Thomas Mercier

ORCID: 0000-0003-2274-9920
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Research Areas
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Wind Turbine Control Systems
  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Transport and Economic Policies
  • High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems
  • Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
  • Power System Optimization and Stability
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps
  • Frequency Control in Power Systems
  • Power Systems and Renewable Energy
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Power Systems and Technologies
  • ICT Impact and Policies
  • Energy Load and Power Forecasting

Université Laval
2019-2023

UCLouvain
2016-2023

Engie (Belgium)
2021

The development of renewable and intermittent power generation creates incentives for the both energy storage solutions more flexible assets. Pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) is most established mature technology, but recent developments in electronics have created a renewed interest by providing PSH units with variable-speed feature, thereby increasing their flexibility. This paper reviews technical considerations related to pumped-storage link witha provision primary frequency control, also...

10.1109/ptc.2017.7980920 article EN 2017-06-01

Large increase in wind and photovoltaics will lead to lower more volatile grid inertia but also the lack of primary frequency control, i.e. containment reserve (FCR) providers Continental Europe Grid. This therefore impact negatively dynamics. One potential solution for ensuring stay reasonable bounds is take dynamics into consideration. From this observation, we develop a novel methodology having linear programming problem select most suited FCR providers. It based on minimization overall...

10.1109/energycon.2016.7513886 article EN 2016-04-01

The development of renewable and intermittent power generation creates incentives for the both energy storage solutions more flexible assets. Pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) is most established mature technology, but recent developments in electronics have created a renewed interest by providing PSH units with variable-speed feature, thereby increasing their flexibility. This paper reviews technical considerations related to link provision primary frequency control, also referred as...

10.1088/1742-6596/813/1/012004 article EN Journal of Physics Conference Series 2017-04-04

Frequency Containment Reserves (FCR), previously referred to as primary reserves, are an important component for the safe operation of Continental Europe grid. The growing share renewables represents a forthcoming challenge since FCR generally provided by synchronous generators. In this paper, batteries associated with power-to-heat system (P2H) composed electrical resistances, allowing very high flexibility well valorization generated heat. They controlled react first, leading significant...

10.1109/ptc.2017.7980915 article EN 2017-06-01

This paper introduces a novel modelling of the economics energy storages providing frequency containment reserves. The focus lies both on practical operation day-ahead markets and stochastic autocorrelation characteristics grid as they are concerns for any storage operator. Based yearly series grid-frequency measurements we put in light seasonal trends frequency. After having removed these build an ARMA-GARCH model with fat-tail feature to explain remaining autocorrelation. overall can be...

10.1109/energycon.2016.7513938 article EN 2016-04-01
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