The Energy Systems Research Laboratory presents

“Microgrids for Enhancing the Power System Resilience, Reliability, & Economics”

Invited Lecture by

Mohammad Shahidehpour, Ph.D.

Date: Sept. 11, 2015
Time:  10:30 AM– 11:30 AM
Address:  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Florida International University, 10555 W. Flagler Street, Miami, Florida 33174
Room: EC-2300

Abstract: Natural disasters have further underscored the need for a resilient electricity infrastructure. The integration of microgrids in power distribution systems will offer a decentralized control of local resources for satisfying the network reliability, resilience, and the power quality required by local loads. Microgrids will also ensure absolute and universal availability of energy in the quantity and quality necessary to meet every consumer’s needs.

This presentation discusses an algorithm for the microgrid planning as an integral component of generation and transmission ex-pansion planning in electric power systems. The objective in this study is to minimize the total system planning cost which compris-es investment and operation costs of local microgrids, co-optimized planning of large generating units and transmission lines, and the expected cost of unserved energy. The cost of unserved energy reflects the cost of load shedding which is added to the objec-tive function for reliability considerations. The microgrid-based co-optimization planning problem is decomposed into a planning problem and annual reliability subproblem. The optimal integer decision variables calculated in the planning problem will be exam-ined against the system reliability limits in the subproblem and the planning decisions will be revised using proper feasibility cuts if the annual reliability limits are violated. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed microgrid-based co-optimization planning in power systems and explore the economic and reliability merits of microgrid planning as compared to grid-based generation and transmission upgrades.

 Bio: Dr. Mohammad Shahidehpour (IEEE Fellow) is the Bodine Chair Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Director of the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago (www.galvincenter.org). He is also the Principal Investigator of over $50 million grants on smart grid research and development. His DOE Project on Perfect Power Systems has converted the entire IIT Campus to an islanded microgrid. He has recently initiated two new research centers at IIT including CSMART (Center for Smart Grid Applications, Research, and Technology) for promoting the smart grid cybersecurity research and implementation and enhancing the resilience of wireless networked communication and control systems in smart cities, and REACH (Renewable Energy Applications to Conserve Humanity). REACH partners are working on a federally-funded project for planning the first PV-based microgrid in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is the 2009 recipient of the honorary doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. He is currently a Research Professor at King Abdulaziz University (Jeddah), North China Electric Power University (Beijing), and the Sharif University of Technology (Tehran). He was the recipient of the IEEE Burke Hayes Award for his research on hydrokinetics, the Edison Electric Institute’s Power Engineering Educator Award, the Innovation Award from the Association of Electrical Engineering Department Heads, and IEEE/PES Outstanding Power Engi-neering Educator Award in 2012. He has co-authored 6 books and 400 papers on electric power system operation and planning, and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. Dr. Shahidehpour was a member of the United Nations Commission on Microgrid Studies.

For seat reservation and more information please contact IEEE Miami Section staff at rmoha023@fiu.edu