Week 1 (28/01/2025)

Topics:  Logistics, Intro, ICS: Operations, Infrastructure for the Smart Grid - Part 1 Slides: Link

Week 2 (04/02/2025)

TopicsInfrastructure Overview for the Smart Grid, C&C Functions: Power Flow Slides: Link

Week 3 (11/02/2025)

Topics:  Compute and Control Functions: Power Flow Slides: Link

Week 4 (18/02/2025)

Topics:  KAUST-SWRO Desalination Plant Visit + C&C Functions Slides: Link

Week 5 (25/02/2025)

Paper Presentations (Ahmed [1],  Aoun [2], Gokul [3], Mayar [4]): 23min+7min QA

[1] Alvarez, Washington S., Juan Camilo López, Fernando W. Liederer, Daniel Dotta, and Marcos J. Rider. "Dynamic security constrained AC optimal power flow for microgrids." Electric Power Systems Research 236 (2024): 110927.

[2] Tuo, Mingjian, and Xingpeng Li. "Security-constrained unit commitment considering locational frequency stability in low-inertia power grids." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 38, no. 5 (2022): 4134-4147.

[3] Cirio, Diego, Francesco Conte, Bruno Gabriele, Chiara Gandolfi, Stefano Massucco, Marco R. Rapizza, and Federico Silvestro. "Fast Frequency regulation from a wind farm-BESS unit by model predictive control: method and hardware-in-the-loop validation." IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 14, no. 4 (2023): 2049-2061.

[4] Wang, Jiaxin, Qingchun Hou, Zhenyu Zhuo, Hongyang Jia, and Ning Zhang. "Voltage Stability Constrained Economic Dispatch for Multi-Infeed HVDC Power Systems." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 39, no. 2 (2023): 2598-2610.

Week 6 (04/03/2025)

Topics:  Compute and Control Functions: PTDF, LP, DCOPF (part 1) Slides: Link

Week 7 (11/03/2025)

TopicsCompute and Control Functions: PTDF, LP, DCOPF (part 2) SlidesLink

Week 8 (18/03/2024)

TopicsCompute and Control Functions: ED, Unit Commitment Slides: Link

Week 9 (08/04/2025)

Topics: Unit Commitment, System Security Slides: Link

Week 10 (10/04/2025)

Paper Presentations (Ahmed [1],  Aoun [2], Gokul [3], Mayar [4]): 23min+7min QA

[1] Arkhangelski, Jura, Mahamadou Abdou-Tankari, and Gilles Lefebvre. "Day-ahead optimal power flow for efficient energy management of urban microgrid." IEEE transactions on industry applications 57, no. 2 (2021): 1285-1293.

[2] Chu, Zhongda, and Fei Teng. "Voltage stability constrained unit commitment in power systems with high penetration of inverter-based generators." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 38, no. 2 (2022): 1572-1582.

[3] Gao, Ningchao, David Wenzhong Gao, and Xin Fang. "Manage real-time power imbalance with renewable energy: Fast generation dispatch or adaptive frequency regulation?." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 38, no. 6 (2022): 5278-5289.

[4] Bakır, Hüseyin, Ugur Guvenc, Serhat Duman, and Hamdi Tolga Kahraman. "Optimal power flow for hybrid AC/DC electrical networks configured with VSC-MTDC transmission lines and renewable energy sources." IEEE Systems Journal 17, no. 3 (2023): 3938-3949.

Week 11 (15/04/2025)

Topics:  State Estimation & FDIAs, Slides: Link

Week 12 (22/04/2025)

Topics: OPF and UC Revisit, Demand Side Management & OPF Slides: Link

Week 13 (29/04/2025)

Topics: Demand Side Management & OPF/SCUC Slides: Link

Week 15 (30/04/2024)

Topics:  Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Markets, Flexible Transmission Slides: Link

Week 16 (07/05/2024)

Topics:  Project Presentations

Extra Topics

(A) Energy Markets

(B) Future of the Grid: (1) Challenges: security, privacy, resilience, (2) Advanced topics: industrial/grid network protocols