Advanced Frequency Regulation Strategies in Renewable-Dominated Power Systems

Sandeep Dhundhara is an Assistant Professor (Electrical Engineering) in the Department of Basic Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Panjab University Chandigarh, India. He has been a visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engg., University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom (2017-2018). He has a total of 8 years of teaching and research experience in Electrical Engineering. His areas of interest are power system controls and stability, AGC, and electrical energy storage systems. He has published several papers in various international journals and conferences. He is a member of IEEE, UACEE, and INAEG. Yogendra Arya did his A.M.I.E. in Electrical Engineering from The Institution of Engineers (India), in 2008, his M. Tech. in Electrical Engineering (I&C) from Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Sonepat, Haryana, in 2010, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India, in 2018. He is currently working as an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, India. He has published 50 research papers in accredited journals and conferences. He has published a total of 30 SCIE research papers in reputed international journals, out of which 13 are written as sole authors. He has received the “MSIT Best Faculty Award” in 2018 and the “MSIT Certificate of Excellence in Research” in 2018 and 2019. He has been placed among “Top 2% of Researchers in the World” for 2019 by Stanford University, USA. Ramesh C. Bansal is a Professor at University of Sharjah and Extraordinary Professor at University of Pretoria. He has over 25 years of teaching and research experience, and previously worked at University of Pretoria, University of Queensland, University of South Pacific, and BITS, Pilani. He has published over 400 journal/conf. papers, books/book chapters, and is he AE/Editor of many reputed journals. He has Google citations of over 16000 and h-index of 60. He has supervised 25 PhD, 5 Post Docs. He is a Fellow of IET-UK, IE (India), SAIEE (South Africa).

Part I: INTRODUCTION TO FREQUENCY REGULATION STRATEGIES 1. Overview of the renewable-dominated modern power systems and their frequency regulation issues 2. Bird’s-eye view of frequency regulation in modern power system: Recent advances, research trends and challenges 3. Various frequency regulation schemes and applications: a comprehensive review

Part II: FREQUENCY REGULATION IN RESTRUCTURED ELECTRICITY MARKET 4. Frequency regulation strategies in the present deregulated electricity market 5. Price-based frequency regulation strategies in restructured electricity market 6. Frequency regulation incorporating advanced FACTS devices in restructured electricity market

Part III: FREQUENCY REGULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES 7. Various methods/strategies to improve the frequency control in a grid with high penetration of renewables: review and new perspectives 8. Impact of wind turbine’s kinetic energy support for frequency regulation in the grid 9. Role of virtual power plant and virtual inertia applications in grid frequency control

Part IV: FREQUENCY REGULATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES 10. Artificial intelligence applications for robust frequency control 11. Deep reinforcement learning approaches for fast frequency control in low-inertia power systems 12. Role of cyber-security control schemes for frequency regulation in modern power system

Part V: OTHER TOPICS RELATED TO FREQUENCY REGULATION 13. Role of energy storage technologies in frequency regulation in modern power systems 14. Electric vehicles and their impacts on modern power system operation and control in terms of frequency stability 15. Frequency regulation through voltage regulation of the power system 16. Demand-side management (DSM) and demand response techniques: Role towards frequency management in the power system 17. Frequency regulation strategies: Innovations, trends, key issues, challenges, and future scope