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Optimal provision of concurrent primary frequency and local voltage control from a BESS considering variable capability curves: Modelling and experimental assessment

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Zhao Yuan, Antonio Zecchino

This paper proposes a control method for battery energy storage systems (BESSs) to provide concurrent primary frequency and local voltage regulation services. The actual variable active and reactive power capability of the converter, along with the state-o ...

Elsevier2020

Influence of Battery Models on the Optimal Design of the Propulsion System of a Hyperloop Capsule

Mario Paolone, Denis Tudor

The paper assesses the influence of equivalent circuit battery models on the optimal design of the propulsion system of an energy-autonomous Hyperloop capsule. By knowing a pre-determined payload to be transported along pre-determined trajectories, the pro ...

IEEE2020

Frequency stability assessment of modern power systems: Models definition and parameters identification

Mario Paolone, Giacomo Piero Schiapparelli, Yihui Zuo

One of the fundamental concerns in the operation of modern power systems is the assessment of their frequency stability in case of inertia-reduction induced by the large share of power electronic interfaced resources. Within this context, the paper propose ...

2020

Properties of convex optimal power flow model based on power loss relaxation

Mario Paolone, Zhao Yuan

We derive the branch ampacity constraint associated to power losses for the convex optimal power flow (OPF) model based on the branch flow formulation. The branch ampacity constraint derivation is motivated by the physical interpretation of the transmissio ...

Elsevier2020

Optimal Coordination of Phasor Data Concentrators in Hierarchical Synchrophasor Networks

Mario Paolone

Phasor data concentrators (PDCs) are essential functions in synchrophasor networks that collect and aggregate phasor measurement unit (PMU) data from across the electric grid. PDC buffers synchrophasor datasets during the “wait time” period, then communica ...

2020

Grid-aware Distributed Model Predictive Control of Heterogeneous Resources in a Distribution Network: Theory and Experimental Validation

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Rahul Kumar Gupta

In this paper, we propose and experimentally validate a scheduling and control framework for distributed energy resources (DERs) that achieves to track a day-ahead dispatch plan of a distribution network hosting controllable and stochastic heterogeneous re ...

2020

Design and experimental validation of an FPGA-based PMU simultaneously compliant with P and M performance classes

Mario Paolone, Asja Derviskadic

Low-inertia grids are characterized by high shares of harmonic and inter-harmonic distortion, produced by the inverters that interface non-conventional generation assets to the electrical grid. These interfering tones largely compromise synchrophasor estim ...

Elsevier2020

Effect of voltage source converters with electrochemical storage systems on dynamics of reduced-inertia bulk power grids

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Yihui Zuo

A major concern associated to the massive connection of distributed energy resources is the increasing share of power electronic interfaces resulting in the global inertia reduction of power systems. The recent literature advocated the use of voltage sourc ...

Elsevier2020

PMU-based linear state estimation of Lausanne subtransmission network: Experimental validation

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Paolo Romano, Marco Pignati, Lorenzo Zanni, Asja Derviskadic, Ali Abur

The paper presents the implementation details and the experimental validation of a linear state estimator based on synchrophasor measurements in a real subtransmission network. The data are provided by 15 phasor measurement units (PMUs) installed in the 12 ...

Elsevier2020

OPF-based under frequency load shedding predicting the dynamic frequency trajectory

Mario Paolone, Quentin Walger, Asja Derviskadic, Guglielmo Frigo, Yihui Zuo

The paper describes a centralized Under Frequency Load Shedding (UFLS) method, where load shedding decisions are based on the solution of an optimization problem. The proposed approach anticipates the evolution of the grid frequency trajectory by means of ...

Elsevier2020

Grid-aware distributed control of electric vehicle charging stations in active distribution grids

Mario Paolone, Sherif Alaa Salaheldin Fahmy, Rahul Kumar Gupta

The penetration of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations (CSs), along with the progressive connection of stochastic distributed generation, is increasing the probability of violating the power distribution grid operational constraints and deteriorate the ...

Elsevier2020

Parameter Estimation of Three-Phase Untransposed Short Transmission Lines from Synchrophasor Measurements

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Mario Paolone, Arpan Mukhopadhyay

We present a new approach for estimating the parameters of three-phase untransposed electrically short transmission lines using voltage/current synchrophasor measurements obtained from phasor measurement units. The parameters to be estimated are the entrie ...

2020

Countrywide PV hosting capacity and energy storage requirements for distribution networks: The case of Switzerland

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Rahul Kumar Gupta

Distributed photovoltaic (PV) generation is typically connected to power distribution grids, which are not designed to host a large amount of production if it is significantly larger than their nominal electricity demand. Given the prominent role of PV in ...

2020

Real-Time Processing and Quality Improvement of Synchrophasor Data

Mario Paolone

This paper proposes a real-time algorithm for processing and quality improvement of synchrophasor data (SD). The proposed algorithm first recovers the missing SD reported by phasor measurement units (PMUs), and performs low-rank approximation on data strea ...

2020

Dispatch-aware planning of energy storage systems in active distribution network

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Ji Hyun Yi

This paper proposes a procedure for the optimal siting and sizing of energy storage systems (ESSs) within active distribution networks (ADNs) hosting a large amount of stochastic distributed renewable energy resources. The optimization objective is to mini ...

Elsevier2020

Fundamentals of power systems modelling in the presence of converter-interfaced generation

Mario Paolone

This survey paper discusses the fundamentals of power systems modelling in the presence of large amounts of converter-interfaced generation (CIG). By referring to real-life events characterised by anomalous dynamics associated to the presence of CIG, the c ...

Elsevier2020

A Robust Optimization Framework for the Day-Ahead Scheduling of Active Distribution Networks including Energy Storage Systems

Mario Paolone, Mokhtar Bozorg, Mostafa Nick

In this paper we present an adaptive robust optimization framework for the day-ahead scheduling of Active Distribution Networks (ADNs) where the controlled devices are distributed Energy Storage Systems (ESSs). First, the targeted problem is formulated usi ...

IEEE2019

Properties of Direct-Time and Reversed-Time Transfer Functions to Locate Disturbances along Power Transmission Lines

Mario Paolone, Zhaoyang Wang, Zhe Chen

The paper discusses specific frequency-domain properties of the electromagnetic time reversal (EMTR) method applied to locate faults and, more in general, disturbances in power networks. Specifically, we investigate the properties of two transfer functions ...

IEEE2019

Microgrid Stability Definitions, Analysis, and Examples

Mario Paolone

This document is a summary of a report prepared by the IEEE PES Task Force (TF) on Microgrid Stability Definitions, Analysis, and Modeling \cite{task}, which defines concepts and identifies relevant issues related to stability in microgrids. In this paper, ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2019

Ultra Fast Linear State Estimation Utilizing SCADA Measurements

Mario Paolone, Sadegh Azizi

This paper presents a closed-form and non-iterative solution for the long-studied SCADA-based State Etimation (SE) problem, where unsynchronized traditional measurements from Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) are used. In this regard, a novel reformulation of t ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2019

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