Due to increasing amounts of energy being supplied by intermittent renewable energy
sources, future energy systems need to be able to react flexibly to sudden changes. To …

Following the scarcity of resources, rising energy prices, and an increasing awareness of the
role manufacturing plays in the generation of greenhouse gas emissions, the consumption …

Many areas in power systems require solving one or more nonlinear optimization problems.
While analytical methods might suffer from slow convergence and the curse of …

Demand response (DR) is becoming an integral part of power system and market
operations. Smart grid technologies will further increase the use of DR in everyday …

The active management of electricity demand, also referred to as demand side management
(DSM), has been recognized as an effective approach to improving power grid performance …

This paper presents the development of a generic optimal industrial load management
(OILM) model, which can be readily incorporated into energy hub management systems …

A central strategy for climate change mitigation is expanding electricity generation from
renewable energy sources, with an increasing share of decentralized generation. Some of …

Electrolytic process, employed for manufacturing basic chemicals like caustic soda and
chlorine, is highly energy intensive. Due to escalating costs of fossil fuels and capacity …

In the context of the so-called smart grid, the intelligent management of electricity demand,
also referred to as demand side management (DSM), has been recognized as an effective …

In this paper, we investigate optimal load control in industrial sector, which involves several
new and distinct research problems. For example, while most residential appliances operate …