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ADMM-based Coordinated Decentralized Voltage Control Meets Practical Communication Systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xu, J., & Sun, H. (2017). ADMM-based Coordinated Decentralized Voltage Control Meets Practical Communication Systems. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops 2017) : Paris, France, 21-25 May 2017 ; proceedings (906-910). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccw.2017.7962774

More and more distributed generators (DGs) will penetrate into the distribution power system in the future. Therefore, voltage fluctuation becomes a challenging essential issue for future smart grids. In this paper a coordinated decentralized voltage... Read More about ADMM-based Coordinated Decentralized Voltage Control Meets Practical Communication Systems.

Unit Commitment in Achieving Low Carbon Smart Grid Environment with Virtual Power Plant (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hua, W., Li, D., Sun, H., & Matthews, P. (2017). Unit Commitment in Achieving Low Carbon Smart Grid Environment with Virtual Power Plant. In 2017 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2) : 14-17 September 2017, Wuxi, China ; proceedings (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/isc2.2017.8090810

This paper proposes a novel unit commitment (UC) model under smart grid (SG) environment, which intends to strike a balance pursuing minimum carbon emissions for policy maker, minimum costs for generators and minimum payment bills for consumers. This... Read More about Unit Commitment in Achieving Low Carbon Smart Grid Environment with Virtual Power Plant.

Qualitative comparison of techniques for evaluating performance of short term power system reliability management (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heylen, E., Deconinck, G., Van Hertem, D., Troffaes, M. C., & Kazemtabrizi, B. (2017). Qualitative comparison of techniques for evaluating performance of short term power system reliability management. In 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe) : Torino, Italy, 26-29 September 2017 : conference proceedings (333-339). https://doi.org/10.1109/isgteurope.2017.8260148

Adequate performance evaluation of different short term reliability management approaches and criteria is crucial in order to convince transmission system operators to substitute or complement the currently used N-1 criterion with more efficient, alt... Read More about Qualitative comparison of techniques for evaluating performance of short term power system reliability management.

An Optimal Differential Pricing in Smart Grid Based on Customer Segmentation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Meng, F., Kazemtabrizi, B., Zeng, X., & Dent, C. (2017). An Optimal Differential Pricing in Smart Grid Based on Customer Segmentation. In 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe) : Torino, Italy, 26-29 September 2017 ; conference proceedings (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/isgteurope.2017.8260255

In smart grids, dynamic pricing (e.g., time-of-use pricing (ToU), real-time pricing (RTP)) has recently attracted enormous interests from both academia and industry. Although differential pricing has been widely used in retail sectors such as broadba... Read More about An Optimal Differential Pricing in Smart Grid Based on Customer Segmentation.

A Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Based on Software Defined Radio and Real Time Digital Simulator (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
You, M., Liu, Q., & Sun, H. (2018). A Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Based on Software Defined Radio and Real Time Digital Simulator. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccw.2018.8403790

With the development of Smart Grid, there is an increasing need for the inter discipline research, analysis and evaluation, especially in the joint research area of communication system and power system. In this paper, we propose a Cognitive Radio en... Read More about A Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Based on Software Defined Radio and Real Time Digital Simulator.

A new algorithm for a fast testing and sorting system applied to battery clustering (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Q., Cheng, X., & Wang, J. (2017). A new algorithm for a fast testing and sorting system applied to battery clustering. In Renewable energy resources impact : 2017 6th International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP) : Santa Margherita Ligure, 27-29 June 2017 (397-402). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccep.2017.8004846

Battery clustering is to sort out homogeneous battery cells to form a battery pack with high uniformity, which is of great importance to prolong the cycle life of the lithium-ion battery. The traditional method for battery clustering is to compare th... Read More about A new algorithm for a fast testing and sorting system applied to battery clustering.

Dynamic Time and Power Allocation for Opportunistic Energy Efficient Cooperative Relay (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heron, J., & Sun, H. (2017). Dynamic Time and Power Allocation for Opportunistic Energy Efficient Cooperative Relay. In 2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall) : Toronto, Canada, 24-27 September 2017 ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcfall.2017.8288142

Exponential growth in power consumption of wireless communication devices and lack of progress in battery capacity are increasing pressure for more energy efficient (EE) wireless networks. This paper presents an algorithm for optimum EE time allocati... Read More about Dynamic Time and Power Allocation for Opportunistic Energy Efficient Cooperative Relay.

L-index sensitivity based voltage stability enhancement (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, Q. L., You, M., Sun, H., & Matthews, P. (2017). L-index sensitivity based voltage stability enhancement. In 2017 IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Spring) : 4–7 June 2017, Sydney, Australia ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108627

Voltage stability is a long standing issue in power systems. Due to the requirements of on-line monitoring and high computation efficiency, L-index is used as voltage stability metric in this paper. We propose a novel L-index sensitivity based contro... Read More about L-index sensitivity based voltage stability enhancement.

Modelling of a 6 Slot 4 Pole Single Tooth Wound Synchronous Reluctance Motor (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donaghy-Spargo, C., Mecrow, B., & Widmer, J. (2017). Modelling of a 6 Slot 4 Pole Single Tooth Wound Synchronous Reluctance Motor. In 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC): 21-24 May 2017, Miami, Florida, USA. https://doi.org/10.1109/iemdc.2017.8002058

This paper presents a modified d-q model that includes the complex inductance characteristics present in single tooth wound synchronous reluctance motors. Utilization of the single tooth coils results in high air gap harmonic content and has conseque... Read More about Modelling of a 6 Slot 4 Pole Single Tooth Wound Synchronous Reluctance Motor.

Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage for Active Distribution Network Applications (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ibrahim, A., Kazemtabrizi, B., Bordin, C., Dent, C., McTigue, J., & White, A. (2017). Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage for Active Distribution Network Applications. In 2017 IEEE Manchester PowerTech : 18-22 June 2017, Manchester, England ; proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/ptc.2017.7980837

This paper introduces a new model for Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage (PTES) devices as an emerging thermal storage technology. PTES devices are capable of reaching higher capacities than battery storage devices and therefore are suitable for grid... Read More about Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage for Active Distribution Network Applications.

Incorporating User Utility in a Smart Microgrid with Distributed Generation and Elastic Demand (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Benjamin, B., Jiang, J., & Sun, H. (2017). Incorporating User Utility in a Smart Microgrid with Distributed Generation and Elastic Demand. In A. Jamalipour, & C. Papadias (Eds.), 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC 2017) : 21-25 May 2017, Paris, France ; proceedings (1117-1122). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccw.2017.7962808

Demand Side Management (DSM) will play a large role in creating a pathway to a low carbon future. Microgrids are an ideal test bed for DSM within the Smart Grid (SG) framework, allowing for increased integration of distributed generation (DG), here f... Read More about Incorporating User Utility in a Smart Microgrid with Distributed Generation and Elastic Demand.

Crystal structure and cation disorder in bulk Cu2ZnSnS4 using neutron diffraction and X-ray anomalous scattering (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bosson, C., Birch, M., Halliday, D., Knight, K., Tang, C., Kleppe, A., & Hatton, P. (2016). Crystal structure and cation disorder in bulk Cu2ZnSnS4 using neutron diffraction and X-ray anomalous scattering. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) : Portland, OR, 5-10 June 2016 ; proceedings (0405-0410). https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2016.7749621

Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is a promising material for the absorber layer in sustainable thin film photovoltaic cells, but its best efficiencies are currently limited by low open-circuit voltages, thought to be due to defects such as disorder between the coppe... Read More about Crystal structure and cation disorder in bulk Cu2ZnSnS4 using neutron diffraction and X-ray anomalous scattering.

Improving handover of 5G networks by network function virtualization and fog computing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Qiu, Y., Zhang, H., Long, K., Sun, H., Li, X., & Leung, V. (2018). Improving handover of 5G networks by network function virtualization and fog computing. In 2017 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) : 22-24 Oct. 2017, Qingdao, China ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccchina.2017.8330444

In Fifth Generation (5G) cellular networks, it is necessary to meet a number of requirements, such as high scalability, ultra-low latency, reduced energy consumption, and high energy efficiency. Particularly in the high mobility scenario, the optimiz... Read More about Improving handover of 5G networks by network function virtualization and fog computing.

A Layered Approach for Enabling Demand Side Management in Smart Grid (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, D., Sun, H., & Chiu, W. (2017). A Layered Approach for Enabling Demand Side Management in Smart Grid. In 2016 International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS), 27-29 October 2016, Ansan, Korea (54-59). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccais.2016.7822435

Smart grid (SG) represents intelligent technologies used to address the climate change. Demand side management (DSM) is an essential part of the SG. This paper establishes a layered model for the DSM. The model involves three participants: power gene... Read More about A Layered Approach for Enabling Demand Side Management in Smart Grid.

Achieving low carbon emission using Smart Grid technologies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, D., Sun, H., & Chiu, W. (2017). Achieving low carbon emission using Smart Grid technologies. In 2017 IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Spring) : 4–7 June 2017, Sydney, Australia ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108624

This paper presents a novel carbon emission flow (CEF) model to assess and analyze the carbon emission of each component in power networks. Through the use of information about CEF, demand side management (DSM) and supply side management (SSM) are co... Read More about Achieving low carbon emission using Smart Grid technologies.

Leakage Inductance of a Prototyped Single Tooth Wound Synchronous Reluctance Motor (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donaghy-Spargo, C., Mecrow, B., & Widmer, J. (2017). Leakage Inductance of a Prototyped Single Tooth Wound Synchronous Reluctance Motor. In 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC) ; proceedings (556-561). https://doi.org/10.1109/iemdc.2017.8002059

This paper explores the inductance characteristics present in single tooth wound synchronous reluctance motors, specifically the stator leakage inductance. Despite the nature of the single tooth design resulting in increased air gap harmonic content,... Read More about Leakage Inductance of a Prototyped Single Tooth Wound Synchronous Reluctance Motor.

Operational Planning and Optimisation in Active Distribution Networks using Modern Intelligent Power Flow Controllers (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ibrahim, A., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Dent, C. (2017). Operational Planning and Optimisation in Active Distribution Networks using Modern Intelligent Power Flow Controllers. In 2016 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe). https://doi.org/10.1109/isgteurope.2016.7856196

In this paper, a centralised control framework is introduced for day-ahead operational planning of active distribution networks which accommodate high levels of distributed generation resources. The purpose of the framework is to plan network operati... Read More about Operational Planning and Optimisation in Active Distribution Networks using Modern Intelligent Power Flow Controllers.