Power and Energy Hybrid Event | Optimal Operation of Power Systems with High IBR Penetration by Dr Zhongda Chu
This event is co-hosted by the IEEE PES SBC at Imperial College London and is a hybrid event.
Power systems are facing new challenges in operation, security and stability, due to large-scale integration of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs). In this talk, optimal system operation strategies are developed to maintain the security and stability of the grid in a most cost-effective manner.
On the one-hand, the dynamics-based stability constraints are derived and incorporated into the system scheduling model. On the other-hand, the fast and accurate control capabilities of the IBRs are modelled in the optimisation problem, which connects the device level control and system level optimisation to maximise the overall economic benefit. Specifically, we investigate challenges in different areas ranging from frequency and low inertia issues to short circuit current shortage and voltage problems in high IBG-penetrated systems. The impacts of different stability constraints on system operating conditions and operational cost as well as their interactions are also investigated.
About the Speaker
Zhongda Chu received a BEng in electrical engineering from North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China and University of Edinburgh, UK in 2016, an MSc in electrical engineering and information technology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland, in 2018 and a PhD in electrical engineering from Imperial College London, UK, in 2022.
He is currently a Research Associate with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London. His research interests include stability analysis, cyber-resiliency, control and optimization of power systems with high power electronics penetration.
Dr Zhongda Chu is the winner the of IEEE PES UK&I Chapter Best PhD Thesis Competition Award 2023. This event will be a great opportunity for the audience to learn from and communicate with the winner!
