A multi-scale optimization framework for electricity market participation

AW Dowling, R Kumar, VM Zavala - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Power grids coordinate a diverse set of energy systems (generators, loads, storage devices)
to ensure that supply and demands are matched at multiple timescales (from hours to …

Day-ahead and intra-day planning of integrated BESS-PV systems providing frequency regulation

F Conte, S Massucco, GP Schiapparelli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper proposes an optimal management strategy for a system composed by a battery
and a photovoltaic power plant. This integrated system is called to deliver the photovoltaic …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal strategy to exploit the flexibility of an electric vehicle charging station

C Diaz-Londono, L Colangelo, F Ruiz, D Patino… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The increasing use of electric vehicles connected to the power grid gives rise to challenges
in the vehicle charging coordination, cost management, and provision of potential services …

Stochastic frequency control of grid-connected microgrids

P Ferraro, E Crisostomi, R Shorten… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a stochastic control strategy, namely the unsynchronized Addictive
Increase Multiplicative Decrease (AIMD) algorithm, to manage the power flow of …

Modeling and control of water booster pressure systems as flexible loads for demand response

C Diaz, F Ruiz, D Patino - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Water Booster Pressure Systems (WBPSs) are responsible for supplying water and
maintaining pressure in a building pipeline. These systems are potentially useful to offer …

Quantitative comparison of data-driven and physics-based models for commercial building HVAC systems

DP Zhou, Q Hu, CJ Tomlin - 2017 American control conference …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Commercial buildings are responsible for a large fraction of energy consumption in
developed countries, and therefore are targets of energy efficiency programs. Motivated by …

Effects of inertia, load damping and dead-bands on frequency histograms and frequency control of power systems

D del Giudice, A Brambilla, S Grillo, F Bizzarri - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources has been leading to the
progressive phase-out of synchronous generators, which constitute the main source of …

Economic opportunities for industrial systems from frequency regulation markets

AW Dowling, VM Zavala - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
We analyze economic opportunities for industrial facilities provided by frequency regulation
(FR) markets. We use classical frequency domain analysis techniques to characterize the …

On the use of thermal inertia in building stock to leverage decentralised demand side frequency regulation services

S Williams, M Short, T Crosbie - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Most governments are applying financial instruments and other polices to encourage
distributed renewable electricity generation (DREG). DREG is less predictable and more …

Building model identification during regular operation-empirical results and challenges

Q Hu, F Oldewurtel, M Balandat… - 2016 American …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The inter-temporal consumption flexibility of commercial buildings can be harnessed to
improve the energy efficiency of buildings, or to provide ancillary service to the power grid …