Eve Tsybina;Viswadeep Lebakula;Piljae Im;Helia Zandi;Jeffrey Munk;Justin Hill
{"title":"Resident Tolerance to Transitional Temperature Deviation in Smart Communities","authors":"Eve Tsybina;Viswadeep Lebakula;Piljae Im;Helia Zandi;Jeffrey Munk;Justin Hill","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3566333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3566333","url":null,"abstract":"Choosing the right HVAC system or the right algorithm of implementing demand response could create significant energy and environmental gains while maintaining resident comfort. However, these choices are closely related to the concept of user comfort, which in turn requires a reasonable fit between user preferences and temperature setpoints. While setting the temperature right is a well-researched question, systems in transition from one setpoint to another are currently not thoroughly addressed in research. But how tolerant the residents really are if a system spends a large share of time outside of the comfort setpoint? This study gives some early insights on how the deviation of temperature from the setpoint affect perceived resident comfort. We use two weeks of data for a smart neighborhood located in Atlanta, GA. We find that the system spends 20% - 50% of time deviating from the setpoint by more than 1°F. However, we do not find that increasing deviations cause resident complaints or increasing overrides.","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"12 ","pages":"297-305"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10981769","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mario D. Baquedano-Aguilar;Sean Meyn;Arturo Bretas
{"title":"Coherency-Constrained Spectral Clustering for Power Network Reduction","authors":"Mario D. Baquedano-Aguilar;Sean Meyn;Arturo Bretas","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3538619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3538619","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a methodology for reducing the complexity of large-scale power network models using spectral clustering, aggregation of electrical components, and cost function approximation. Two approaches are explored using unconstrained and constrained spectral clustering to determine areas for effective system reduction. Once the system areas are determined, both loads and generators by type are aggregated, and their new cost function is approximated through polynomial curve-fitting or statistical methods. The performance of reduced networks is evaluated in terms of their ability to follow the true daily cost of the original system over a 24-hour period considering a set of several days. Two test systems are taken as test beds. Application of the methodology to a modified version of the IEEE 39-bus system reduces it from 17 generators to a 4-bus system and 9 generators with about 93% of accuracy. Similarly, the IEEE 118-bus system is reduced from 19 generators to a 3-bus system with three aggregated units achieving over 99% of accuracy. These findings address scalability challenges and enhance accuracy for high and mid-loading level conditions, and by aggregating thermal units with similar cost functions.","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"12 ","pages":"88-99"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10870381","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143422842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohamed Massaoudi;Maymouna Ez Eddin;Ali Ghrayeb;Haitham Abu-Rub;Shady S. Refaat
{"title":"Advancing Coherent Power Grid Partitioning: A Review Embracing Machine and Deep Learning","authors":"Mohamed Massaoudi;Maymouna Ez Eddin;Ali Ghrayeb;Haitham Abu-Rub;Shady S. Refaat","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3535709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3535709","url":null,"abstract":"With the escalating intricacy and expansion of the interconnected electrical grid, the likelihood of power system (PS) collapse has escalated dramatically. There is an increased emphasis on immunizing renewable-dominated power systems from large-scale cascading failures and cyberattacks through optimal power grid partitioning (PGP). By altering the network’s topology, partitioning aims to create areas within the PS that are not only robust but also have increased flexibility in generation and improved controllability over variable demand. This article provides an updated review of the cutting-edge machine learning and data-driven techniques used for PGP in networked PSs. To this end, an in-depth exploration of the basic principles of PGP and performance quantification is provided. The coherency adequacy and controlled islanding within the power network are comprehensively discussed. Subsequently, state-of-the-art research that envisions the use of clustering-based machine learning and deep learning-based solutions for PGP is presented. Finally, key research gaps and future directions for effective PGP are outlined. This paper provides PS researchers with a bird’s eye view of the current state of mainstream PGP implementations. Additionally, it assists stakeholders in selecting the most appropriate clustering algorithms for PGP applications.","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"12 ","pages":"59-75"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10855832","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143361043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy Publication Information","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3525881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3525881","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"12 ","pages":"C2-C2"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10851795","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143106689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synergistic Meta-Heuristic Adaptive Real-Time Power System Stabilizer (SMART-PSS)","authors":"Khaled Aleikish;Jonas Kristiansen Nøland;Thomas Øyvang","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3532768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3532768","url":null,"abstract":"Classical fixed-parameter power system stabilizers (PSS) are typically designed to work well for a limited and specific set of operating conditions. However, the integration of low-inertia, inverter-based renewable energy resources (RES) has led to rapid fluctuations in power dispatch, rendering non-adaptive PSSs obsolete. This paper presents a novel hybrid gray-box modeling approach for real-time adaptation of PSS parameters during operation, thereby enabling the PSS to effectively handle a broader range of operating conditions. In our proposed method, we employ a two-stage process. First, we utilize a modified Heffron-Phillips model and meta-heuristics to synthesize the PSS’s compensating transfer function across a broad spectrum of operating conditions independently of external system parameters. Second, we leverage machine learning techniques to extrapolate the tuning results, thus ensuring adaptability across the full range of operating conditions. The effectiveness of this design methodology is rigorously evaluated in multi-machine power systems. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed SMART-PSS exhibits robust performance compared to conventional fixed-parameter controllers, reducing the maximum phase deviation by 70% to 96%. This makes it highly suitable for modern power systems, which face diverse and dynamic operational challenges.","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"12 ","pages":"36-45"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10850756","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143106686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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{"title":"2025 Index IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy Vol. 11","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3532174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3532174","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"11 ","pages":"703-718"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10850885","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143360896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2024 Best Papers, Outstanding Associate Editors, and Outstanding Reviewers","authors":"Fangxing Fran Li","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3528699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3528699","url":null,"abstract":"Presents the recipients of (IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy (OAJPE)) awards for (2024).","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"12 ","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10848504","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142993654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asymmetry of Frequency Distribution in Power Systems: Sources, Estimation, Impact and Control","authors":"Taulant Kërçi;Federico Milano","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3532693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3532693","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses an emerging real-world phenomena in inverter-based renewable-dominated power systems, namely, asymmetry of frequency distribution. The paper first provides a rationale on why asymmetry reduces the “quality” of the frequency control and system operation. Then it provides qualitative theoretical insights that explain asymmetry in terms of the nonlinearity of real-world power systems and associated models. In particular network losses and pitch angle-based frequency control of wind power plants are discussed. Then the paper proposes a nonlinear compensation control to reduce the asymmetry as well as a statistical metric based on the frequency probability distribution to quantify the level of asymmetry in a power system. Real-world data obtained from the Irish and Australian transmission systems serve to support the theoretical appraisal, whereas simulations based on an IEEE benchmark system show the effectiveness of the proposed nonlinear compensation. The case study also shows that, while automatic generation control reduces asymmetry, frequency control limits and droop-based frequency support provided by wind generation using a tight deadband of ±15 mHz, namely active power control, leads to a significant increase in the asymmetry of the frequency probability distribution.","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"12 ","pages":"135-145"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10849615","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143667380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quanxue Guan;Qinhe Liu;Shaocong Tao;Yunjian Xu;Di Zhou;Haoyong Chen;Xiaojun Tan
{"title":"Snake Optimizer Improved Variational Mode Decomposition for Short-Term Prediction of Vehicle Charging Loads","authors":"Quanxue Guan;Qinhe Liu;Shaocong Tao;Yunjian Xu;Di Zhou;Haoyong Chen;Xiaojun Tan","doi":"10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3529944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3529944","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) significantly impacts the power grid, necessitating effective forecasting of charging loads. For ultra short-term load prediction, this paper proposes a Snake Optimization (SO)-Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD)-Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) algorithm trained by only the historical charging data. Before the prediction starts, the VMD method is utilized to minimize the data complexity, yielding several multiple Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) that correspond to the charging load features at different time scales. The VMD parameters are automatically adjusted using the SO method, instead of the trial-and-error method, to trade off the prediction accuracy against computational overhead. Once the parameters of the VMD are determined, the same number of LSTM networks are employed to forecast the corresponding charging loads from these IMFs, with one LSTM for each IMF. Due to the VMD, IMFs with spanned center frequencies containing few irregularities make the prediction simple. These LSTM outcomes are then summed to obtain the overall load prediction. Experiments are carried out to show that the proposed parallel structure of multiple LSTM networks can achieve high prediction accuracy without requiring complex model structures. Our proposed algorithm outperforms the traditional prediction methods including Gate Recurrent Unit, Extreme Learning Machine, LSTM, and their combination with VMD, significantly reducing the Root Mean Square Error and the Mean Absolute Error by 30.1% and 32.9% in comparison with the optimal VMD-LSTM approach, and by 59.3% and 62.6% with respect to the baseline LSTM method.","PeriodicalId":56187,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy","volume":"12 ","pages":"76-87"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10846941","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143422898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}