A survey of distributed optimization and control algorithms for electric power systems

DK Molzahn, F Dörfler, H Sandberg… - … on Smart Grid, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Historically, centrally computed algorithms have been the primary means of power system
optimization and control. With increasing penetrations of distributed energy resources …

An overview of consensus problems in constrained multi-agent coordination

Q Wang, H Gao, F Alsaadi, T Hayat - Systems Science & Control …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, multi-agent coordination has gained significant development in theoretical
research in parallel with the increasing attention in the practical applications of such systems …

A distributed control strategy for reactive power compensation in smart microgrids

S Bolognani, S Zampieri - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of optimal reactive power compensation for the minimization of
power distribution losses in a smart microgrid. We first propose an approximate model for …

Identification of power distribution network topology via voltage correlation analysis

S Bolognani, N Bof, D Michelotti… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of reconstructing the topology of a portion of the power distribution
network, given a dataset of voltage measurements. By using an approximate model for the …

A self-organizing architecture based on cooperative fuzzy agents for smart grid voltage control

V Loia, A Vaccaro, K Vaisakh - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The massive pervasion of distributed generators in modern smart grids makes hierarchical
voltage control paradigms unsuitable. Fuzzy logic and fuzzy agent based architecture is …

Synchrophasors-based distributed secondary voltage/VAR control via cellular network

A Borghetti, R Bottura, M Barbiroli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The impact of the increasing connection of distributed generation to medium voltage
feeders, with particular reference to photovoltaic (PV) units, justifies the investigation on …

Simulation of the volt/var control in distribution feeders by means of a networked multiagent system

R Bottura, A Borghetti - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The adoption of networked multiagent systems (MAS) has been recently proposed for the
solution of the volt/var control (VVC) problem in distribution feeders. However, constraints …

Voltage regulation in active networks by distributed and cooperative meta-heuristic optimizers

A Vaccaro, AF Zobaa - Electric power systems research, 2013 - Elsevier
The availability of intelligence at substation level, combined with the adoption of pervasive
communication networks, offers technologies and opportunities to decentralize voltage …

Parameter-invariant monitor design for cyber–physical systems

J Weimer, R Ivanov, S Chen, A Roederer… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The tight interaction between information technology and the physical world inherent in
cyber-physical systems (CPS) can challenge traditional approaches for monitoring safety …

Experimental characterization of consensus protocol for decentralized smart grid metering

D Capriglione, L Ferrigno, V Paciello, A Pietrosanto… - Measurement, 2016 - Elsevier
The availability of intelligence at substation level, combined with the adoption of pervasive
communication networks, offers technologies and opportunities to decentralized smart grid …