Title: Efficient and Resilient Operation of Modernized Distribution Grids
Speaker: Zhaoyu Wang, Ph.D. candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology
Abstract: The ever-developing economy, environmental concerns, and costly outages make it essential to build the next-generation modernized power distribution grid which is more efficient and resilient. For the efficient operation, this talk will focus on the implementation and assessment of conservation voltage reduction (CVR). A load modeling-based method is presented to assess the load-reduction effects of CVR. For the resilient operation, this talk will discuss a self-healing strategy to optimally sectionalize the on-outage portion of a distribution system into networked self-supplied microgrids so as to provide reliable power supply to the maximum loads continuously. This talk will also introduce future research topics including coordinated and resilient operation of distribution grids with multiple microgrids, cyber-secure networked microgrids, and implementation of advanced Voltage/VAR control.
Speaker Bio: Zhaoyu Wang is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Energy Group at Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the B.E. degree and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and the M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2012. His research interests include microgrids, self-healing resilient power distribution grids, voltage/VAR control, and demand response and energy conservation. He has published more than 15 journal papers. He served as a Technical Program Committee member of IEEE SmartGridComm 2014 and The International Symposium on Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications. He is the recipient of Journal of Energy Engineering Editor’s 2013 Outstanding Reviewer Award. He was a Research Aide intern at Argonne National Laboratory in 2013, and an Electrical Engineer intern at Corning Incorporated in 2014.