Saeed D. Manshadi, Mohammad E. Khodayar IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 2283– 2292, Sep. 2015 Publication year: 2015 This paper proposed a methodology to identify the vulnerable components, and ensure the resilient operation of coordinated electricity and natural gas infrastructures considering multiple disruptions within the microgrid. The microgrid demands, which consist of electricity and heat demands, are served by the interdependent electricity and natural gas supplies.
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A Hierarchical Electricity Market Structure for the Smart Grid Paradigm
S. D. Manshadi and M. E. Khodayar IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1866-1875, Jul. 2016. Publication year: 2016 This paper proposed a hierarchical structure for the electricity market to facilitate the coordination of energy markets in distribution and transmission networks. The proposed market structure enables the integration of microgrids, which provide energy and ancillary services in distribution networks. In the proposed hierarchical structure, microgrids participate in
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Multiple Period Ramping Processes in Day-Ahead Electricity Markets
M. E. Khodayar, S. D. Manshadi, H. Wu, and J. Lin IEEE Trans. Sustainable Energy, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1634-1644, Oct. 2016. Publication year: 2016 This paper proposes an approach to formulate the multiple-period ramping capability of dispatchable generation resources and evaluates the impact of this service on the generation scheduling in day-ahead electricity market. It is discussed that the multiple-period ramping enhances the load following capability of dispatchable
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The short-term operation of microgrids in a transactive energy architecture
M. E. Khodayar, S.D. Manshadi, and A. Vafamehr The Electricity Journal, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 41-48, Dec. 2016. Publication year: 2016 The transactive energy framework provides value-driven control schemes that facilitate power delivery with higher efficiency, sustainability and economic soundness while ensuring the reliability and security of the energy infrastructure system. This article addresses the challenges and solution frameworks for the short-term operation of distributed energy resources, controllable demands,
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A Framework for Expansion Planning of Data Centers in Electricity and Data Networks under Uncertainty
A. Vafamehr, M. E. Khodayar, S. D. Manshadi, I. Ahmed, and J. Lin IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, in press, 2017 Publication year: 2017 This paper presents the expansion planning for data centers and data routes in the data and electricity networks considering the uncertainties in the planning horizon to ensure an acceptable rate of service to the requests received from the end-users in the data network. The objective is to
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Risk Averse Generation Maintenance Scheduling with Microgrid Aggregators
S. D. Manshadi, M. E. Khodayar IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, in press, 2017 Publication year: 2017 This paper presents risk-averse long-term generation maintenance scheduling in the power systems with considerable installed capacity of microgrids. Microgrid aggregators facilitate the participation of microgrids in the wholesale market. In this paper, the effect of microgrids as controllable demand entities on the generation maintenance scheduling practices in the power system is investigated. The uncertainties
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Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles in Electricity and Transportation Networks
S. D. Manshadi, M. E. Khodayar, K. Abdelghany, and H. Uster IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, in press, 2017 Publication year: 2017 Wireless charging station (WCS) enables in-motion charging of the electric vehicles (EVs). This paper presents the short-term operation of WCS by capturing the interdependence among the electricity and transportation networks. In the transportation network, the total travel cost consists of the cost associated with the travel time and the
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A Tight Convex Relaxation for the Natural Gas Operation Problem
S. D. Manshadi, M. E. Khodayar IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, in press, 2018 Publication year: 2018 With the increase in the investment in the gas-fired electricity generation technology, capturing the operation constraints of the natural gas network in the electricity and natural gas operation problems becomes more crucial. The nonconvexity in the feasibility region formed by natural gas network constraints will impede achieving the global solution for these problems. This
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Coordinated Operation of Electricity and Natural Gas Systems: A Convex Relaxation Approach
S. D. Manshadi, M. E. Khodayar IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, in press, 2018 Publication year: 2018 The variability in the generation dispatch of the natural gas generation units will lead to fluctuation in natural gas demand profile that could further jeopardize the security of the natural gas network. The coordinated operation of electricity and natural gas infrastructure systems would help to improve the security and reliability measures in both infrastructure
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Expansion of Autonomous Microgrids in Active Distribution Networks
S. D. Manshadi and M. E. Khodayar IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1878-1888, May 2018 Publication year: 2018 This paper presents an approach to transform the active distribution network with distributed energy resources into multiple autonomous microgrids. The distribution network consists of several generation resources and demand entities, that are clustered into autonomous microgrids. The proposed problem is formulated as a bi-level optimization problem that leverages