NSF Project on Self-organizing Microgrids

Summary

Award Number:
1308928

Project Title:
Self-organizing Control and Scalable Game-theoretical Dispatch of Distributed Generations for High-Penetration Smart Grids

PD/PI Names:
Zhihua Qu and Marwan A Simaan

Project/Grant Period:
09/01/2013 – 08/31/2017

Goals of the Project:
The proposed research addresses the following three fundamental challenges faced by smart grid operators in optimizing the grid performance and reliability while dealing with unpredictable and variable power generations of geographically dispersed DGs.
(i) Self-organizing and cooperative control of distributed energy sources: Future smart grids may consist of thousands of DGs whose power outputs may be varying and unpredictably intermittent and whose communication capabilities are local and limited. Control of these distributed energy sources should enable them to form collaborative microgrids such that their aggregate generation can automatically be dispatched, and the control can only require local and intermittent sensing/communication among the neighboring sources and the network infrastructure.
(ii) Robust operation of distribution networks: As loads change and DG generations vary, automatic multi-time-scale distributed cooperative control of static on-load tap changers, static var compensators, and DGs should be implemented to maintain voltage stability. This requires distributed optimization algorithms that adaptively determine reactive power generations of DGs for both var compensation and voltage regulation.
(iii) Efficient operation of power grid: A smart grid should be able to provide incentives for microgrids to optimize their active and reactive power generations for not only their own economic benefits but also for the benefit of the overall grid operations. Game-theoretical algorithms (scalable with respect to the number of DGs, storage devices, and their microgrids) need to be developed and implemented.

Outcomes

Journal Publications:

  • Hamed Valizadeh Haghi and Zhihua Qu, “A Kernel-Based Predictive Model of EV Capacity for Distributed Voltage Control and Demand Response,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol.9, no.4, pp.3180-3190, July 2018.
  • Azwirman Gusrialdi, Zhihua Qu and Marwan A. Simaan, “Distributed Scheduling and Cooperative Control for Charging of Electric Vehicles at Highway Service Stations,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol.18, no.10, pp.2713-2727, October 2017.
  • Yun Liu, Zhihua Qu, Huanhai Xin, and Deqiang Gan, “Distributed Real-Time Optimal Power Flow Control in Smart Grid,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol.32, no.5, pp.3403-3414, September 2017.
  • Larry Holloway, Zhihua Qu, and et al., “A Multi-Institutional Approach to Delivering Shared Curricula for Developing a Next-Generation Energy Workforce,” IEEE Access, vol.5, pp.1416-1427, 2017.
  • Yun Liu, Huanhai Xin, Zhihua Qu, and Deqiang Gan, “An Attack-Resilient Cooperative Control Strategy of Multiple Distributed Generators in Distribution Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol.7, no.6, pp.2923-2932, November 2016.
  • Mark Snyder, Zhihua Qu, Richard Hull, and Richard Prazenica, “Quad-Segment-Polynomial-Trajectory Guidance for Impact Time Control of Precision-Munition Strike,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol.52, no.6, pp.3008- 3023, December 2016.
  • Hamed Valizadeh Haghi, Saeed Lotfifard, and Zhihua Qu, “A Multivariate Predictive Model of Wind Power Data for Robust Optimization of Energy Storage,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.12, no.4, pp.1350-1360, August 2016.
  • Mohamed Al Hosani, Zhihua Qu, and Hatem Zeineldin, “Scheduled Perturbation to Reduce Non-Detection Zone for Low Gain Sandia Frequency Shift Method,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol.6, no.6, pp.3095-3103, November 2015.
  • Hongwei Zhang, Zhongkui Li, Zhihua Qu and Frank L. Lewis, “On constructing Lyapunov equations for multi-agent systems,” Automatica, vol.58, no.1, pp.39-42, August 2015.
  • Wei Lin, Zhihua Qu, and Marwan Simaan, “Nash Strategies for Pursuit-Evasion Differential Games Involving Limited Observations,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 51, no.2, pp.1347-1356, April 2015.
  • Mohamed Al Hosani, Zhihua Qu, and Hatem Zeineldin, “A Transient Stiffness Measure for Islanding Detection of Multi-DG Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol.30, no.2, pp.986-995, April 2015.
  • Mohamed Al Hosani, Zhihua Qu, and Hatem Zeineldin, “Development of Current Dynamic Estimator for Islanding Detection of Inverter Based Distributed Generation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol.30, no.1, pp.428-438, February 2015.
  • Chaoyong Li, Zhihua Qu, and Mary Ann Weitnauer, “Distributed Extremum Seeking and Formation Control for Nonholonomic Mobile Network,” Systems & Control Letters, vol.75, no.1, pp.27-34, January 2015.
  • Huanhai Xin, Yun Liu, Zhihua Qu, and Deqiang Gan, “Distributed Estimation and Control for Optimal Dispatch of Photovoltaic Generations,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol.29, no.4, pp.988-996, December 2014.
  • Zhihua Qu and Marwan A. Simaan, “Modularized Design for Cooperative Control and Plug-And-Play Operation of Networked Heterogeneous Systems,” Automatica, vol.50, no.9, pp.2405-2414, September 2014.
  • Ali Maknouninejad, Zhihua Qu, Frank Lewis, and Ali Davoudi, “Optimal, Nonlinear, and Distributed Designs of Droop Controls for DC Microgrid,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol.5, no.5, pp.2508-2516, September 2014.
  • Ali Maknouninejad and Zhihua Qu, “Realizing Unified Microgrid Voltage Profile and Loss Minimization: a Cooperative Distributed Optimization Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol.5, no.4, pp.1621-1630, July 2014.
  • Chaoyong Li and Zhihua Qu, “Distributed Finite-time Consensus of Nonlinear Systems Under Switching Topologies,” Automatica, vol.50, no.6, pp.1626-1631, June 2014.
  • Zhihua Qu, Chaoyong Li, and Frank L. Lewis, “Cooperative Control with Distributed Gain Adaptation and Connectivity Estimation for Directed Networks,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol.24, no.3, pp.450-476, February 2014.

Conference Publications:

  • Yoshihiro Okawa, Toru Namerikawa, and Zhihua Qu, “Passivity-based Stability Analysis of Dynamic Electricity Pricing with Power Flow,” the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, December 12-15, 2017
  • Azwirman Gusrialdi and Zhihua Qu, “Distributed Algorithm for Estimating the Entire Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of Irreducible Matrix,” the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, December 12-15, 2017
  • Shahriar Talebi, Marwan A. Simaan, and Zhihua Qu, “Cooperative, Non-cooperative and Greedy Pursuers Strategies in Multi-Player Pursuit-Evasion Games,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, August 27-30, 2017.
  • Roland Harvey, Ying Xu, Zhihua Qu, and Toru Namerikawa, “Dissipativity-based Design of Wide-Area Generation Control for Large-Scale Power Systems with High Penetration of Renewables,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Kohala Coast, Hawai’i, USA. August 27-30, 2017.
  • Towfiq Rahman and Zhihua Qu, “The Role of Electric Vehicles for Frequency Regulation during Grid Restoration,” IEEE PES General Meeting, 17PESGM2155, Chicago, IL, USA, July 16-20, 2017.
  • Farzad Aalipour, Azwirman Gusrialdi, and Zhihua Qu, “Distributed Optimal Output Feedback Control of Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems under a Directed Graph,” The 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Toulouse, France, July 9-14, 2017
  • Towfiq Rahman, Roland Harvey, Zhihua Qu, Marwan A. Simaan, “A Distributed Cooperative Load Control Approach for Ancillary Services in Smart Grid,” American Control Conference, pp.1401-1406, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, May 24-26, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Youngjun Joo, Roland Harvey and Zhihua Qu, “Cooperative Control of Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems in Sampled-data Setting,” the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, USA, December 2016.
  • Azwirman Gusrialdi and Zhihua Qu, “Analysis of Cooperative Systems with Time Delay: Application to Transportation Systems,” IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 19-22, 2016.
  • Ranadhir Sarkar, Azwirman Gusrialdi, and Zhihua Qu, “A Restorative Strategy for Resilient Unbalanced Power Distribution Networks,” North American Power Symposium, Denver, CO, September 18-20, 2016.
  • Ranadhir Sarkar, Azwirman Gusrialdi, and Zhihua Qu, “An Adaptive Restorative Method for Resilient Power Distribution Network,” IEEE PES General Meeting, 16PESGM2101 , Boston MA, USA, July, 2016.
  • Matthew Howard and Zhihua Qu, “Distributed Cooperative State Estimation for Dynamically Changing Networked Navigation,” IEEE/ION PLANS Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Savannah, Georgia, April 11-14, 2016.
  • Azwirman Gusrialdi and Zhihua Qu, “Growing Connected Networks under Privacy Constraint: Achieving Trade-Off between Performance and Security,” the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.312-317, Osaka, Japan, December 2015.
  • Yun Liu, Zhihua Qu, Huanhai Xin, and Deqiang Gan, “A Distributed Solution to Real-Time Economic Dispatch Problem under Power Flow Congestion,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 26-30, 2015.
  • Azwirman Gusrialdi, Zhihua Qu and Marwan A. Simaan, “Game Theoretical Designs of Resilient Cooperative Systems,” European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, July 15-17, 2015.
  • Hamed Valizadeh Haghi and Zhihua Qu, “Stochastic Distributed Optimization of Reactive Power Operations Using Conditional Ensembles of V2G Capacity,” American Control Conference, pp.3292-3297, Chicago, July 1-3, 2015.
  • Roland Harvey and Zhihua Qu, “Cooperative Control and Networked Operation of Passivity-Short Systems,” Workshop of Recent Advances and Future Directions on Adaptation and Control, Workspring 30 W Monroe, Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60603, June 30th, 2015.
  • Edward Daughtery and Zhihua Qu, “Optimal Design of Cooperative Guidance Law for Simultaneous Strike,” the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.988-993, Los Angeles, California, USA, December 15-17, 2014.
  • Azwirman Gusrialdi, Zhihua Qu, and Marwan A. Simaan, “Scheduling and Cooperative Control of Electric Vehicles’ Charging at Highway Service Stations,” the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.6465-6471, Los Angeles, California, USA, December 15-17, 2014.
  • Wei Lin, Zhihua Qu, Marwan A. Simaan, “Distributed Game Strategy Design for Multi-Agent Formation Control,” the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.433-438, Los Angeles, California, USA, December 15-17, 2014.
  • Hamed Valizadeh Haghi, Zhihua Qu, and S. Lotfifard, “Analytics-Based Optimization for Smart Grid Operations,” the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Energy Systems, in conjunction with 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp.58-63, San Diego, CA, USA, October 5-8, 2014.
  • Azwirman Gusrialdi, Zhihua Qu, and Marwan A. Simaan, “Robust Design of Cooperative Systems Against Attacks,” 2014 American Control Conference, pp.1462-1468, Portland, Oregon, USA, June 4-6, 2014.
  • Jing Wang, Zhihua Qu, Morrison Obeng, Gennady Staskevich, and Brian Abbe, “Discontinuous Cooperative Control for Consensus of Multiagent Systems with Switching Topologies and Time-Delays,” the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.7333-7338, Firenze, Italy, December 10-13, 2013.
  • A. Maknouninejad and Zhihua Qu, “Control of Distributed Generators by Cooperative Distributed Optimization,” the Virtual Control Conference on Smart Grid Modeling and Control (VCC-13), Aalborg University, Denmark, September 25, 2013.

Book Chapter:

  • Azwirman Gusrialdi and Zhihua Qu, “Smart Grid Security: Attacks and Defenses,” in Smart Grid Control: An Overview and Research Opportunities, Jakob Stoustrup, Anuradha Annaswamy, Aranya Chakrabortty, and Zhihua Qu (Eds.), Springer Verlag, 2018.
  • Azwirman Gusrialdi and Zhihua Qu, “Towards Resilient Operation of Smart Grid,” in Smart Grid Control: An Overview and Research Opportunities, Jakob Stoustrup, Anuradha Annaswamy, Aranya Chakrabortty, and Zhihua Qu (Eds.), Springer Verlag, 2018.
  • Roland Harvey and Zhihua Qu, “Cooperative Control and Networked Operation of Passivity-Short Systems,” in Recent Advances and Future Directions on Adaptation and Control, K. G. Vamvoudakis and S. Jagannathan (Eds.), pp. 499-518, Elsevier, Cambridge, MA, 2016.
  • Said Al-Abri and Zhihua Qu, “Autonomous Coverage Expansion of Mobile Agents via Cooperative Control and Cooperative Communication,” in Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2014, pp.222-234, Ashutosh Natraj, Stephen Cameron, Chris Melhuish and Mark Witkowski (Eds.), Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, 2014.

New Courses Developed and Taught:

  • EEL4294 Introduction to Smart Grids
  • EEL5291 Distributed Control and Optimization for Smart Grid

A Selected List of Invited Presentations:

  • Mitsubishi Power System of Americas, 2017
  • Pacific North National Laboratory, 2017
  • Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainability Conference, 2017
  • JST-NSF-RCN Workshop on Distributed Energy Management Systems, 2017
  • Florida Center of Cybersecurity, 2017
  • NSF Workshop on CPS, 2016
  • The National Town Meeting on Demand Response & Smart Grid, 2016
  • Workshop on Smart Grid Control, 2016
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2016
  • National Engineering Forum, 2015
  • Texas Instruments, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • DoE Sunshot Grand Challenge Summit, 2014