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Analytical Approach for Active Distribution Network Restoration Including Optimal Voltage Regulation

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

The ever-increasing utilization of sensitive loads in the industrial, commercial, and residential areas in distribution networks requires enhanced reliability and quality of supply. This can be achieved, thanks to self-healing features of smart grids that ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2019

Allocation of Frequency Control Reserve from Aggregated Resources of Active Distribution Systems

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mokhtar Bozorg, Fabrizio Sossan, Mohsen Kalantar Neyestanaki

This paper addresses the allocation of frequency control services (FCSs) from aggregated resources of active distribution systems (ARADSs) for balancing the transmission system while considering credible contingencies as well as forecast error of loads and ...

IEEE2018

Optimal Planning of Distributed Energy Storage Systems in Active Distribution Networks Embedding Grid Reconfiguration

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Mostafa Nick

In this paper we present a procedure for the optimal siting and sizing of Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) owned, and directly controlled by network operators of Active Distribution Networks (ADNs). The peculiarity of the proposed planning procedure consists ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2018

An Exact Convex Formulation of the Optimal Power Flow in Radial Distribution Networks Including Transverse Components

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Mario Paolone, Mostafa Nick

The recent literature discusses the use of the relaxed Second Order Cone Programming (SOCP) for formulating Optimal Power Flow problems (OPF) for radial power grids. However, if the shunt parameters of the lines that compose the power grid are considered, ...

2018

A Decentralized Adaptive Model-Based Real-time Control for Active Distribution Networks Using Battery Energy Storage Systems

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Maryam Bahramipanah, Dimitri Torregrossa

This paper proposes a real-time decentralized control algorithm in multi-area active distribution network relying only on dispersed Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs). In particular, we propose a zonal control strategy targeting voltage support and lin ...

2018

Experimental Assessment of the Prediction Performance of Dynamic Equivalent Circuit Models of Grid-connected Battery Energy Storage Systems

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Emil Namor, Fabrizio Sossan, Enrica Scolari

The paper discusses the model identification, validation and experimental testing of current-to-voltage dynamic circuit models for a grid-connected MW-class battery. The model refers to an utility-scale 720 kVA/560 kWh battery energy storage system (BESS) ...

IEEE2018

Fault Detection and Faulted Line Identification in Active Distribution Networks Using Synchrophasors-based Real-Time State Estimation

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Paolo Romano, Marco Pignati, Lorenzo Zanni

We intend to prove that PMU-based state estimation processes for active distribution networks exhibit unique time determinism and refresh rate that make them suitable to satisfy the time-critical requirements of protections as well as the accuracy requirem ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

A multi-agent based analytical approach for service restoration in distribution networks

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

With the advent of smart grids and the higher level of requirement for the quality of supply, restoration of distribution networks is a timely topic that deserves to be revisited. In this paper, the concept of multi-agent automation in smart grids is appli ...

IEEE2017

Optimal Infrastructure Planning of Active Distribution Networks Complying with Service Restoration Requirements

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

2017

Battery Storage System Optimal Exploitation Through Physics-Based Model Predictive Control

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Dimitri Torregrossa, Emil Namor, Fabrizio Sossan

Traditionally, the safe operation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) is achieved by imposing conservative constraints on its DC bus current and voltage. By using a computationally efficient single particle model (SPM), we propose to replace these co ...

IEEE2017

Parameter identification of a lithium-ion cell single-particle model through non-invasive testing

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Dimitri Torregrossa, Emil Namor

Physics-based models of electrochemical cells are of great interest for the future battery management systems (BMSs), due to their accuracy and capability to predict cell physical states. One of their main disadvantages, when compared to equivalent circuit ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

Three- or Two-Stage Stochastic Market-Clearing Algorithm?

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Farzaneh Abbaspourtorbati, Antonio J. Conejo

As the power industry considers moving from a deterministic paradigm to a stochastic one to clear the day-ahead market in systems with significant stochastic production, the following question arises: how should a stochastic clearing algorithm be formulate ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

Pricing Electricity Through a Stochastic Non-Convex Market-Clearing Model

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Farzaneh Abbaspourtorbati, Antonio J. Conejo

This paper proposes a pricing scheme for the day-ahead market in power systems with a large percentage of renewable stochastic production. To clear the day-ahead market, instead of a simplistic deterministic model, we use a two-stage stochastic programming ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

Is Being Flexible Advantageous for Demands?

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Farzaneh Abbaspourtorbati, Antonio J. Conejo

This paper analyzes the impacts of flexible demands on day-ahead market outcomes in a system with significant wind power production. We use a two-stage stochastic market-clearing model, where the first stage represents the day-ahead market and the second s ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

Enhanced Equivalent Electrical Circuit Model of Lithium-based Batteries Accounting for Charge Redistribution, State-of-Health and Temperature Effects

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Maryam Bahramipanah, Dimitri Torregrossa

Accurate models capable to predict the dynamic behavior and the State-of-Charge (SoC) of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) is a key aspect for the definition of model-based controls in electric vehicles and in power grid applications of these energy s ...

2017

A Prediction-Error Covariance Estimator for Adaptive Kalman Filtering in Step-Varying Processes: Application to Power-System State Estimation

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Mario Paolone, Lorenzo Zanni

In this paper, we present a new method for the estimation of the prediction-error covariances of a Kalman filter (KF), which is suitable for step-varying processes. The method uses a series of past innovations (i.e., the difference between the upcoming mea ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

Scarcity Mitigation and Risk-Averse Clearing Model in the Swiss Reserve Market

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Farzaneh Abbaspourtorbati

This paper presents a real-world application of stochastic programming in the Swiss hydro-based system. The seasonal hydrological conditions may cause insufficient market volume to an extent that security criteria (i.e., the criteria determining of reserve ...

Ieee2016

Developing Offer Curves for an Electric Railway Company in Reserve Markets Based on Robust Energy and Reserve Scheduling

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Ali Ahmadi Khatir, Mokhtar Bozorg

This paper proposes an appropriate offering strategy method for an electric railway company (ERC) to participate in reserve markets. In this respect, first the problem of energy and reserve scheduling for the ERC is modeled in a deterministic way. Next, a ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2016

Security Constrained Unit Commitment With Dynamic Thermal Line Rating

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Omid Alizadeh Mousavi, Mostafa Nick

The integration of the dynamic line rating (DLR) of overhead transmission lines (OTLs) in power systems secu- rity constrained unit commitment (SCUC) potentially enhances the overall system security as well as its technical/economic performances. This pape ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2016

Decentralized voltage control of clustered active distribution network by means of energy storage systems

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Maryam Bahramipanah

The paper presents a network partitioning strategy for the optimal voltage control of Active Distribution Networks (ADNs) actuated by means of a limited number of Distributed Energy Storage Systems (DESSs). The proposed partitioning uses a linear programmi ...

Elsevier2016

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