This paper proposed a methodology to identify the vulnerable components, and ensure resilient operation of coordinated electricity natural gas infrastructures considering multiple disruptions within microgrid. The microgrid demands, which consist heat are served by interdependent supplies. approach addressed vulnerability energy carrier microgrids against various interdictions, is used apply preventive reinforcements increase resilience supply decrease cost. formulated as bi-level...

Wireless charging station (WCS) enables in-motion of the electric vehicles (EVs). This paper presents short-term operation WCS by capturing interdependence among electricity and transportation networks. In network, total travel cost consists associated with time utilized along each path. Each EV takes path that minimizes its cost. changes in demand as a result traffic flow pattern impacts price electricity. The further affect strategy EVs pattern. coordination between networks would help...

Public safety power shut-off (PSPS) during potentially dangerous weather conditions is an emergency measure within areas prone to wildfires. While balancing the risk of wildfire ignition and continuation energy supply a short-term operation challenge, this paper explores optimal long-term resilient expansion planning strategies. With quantified ignition, proposed problem maximizes supplied end-users while limiting ignition. The presented scheme provides utility decision-makers with three...

This paper proposed a hierarchical structure for the electricity market to facilitate coordination of energy markets in distribution and transmission networks. The enables integration microgrids, which provide ancillary services In structure, microgrids participate at networks settled by network operator (DNO), load aggregators (LAs) interact with generation companies (GENCOs) import/export to/from from/to wholesale market. approach addressed synergy introducing dynamic game complete...

Transportation electrification is a pivotal factor in accelerating the transition to sustainable energy. Electric vehicles (EVs) can operate either as loads or distributed power resources vehicle-to-grid (V2G) vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) linkage. This paper reviews status quo and implications of transportation regard environmental benefits, consumer side impacts, battery technologies, sustainability batteries, technology trends, utility self-driving socio-economic benefits. These are crucial...

The variability in the generation dispatch of natural gas units will lead to fluctuation demand profile that could further jeopardize security network. coordinated operation electricity and infrastructure systems would help improve reliability measures both mitigate risk curtailment. network problems are non-convex mixed-integer nonlinear programming hard solve polynomial time. feasible regions formed by Weymouth constraint introduced binary commitment decision variables problems,...

A new solution method is introduced to the problem of optimally deploying manual and automatic switches in distribution systems, where product two continuous variables inverse a variable are reformulated as linear relation. This leads (mixed integer problem) MILP power flow formulation too. The objective function includes cost reliability. term itself capital investment, installation, maintenance costs (MC) well customer interruption (CIC); while reliability represented by system average...

Electricity grid vulnerabilities can lead to outages with prolonged load interruptions. Research activities on the impact of natural disasters power system are underway figure out outage reasons, identify ways prepare for preventive actions, and increase resiliency corrective actions under such scenarios. This paper presented a review methods electricity vulnerability analysis, pre-disaster recovery planning, post-disaster restoration models.

Utilities in California conduct public safety power shut-offs (PSPSs) to eliminate the elevated chances of wildfire ignitions caused by lines during extreme weather conditions. We propose risk aware operation planning problem (WRAP), which enables system operators pinpoint segments network that should be de-energized. Sustained wind and gust can lead conductor clashing, could ignite surrounding vegetation. The 3-D nonlinear vibration equations are employed generate a dataset considers...

Electrification is a promising approach to most carbon-emitting sectors of economic human activities such as transportation and industry sectors. Electrifying the machinery different systems used in farm can mitigate carbon footprint agriculture sector if renewable energy sources are coordinated with agricultural loads appropriately. This paper presents road-map that: 1) greenhouse gases emitting food supply chain, 2) potential impact vertical farming on sector, 3) discuss 4) decarbonize gas...

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This paper presents the expansion planning for data centers and routes in electricity networks considering uncertainties horizon to ensure an acceptable rate of service requests received from end-users network. The objective is determine location capacity as well required while imposed constraints networks. installation cost routes, expected operation centers, are minimized. proposed problem addressed including availability renewable generation resources, variations demand, transmission...

This paper presents an approach to transform the active distribution network with distributed energy resources into multiple autonomous microgrids. The consists of several generation and demand entities, that are clustered proposed problem is formulated as a bi-level optimization leverages Eigen decomposition in graph spectra determine boundaries for microgrids mixed-integer programming minimizes expansion cost within presented evaluated case study considering imposed reliability...

This article presented a convex relaxation approach for the optimal power flow problem. The proposed leveraged second-order cone programming (SOCP) to tackle non-convexity within feasible region of Recovering an solution that is original non-convex problem challenging networks with cycles. main challenge lack constraints present voltage angles cycle. aims fill this gap by presenting constraint enforcing sum over cycle be zero. To end, higher-order moment matrix associated each maximal clique...

Natural gas-fired generation units can hedge against the volatility in uncertain renewable generation, which may occur during very short periods. It is crucial to utilize models capable of correctly capturing natural gas network dynamics induced by volatile demand units. The Weymouth equation commonly implemented literature avoid dealing with mathematical complications solving original governing differential equations dynamics. However, it shown this paper that approach not reliable...

With the increase in investment gas-fired electricity generation technology, capturing operation constraints of natural gas network and problems becomes more crucial. The non-convexity feasibility region formed by will impede achieving global solution for these problems. This letter proposed an algorithm to procure a tight tractable convex relaxation that can be leveraged and/or merit is illustrated using case study efficiency formulation compared with mixed integer linear semidefinite...

This paper presents risk-averse long-term generation maintenance scheduling in the power systems with a considerable installed capacity of microgrids. Microgrid aggregators facilitate participation microgrids wholesale market. In this paper, effect as controllable demand entities on practices system is investigated. The uncertainties marginal cost microgrids, within and electricity are captured using respective nominal values uncertainty intervals. Moreover, contingencies transmission...

A total 19% of generation capacity in California is offered by PV units and over some months, more than 10% this energy curtailed.In research, a novel approach to reduce renewable curtailments increasing system flexibility means electric vehicles' charging coordination represented.The presented problem sequential decision making process, solved fitted Q-iteration algorithm which unlike other reinforcement learning methods, needs fewer episodes learning.Three case studies are validate the...

In today's world, power outages significantly impact people's lives. Improving the reliability and resiliency of electricity distribution system (EDS) can reduce negative outages. this regard, remote control switches (RCSs) are efficient devices that play a crucial role in enhancing EDSs. However, challenge lies strategically placing these to minimize This paper proposes mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) formulation for optimal allocation RCSs. It considers load uncertainties aims...

Convergence bidding (CB), a.k.a., virtual (VB), is a market mechanism facilitated by Independent System Operators (ISOs) in wholesale electricity markets to help lower the gap between prices day-ahead (DAM) and real-time (RTM). In this paper, we seek answer two questions: 1) how can strategic participant maximize its profit when submitting CBs? 2) such strategically placed CBs affect price gaps? Answering these questions not straightforward but results are insightful. The problem context...

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