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Hassan Bevrani received PhD degree in electrical engineering from Osaka University in 2004. Currently, he is a full professor and the Program Leader of Micro/Smart Grids Research Center (SMGRC) at the University of Kurdistan. Over the years, he has worked as senior research fellow and visiting professor with Osaka University, Kumamoto University, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Doshisha University, Nagoya University (Japan), Queensland University of Technology (Australia), Centrale Lille (France), and Technical University of Berlin (Germany). He is the author/coauthor of 9 international books, 15 book chapters, and more than 500 journal/conference papers. Prof. Bevrani is a Fellow member of IEEE, and he was the gust editor of several volumes of Elsevier Energy Procedia and Energy Reports. His current research interests include Smart grid operation and control, power system stability, Microgrid dynamics and control, and Intelligent/robust control applications in power electric industry. More information is available in http://smgrc.uok.ac.ir/. 

 

Takashi Hiyama received his B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees all in Electrical Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan in 1969, 1971, and 1980, respectively. Since 1989 to March 2012, he had been a full professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kumamoto University, Japan. After his retirement at the end of March 2012, he was assigned to the President of Kumamoto Prefectural College of Technology. After two years work there, he came back to Kumamoto University in April 2014 with the title of Distinguished Professor. There, he worked as the Director of International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology (IROAST) until the end of March, 2021.
His research covered intelligent systems applications for the configuration of intelligent power systems. His research also covered the applications of renewable energy power sources in power distribution networks. He published 5 books and 213 reviewed papers including international conference papers. Currently, the total citation of his papers reaches 4893 and his h-index is 36.
He also experienced joint research works with the various divisions of Kyushu Electric Power Co. including its Research Institute.
His current title is Professor Emeritus, Kumamoto University. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of AAIA, and a Life Member of IEEJ.  

 

Yaow-Ming Chen received the B.S. degree from National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1989, 1993, and 1997, respectively, all in electrical engineering.
From 1997 to 2000, he was with I-Shou University, Taiwan, as an Assistant Professor. From 2000 to 2008, he was with the National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. In 2008, he joined National Taiwan University where he is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Dr. Chen has served as Associate Editors for many IEEE Journals, including Transactions on Power Electronics and Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Transactions on Power Electronics. His research interests include power electronic converters and renewable energy. Dr. Chen is an IEEE Fellow.  

 

Toshifumi Ise is a professor emeritus of Osaka University and the president of the NARAGAKUEN School Corporation. He received Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering. and Doctor of Engineering degrees in electrical engineering from the Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 1980, 1982 and 1986 respectively. From 1986 to 1990, he was with the Nara National College of Technology, Nara, Japan. Since 1990, he had been with the Faculty of Engineering and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan and was a professor from August 2002 to March, 2018. His research interests are in the areas of power electronics and applied superconductivity for power systems. Toshifumi Ise is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) and a life member of the IEEE. 

 

Hoay Beng GOOI received his PhD degree from The Ohio State University, Columbus (1983). He was Assistant Professor with Lafayette College, Easton (1983-85) and Senior Engineer/Team Leader with EMPROS (now Siemens), Minneapolis (1985-91), where he was responsible for the design, testing and coordination of domestic and international energy management system projects. In 1991, he joined School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore as Senior Lecturer (1991-98) and later promoted to Associate Professor. He was Deputy Head of Power Engineering Division, EEE, NTU (2008-14), EE Standards Committee Member of Singapore Standards Council (2014-21), Chairman of Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (Electrical) Sub-Committee for Professional Engineers Board Singapore (2015-21), and Co-Director, Singapore Power (SP) Group-NTU Joint Lab (2020-23). He taught Energy Management System courses for dispatchers, engineers, managers and directors at Power System Control Centre in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia and served as Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Editor of IEEE Power Engineering Letters (2016-21). In 2021, he won Outstanding Associate Editor Award, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. His project team won the award from the 2023 Carbon Emission Reduction contest organized by OPAL-RT, https://www.opal-rt.com/co2-reduction-rt23/.
He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania, United States of America and Singapore, and a member of Energy Technical Committee, Institution of Engineers Singapore. He serves as Editorial Board Member of IEEE Access, a multidisciplinary open access journal as well as IEEE IES Distinguished Lecturer. His current research interests include energy transition, renewable energy resources, peer-to-peer trading, and digitalizing energy. 

Title of Speech: Hierarchical Transactive Energy Management System Incorporating Predictive Assessment Techniques for Enhanced Community Market Participation

Abstract: Modern power systems which attempt to solve the global energy crisis and reduce carbon emissions are undergoing a transition from conventional to renewable generation. However, due to the intermittency and variability of renewable energy sources (RESs) such as wind and solar, their integration into the utility grid can bring along some stability issues. To address these issues, a hierarchical transactive energy management system (HTEMS) is proposed. HTEMS incorporates distributed energy resources (DERs) comprising RESs, energy storage systems (ESSs) and standby generators at commercial and industrial sites. It can be used not only for monitoring and control of DERs but also for enhancing their availability, reliability, and efficiency.
Model Predictive Control (MPC) utilizes predicted information while considering measurable disturbances and system constraints. It is a control strategy which has the unique ability to optimize control actions according to a pre-defined objective function. MPC can achieve various control targets by deliberately including different variables in the objective function. By using a hierarchical structure, MPC could provide improved system stability and enhance community market participation. In this work, MPC is adopted to regulate ESS and eliminate the frequency deviation produced by the power mismatch between power generation and load consumption. A microgrid is setup to validate the MPC-based Load Frequency Control (LFC). The comparison between the conventional proportional-integral (PI)-based LFC and the MPC-based LFC is conducted. The results of their performance will be presented.
This presentation will cover sizing of ESS, characteristics of ESS, its participation in grid frequency regulation and how ESS can help in the future decentralized peer-to-peer energy trading.