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The wholesale power markets have undergone substantial change over the past few years to deal with increasing penetrations of variable energy resources. The market design and processes have become more complex because of introduction of new products and services to deal with the variability and intermittency of renewable resources. Additionally, the increasing adoption of distributed energy resources...
Introduced in 1940, Pap smear test has proven to be an effective screening method to determine the different stages of cervical cancer. Identification and classification of Pap smear images to detect cervical cancer via manual screening is a challenging task for pathologists therefore increasing the chances of human error. In this paper, we propose an automatic method to detect and classify the grade...
Flexibility from residential loads presents an enormous potential to provide various services to the smart grid. In this paper, we propose a unified hierarchical framework for aggregation and coordination of various residential loads in a smart community, such as Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs), Distributed Energy Storages (DESs), residential Pool Pumps (PPs), and Electric Vehicles (EVs)...
In this paper, we propose a reinforcement learning bidding strategy for controlling and coordinating HVAC systems in a double auction market. The bidding strategy does not require a specific model-based representation of behavior, i.e., a functional form to translate indoor house temperatures into bid prices. The results from reinforcement learning based approach are compared with the HVAC bidding...
We propose a coordination algorithm for cooperative power allocation among a collection of commercial buildings within a campus. We describe a typical commercial building Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, and utilize Model Predictive Control (MPC) to characterize its power flexibility. The power allocation problem is formulated as a cooperative game using the Nash Bargaining...
In 2006 a test of residential electricity pricing using multiple tariffs was performed using a mixture of fixed-prices, time of-use prices and 5-minute real-time prices. Each tariff has advantages and disadvantages for both consumers and utilities. This paper examines a numerical optimization method to efficiently identify the optimal combination of customers to enroll under the available tariffs...
The goal of this tutorial is three-fold: to facilitate cross-disciplinary communication among power engineers and economists by explaining and illustrating basic financial risk management concepts relevant for wholesale power markets (WPMs); to illustrate the complicated and risky strategic decision making required of power traders and risk managers operating in multiple interrelated submarkets comprising...
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