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 …

Time-varying convex optimization: Time-structured algorithms and applications

A Simonetto, E Dall'Anese, S Paternain… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimization underpins many of the challenges that science and technology face on a daily
basis. Recent years have witnessed a major shift from traditional optimization paradigms …

Learning optimal solutions for extremely fast AC optimal power flow

AS Zamzam, K Baker - 2020 IEEE International Conference on …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We develop, in this paper, a machine learning approach to optimize the real-time operation
of electric power grids. In particular, we learn feasible solutions to the AC optimal power flow …

Global phase and magnitude synchronization of coupled oscillators with application to the control of grid-forming power inverters

M Colombino, D Groß, JS Brouillon… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we explore a new approach to synchronization of coupled oscillators. In
contrast to the celebrated Kuramoto model, we do not work in polar coordinates and do not …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers

A Hauswirth, Z He, S Bolognani, G Hug… - Annual Reviews in Control, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Mathematical optimization is one of the cornerstones of modern engineering research and
practice. Yet, throughout all application domains, mathematical optimization is, for the most …

Real-time feedback-based optimization of distribution grids: A unified approach

A Bernstein, E Dall'Anese - IEEE Transactions on Control of …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper develops an algorithmic framework for real-time optimization of distribution-level
distributed energy resources (DERs). The framework optimizes the operation of DERs that …

Timescale separation in autonomous optimization

A Hauswirth, S Bolognani, G Hug… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous optimization refers to the design of feedback controllers that steer a physical
system to a steady state that solves a predefined, possibly constrained, optimization …

Toward distributed energy services: Decentralizing optimal power flow with machine learning

R Dobbe, O Sondermeijer… - … on Smart Grid, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The implementation of optimal power flow (OPF) methods to perform voltage and power flow
regulation in electric networks is generally believed to require extensive communication. We …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time optimization as a feedback control problem–A review

D Krishnamoorthy, S Skogestad - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Feedback optimizing control aims to achieve asymptotic optimal operation by directly
manipulating the inputs using feedback controllers, without the need to solve numerical …

Online feedback equilibrium seeking

G Belgioioso, D Liao-McPherson… - … on Automatic Control, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a unifying design framework for dynamic feedback controllers that track
solution trajectories of time-varying generalized equations, such as local minimizers of …