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Investigating delays in frequency-dependent load control
2016 IEEE, Innovative Smart Grid Technologies-Asia (ISGT-Asia), , 2016
Status: Published
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Abstract:
Increased penetration of renewables will require significant regulating reserves, so there is a
need to re-think the traditional operating paradigm: supply follows demand. Recent work has
expanded the role of flexible and controllable energy resources, such as energy storage and
dispatchable demand, to regulate power imbalances and stabilize grid frequency. However,
as shown in this paper, the large-scale deployment of dispatchable (ie, controllable) loads
needs to carefully consider the existing regulation schemes in power systems, ie, generator
droop control. That is, this paper illustrates with a standard linearized model, the complex
nature of system-wide frequency stability from time-delays in actuation of dispatchable loads
and the effect of different network topologies. Interestingly, we show that delay-induced
instability can be stabilized by injecting additional delay into load controller.
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Bongard's work focuses on understanding the general nature of cognition, regardless of whether it is found in humans, animals or robots. This unique approach focuses on the role that morphology and evolution plays in cognition. Addressing these questions has taken him into the fields of biology, psychology, engineering and computer science.
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Danforth is an applied mathematician interested in modeling a variety of physical, biological, and social phenomenon. He has applied principles of chaos theory to improve weather forecasts as a member of the Mathematics and Climate Research Network, and developed a real-time remote sensor of global happiness using messages from Twitter: the Hedonometer. Danforth co-runs the Computational Story Lab with Peter Dodds, and helps run UVM's reading group on complexity.

Laurent studies the interaction of structure and dynamics. His research involves network theory, statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics along with their applications in epidemiology, ecology, biology, and sociology. Recent projects include comparing complex networks of different nature, the coevolution of human behavior and infectious diseases, understanding the role of forest shape in determining stability of tropical forests, as well as the impact of echo chambers in political discussions.

Hines' work broadly focuses on finding ways to make electric energy more reliable, more affordable, with less environmental impact. Particular topics of interest include understanding the mechanisms by which small problems in the power grid become large blackouts, identifying and mitigating the stresses caused by large amounts of electric vehicle charging, and quantifying the impact of high penetrations of wind/solar on electricity systems.

Bagrow's interests include: Complex Networks (community detection, social modeling and human dynamics, statistical phenomena, graph similarity and isomorphism), Statistical Physics (non-equilibrium methods, phase transitions, percolation, interacting particle systems, spin glasses), and Optimization(glassy techniques such as simulated/quantum annealing, (non-gradient) minimization of noisy objective functions).