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SUMMARY:New Research Challenges in Industrial and Residential Microgrids
DTSTART:20171020T101500
DTEND:20171020T110000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Josep M. Guerrero\, Department of Energy Technology\, Aalborg 
 Universitet\nA microgrid can be defined as a part of the grid with element
 s like distributed energy sources\, power electronics converters\, energy 
 storage devices and controllable local loads that can operate autonomously
  in islanded mode but also interacting with the main power network in a co
 ntrolled\, coordinated way. Following the introduction of distributed cont
 rol of these elements\, cooperative control and hierarchical control schem
 es for coordination of power electronics converters in order to control th
 e power flow and to enhance the power quality will be elaborated. Differen
 t technologies are combined together\, such as power converters\, control\
 , communications\, optimization\, and so on. This way\, energy can be gene
 rated and stored near to the consumption points\, improving stability and 
 reducing losses produced by large power lines. In distributed energy syste
 ms like microgrids\, multi-agent systems technologies will be presented\, 
 including distributed control.\n\nPrevious experiences in the Danish elect
 rical system like the Cell Controller project used these technologies to b
 alance dispersed energy generation and consumption. The focus of this pres
 entation will be on the analysis\, modeling and control design of power el
 ectronics-based microgrids\, as well as power electronics control and comm
 unications. Further\, the interconnection of microgrid clusters will be em
 phasized as an important step towards utilization of the smart grid concep
 t. Examples of real sites including conventional islanded systems installe
 d in islands and rural remote areas will be shown. Finally\, low-voltage d
 istribution systems and DC microgrids for residential applications and hom
 es will be introduced. New worldwide projects to develop technologies for 
 low voltage DC distribution systems will be shown\, such as dc shipboard s
 ystems\, dc datacenters\, and dc ev charging stations.\n\nBio: Josep M. G
 uerrero (S’01-M’04-SM’08-FM’15) received the B.S. degree in teleco
 mmunications engineering\, the M.S. degree in electronics engineering\, an
 d the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the Technical University of C
 atalonia\, Barcelona\, in 1997\, 2000 and 2003\, respectively. Since 2011\
 , he has been a Full Professor with the Department of Energy Technology\, 
 Aalborg University\, Denmark\, where he is responsible for the Microgrid R
 esearch Program (www.microgrids.et.aau.dk). From 2012 he is a guest Profes
 sor at the Chinese Academy of Science and the Nanjing University of Aerona
 utics and Astronautics\; from 2014 he is chair Professor in Shandong Unive
 rsity\; from 2015 he is a distinguished guest Professor in Hunan Universit
 y\; and from 2016 he is a visiting professor fellow at Aston University\, 
 UK\, and a guest Professor at the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecomm
 unications.\n\nHis research interests are oriented to different microgrid 
 aspects\, including power electronics\, distributed energy-storage systems
 \, hierarchical and cooperative control\, energy management systems\, smar
 t metering and the internet of things for AC/DC microgrid clusters and isl
 anded minigrids\; recently specially focused on maritime microgrids for el
 ectrical ships\, vessels\, ferries\, and seaports. Prof. Guerrero is an As
 sociate Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS\, the IEEE T
 RANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS\, and the IEEE Industrial Electronic
 s Magazine\, and an Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS on SMART GRID and IEE
 E TRANSACTIONS on ENERGY CONVERSION. He has been Guest Editor of the IEEE 
 TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS Special Issues: Power Electronics for Wi
 nd Energy Conversion and Power Electronics for Microgrids\; the IEEE TRANS
 ACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS Special Sections: Uninterruptible Power 
 Supplies systems\, Renewable Energy Systems\, Distributed Generation and M
 icrogrids\, and Industrial Applications and Implementation Issues of the K
 alman Filter\; the IEEE TRANSACTIONS on SMART GRID Special Issues: Smart D
 C Distribution Systems and Power Quality in Smart Grids\; the IEEE TRANSAC
 TIONS on ENERGY CONVERSION Special Issue on Energy Conversion in Next-gene
 ration Electric Ships. He was the chair of the Renewable Energy Systems Te
 chnical Committee of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. He received 
 the best paper award of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion for the
  period 2014-2015\, and the best paper prize of IEEE-PES in 2015. As well\
 , he received the best paper award of the Journal of Power Electronics in 
 2016. In 2014\, 2015\, and 2016 he was awarded by Thomson Reuters as Highl
 y Cited Researcher\, and in 2015 he was elevated as IEEE Fellow for his co
 ntributions on “distributed power systems and microgrids.”\n 
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