systems. Different approaches can be employed for converter reliability enhancement including design/control for reliability methods, condition monitoring and fault diagnosis, and maintenance strategies. This paper proposes...

conference paper 2020