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Digitalization in hydropower generation: development and numerical validation of a model-based Smart Power Plant Supervisor

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini

The paper presents the development of a model-based Smart Power Plant Supervisor, a digital tool targeting the optimization of the operation and maintenance of hydroelectric units to improve ancillary services provision to the power system. The paper focus ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2021

Improving frequency containment reserve provision in run-of-river hydropower plants

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini

The paper presents a model-based control strategy for optimal asset management of hydroelectric units in run-of-river hydropower plants. The proposed control strategy aims to operate the unit at the best efficiency while improving water flow management and ...

2021

Real-time Control of Battery Energy Storage Systems to Provide Ancillary Services Considering Voltage-Dependent Capability of DC-AC Converters

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

Frequency response and voltage support are vital ancillary services for power grids. In this paper, we design and experimentally validate a real-time control framework for battery energy storage systems (BESSs) to provide ancillary services to power grids. ...

2021

Performance assessment of grid-forming and grid-following converter-interfaced battery energy storage systems on frequency regulation in low-inertia power grids

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

Power systems with large shares of converter-interfaced renewables may be characterised by low grid inertia due to the lack of frequency containment provided by synchronous generators. Battery energy storage systems (BESSs), which can adjust their power ou ...

2021

Coordinating Distributed Energy Resources and Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System for Power Flexibility Provision Under Uncertainty

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mohsen Kalantar Neyestanaki

Relying on the power flexibility of distributed energy resources (DERs) located in an active distribution network (ADN), this ADN will be able to provide power flexibility to the upper-layer grid at their point of common coupling (PCC). The power flexibili ...

2021

Experimental facility for reduced scale model testing of hydraulic machines hybridized with a battery energy storage system

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Martin Seydoux, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini

With a continuously growing share of non-dispatchable renewable energy sources in the power mix, flexibility in hydropower provision is becoming fundamental. The major role played by hydropower in frequency regulation in the last years has underlined the p ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2021

Characterizing the Reserve Provision Capability Area of Active Distribution Networks: A Linear Robust Optimization Method

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

Distributed energy resources (DERs) installed in active distribution networks (ADNs) can be exploited to provide both active and reactive power reserves to the upper-layer grid (i.e., sub-transmission and transmission systems) at their connection point. Th ...

2021

A convex model for induction motor starting transients imbedded in an OPF-based optimization problem

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

Large horsepower induction motors play a critical role in the operation of industrial facilities. In this respect, the distribution network operators dedicate a high priority to the operational safety of these motor loads. In this paper, the induction moto ...

Elsevier2020

Detection of Bad PMU Data using Machine Learning Techniques

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Alexandra Cameron Karpilow

This project presents a pre-State Estimation method for the detection of Bad Data (BD) in Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) using correlation analysis and a Neural Network Classifier. Presented in this paper is the algorithm design, the steps for generating ...

IEEE2020

Optimal Allocation of ESSs in Active Distribution Networks to achieve their Dispatchability

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Ji Hyun Yi

This paper presents a method for the optimal siting and sizing of energy storage systems (ESSs) in active distribution networks (ADNs) to achieve their dispatchability. The problem formulation accounts for the uncertainty inherent to the stochastic nature ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

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

Balancing management of strategic aggregators using non-cooperative game theory

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mokhtar Bozorg, Mohammad Rayati

The aggregators are intermediary players at the distribution system level. They manage the financial transactions of resources such as micro-turbines (MTs), photo-voltaic (PV) production systems, flexible demands (FDs), and must-run demands (MDs) in the en ...

Elsevier2020

A Multi-Step Reconfiguration Model for Active Distribution Network Restoration Integrating DG Start-Up Sequences

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

The ever-increasing penetration of Distributed Generators (DGs) in distribution networks suggests to enable their potentials in better fulfilling the restoration objective. The objective of the restoration problem is to resupply the maximum energy of loads ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Coordinating strategic aggregators in an active distribution network for providing operational flexibility

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mokhtar Bozorg, Mohammad Rayati

The support of distributed energy resources (DERs) for providing operational flexibility can be beneficial from the transmission system operators' (TSOs') viewpoint. Despite all opportunities, using DERs within an active distribution network (ADN) for prov ...

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

A Novel Decomposition Solution Approach for the Restoration Problem in Distribution Networks

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

The distribution network restoration problem is by nature a mixed integer and non-linear optimization problem due to the switching decisions and Optimal Power Flow (OPF) constraints, respectively. The link between these two parts involves logical implicati ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

Optimal Load Restoration in Active Distribution Networks Complying With Starting Transients of Induction Motors

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

Large horsepower induction motors play a critical role as industrial drives in production facilities. The operational safety of distribution networks during the starting transients of these motor loads is a critical concern for the operators. In this paper ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

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

Allocation of Active Power Reserve from Active Distribution Networks Using a Cost-Benefit Approach: Application to Swissgrid Network

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

The flexibility of distributed energy resources (DERs) accommodated in active distribution networks (ADNs) can be aggregated and then used to provide ancillary services to the transmission system. In this context, this paper presents a linear optimization ...

IEEE2019

Distribution Network Restoration in a Multiagent Framework Using a Convex OPF Model

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

The ever-increasing requirement for reliability and quality of supply suggests to enable the self-healing features of modern distribution networks employing the intelligent measurement, communication, and control facilities of smart grids. In this paper, t ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2019

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