Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center

Most renewable energy resources (e.g., solar and marine energy) is volatile and intermittent. Innovative operational technologies designed to enhance the resiliency of an renewable-integrated system are needed. Nonetheless, there are still limited studies in this regard. This talk will share how we close this gap by utilizing a dynamic microgrid (DMG) operational concept to accommodate marine energy resources (MRE) in distribution systems. We propose a DMG planning methodology that optimally places energy storage systems and smart switches so that a DMG integrated with MRE is warranted with proper resource adequacy and operational flexibility to vary network topology, both in the contingency and the normal operations. We use realistic case studies based on a real-world distribution network and the U.S. Department of Energy’s MRE dataset to verify the value and validity of the proposed work.

Xuan Wu received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, in 2018. He is currently a Manager of Transmission and Distribution Modeling and Analysis, AES US Utilities, leading a team of engineers responsible for AES Indiana's/IPL's transmission system steady-state, short-circuit, and dynamic stability analysis, and AES Indiana's/IPL's distribution system capacity, volt/var, and DER/EV impact studies and optimal planning. His research interests include power system security and resilience, and DER and energy storage integration in modern power systems. Xuan has published over 30 technical papers including two Best Papers awarded by IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Chairs for several IEEE working groups and chapters, and a registered Professional Engineer.