In the next years, Colombian power system will have the connection of distributed generators and constant power loads; Therefore, it is necessary to propose the analysis methods that allow establishing the minimum requirements ...

The power flow in electrical system permits analyzing and studying the steady-state behavior of any grid. Additionally, the power flow helps with the proper planning and management of the system. Therefore, it is increasingly ...

This express brief presents an approximation of the power flow problem for alternating-current (ac) and direct-current (dc) distribution networks by using a linear representation of the hyperbolic constraints i=p/v ↔ II∗ ...

Electric vehicles are considered as one of the most effective technologies for reducing current greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector. Although in many countries, local and national governments have introduced ...

This paper presents a general control design for photovoltaic systems integrated with Direct-Current power grids by using an unidirectional boost converter. Passivity-based control (PBC) theory is used as a control technique ...

This paper shows a Wirtinger's-Calculus based loadflow methodology for power distribution grids. This approach allows to obtain an algorithm which works directly on the complex domain maintaining some useful symmetries and ...

This express brief proposes two new iterative approaches for solving the power flow problem in direct current networks as efficient alternatives to the classical Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson methods. The first approach ...

In this paper, we address the optimal power flow problem in dc grids (OPF-DC). Our approach is based on sequential quadratic programming which solves the problem associated with non-convexity of the model. We propose two ...

This paper presents a generalized interconnection and damping assignment passivity-based control (IDA-PBC) for electric energy storage systems (EESS) such as: superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) and supercapacitor ...

This paper presents an integration of three-phase supercapacitor energy storage (SCES) in power grids via passivity-based control (PBC) theory under different reference frames. The SCES systems have the possibility to ...