Security risk modeling in smart grid critical infrastructures in the era of big data and artificial intelligence

A Chehri, I Fofana, X Yang - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Smart grids (SG) emerged as a response to the need to modernize the electricity grid. The
current security tools are almost perfect when it comes to identifying and preventing known …

Accelerated ADMM-based fully distributed inverter-based volt/var control strategy for active distribution networks

T Xu, W Wu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Voltage and reactive power control via inverter-based distributed generators (DGs) is
necessary for distribution networks to mitigate voltage violations. This article presents an …

Comparison of reactive power control techniques for solar PV inverters to mitigate voltage rise in low-voltage grids

D Almeida, J Pasupuleti, J Ekanayake - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The greater integration of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems into low-voltage (LV) distribution
networks has posed new challenges for the operation of power systems. The violation of …

Introduction to smart grid architecture

E Kabalci, Y Kabalci - Smart grids and their communication systems, 2019 - Springer
The smart grid that is a new concept introduced at the beginning of the 2000s intends to
include bidirectional communication infrastructure to conventional grids in order to enable …

Transmission network planning in super smart grids: A survey

M Adnan, Y Ghadi, I Ahmed, M Ali - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For a utility company to reduce emissions along with managing load demands, it must strive
for a 100 percent renewable electrical power generation. Europe takes initiatives to achieve …

AMI-based energy management for islanded AC/DC microgrids utilizing energy conservation and optimization

M Manbachi, M Ordonez - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new approach for quasi real-time and adaptive energy management
for islanded ac/dc microgrids using advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) data. This paper …

Optimal coordination of PV smart inverter and traditional volt‐VAR control devices for energy cost savings and voltage regulation

VB Pamshetti, SP Singh - International Transactions on …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional volt‐VAR control (VVC) devices such as on‐load tap changers (OLTC), voltage
regulators (VRs), and shunt capacitor banks (SCBs) may not be capable to handle the …

Adaptive online-learning volt-var control for smart inverters using deep reinforcement learning

K Beyer, R Beckmann, S Geißendörfer, K von Maydell… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing penetration of the power grid with renewable distributed generation causes
significant voltage fluctuations. Providing reactive power helps balancing the voltage in the …

Model-free volt-var control based on measurement data analytics

P Bagheri, W Xu - IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new data-driven model-free Volt-Var control (VVC) scheme for the
operation of radial power distribution systems. Unlike existing methods, the proposed VVC is …

As one falls, another rises? Residential peak load reduction through electricity rate structures

A Bandyopadhyay, BD Leibowicz, EA Beagle… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we analyze the potential for time-varying electricity rate structures to reduce
and/or shift peak demand in the residential sector. To do so, we develop a convex …