Synchronization in electric power networks with inherent heterogeneity up to 100% inverter-based renewable generation

A Sajadi, RW Kenyon, BM Hodge - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
The synchronized operation of power generators is the foundation of electric power network
stability and a key to the prevention of undesired power outages and blackouts. Here, we …

Decentralized interleaving of parallel-connected buck converters

M Sinha, J Poon, BB Johnson… - … on Power Electronics, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a decentralized control strategy that yields switch interleaving for parallel-
connected dc-dc buck converters. Compared to state-of-the-art methods that are distributed …

[HTML][HTML] Pipe roughness calibration approach for water distribution network models using a nonlinear state observer

L Torres, J Jiménez-Cabas, JC Ponsart, D Theilliol… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper introduces an online approach based on a nonlinear state observer (NSO) to
calibrate the roughness of each pipe within a water distribution network (WDN) or a sector …

Synchronization and balancing around simple closed polar curves with bounded trajectories

A Hegde, A Jain - Automatica, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of synchronization and balancing around simple closed polar curves is
addressed for unicycle-type multi-agent systems. Leveraging the concept of barrier …

Spontaneous phase balancing in delta-connected single-phase droop-controlled inverters

M Lu, S Dhople, D Zimmanck… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power grids are evolving toward a highly distributed architecture with power-electronics
circuits interfacing a majority of generation, storage, and loads. To ensure stability as …

Large-signal Stability of Phase-balanced Equilibria in Single-phase Grid-forming Inverter Systems

M Lu, W Cai, S Dhople… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article explores the setup where large numbers of single-phase grid-forming inverters
with droop control across distribution networks self-organize into a stable and balanced …

On the Emulation of Synchronous Machine Dynamics by Converter-Interfaced Generators

G Tzounas, F Milano - 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses the conditions that a device needs to satisfy to replicate the behavior of
a conventional synchronous machine (SM) connected to a power network. The conditions …

Stabilizing phase-balanced or phase-synchronized trajectories of Van der Pol oscillators in uniform electrical networks

M Sinha, F Dörfler, B Johnson… - 2018 56th Annual …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study the dynamics of Van der Pol oscillators in a class of electrical networks with the
goal of synthesizing feedback strategies to stabilize either phase-synchronized or phase …

Time-inverted Kuramoto dynamics for κ-clustered circle coverage

M Boldrer, F Riz, F Pasqualetti… - 2021 60th IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we analyse the equilibrium configurations for the time-inverted Kuramoto Model
with homogeneous agents and a fixed ring topology, where time-inverted means that the …

Quasi phase reduction of all-to-all strongly coupled oscillators near incoherent states

I León, D Pazó - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
The dynamics of an ensemble of N weakly coupled limit-cycle oscillators can be captured by
their N phases using standard phase reduction techniques. However, it is a …