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Participation of Wind Generation in Frequency Control

The increased integration of wind generation is accompanied with a growing concern about secure and reliable power system operation. For example, to cope with wind intermittency, th more...

Supervisor(s): Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

Use of thermal masses as virtual energy storage

This project exploits the possibility of using thermal masses of residential buildings as a virtual energy storage. By proper manipulation of heating, ventilation and air conditioni more...

Supervisor(s): Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

Participation of distributed energy resources in system support

This project investigates participation of distributed energy resources, including responsive demand, distributed generation, energy storage and electric vehicles in system support more...

Supervisor(s): Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

Smart House Energy Management System

Utilities and customers will face significant economic challenges and need to be empowered with information and technologies to reduce electricity consumption, and related future co more...

Supervisor(s): Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

Distributed control of distributed energy resources

This project investigates possible agent-based distributed control hierarchies to enable efficient control and aggregation of large numbers of distributed energy resources. more...

Supervisor(s): Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

The impact of the increased integration of electric vehicles on the power reserve requirements

This project analyses the impact of electric vehicles on power reserve requirements of future electric power systems that will need to cope with large penetration of renewable energ more...

Supervisor(s): Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

Future Generation and Grid Planning

In the past, planners placed generation according to fuel and water availability, proximity to urban populations and then expanded the grid to allow efficient power delivery and lat more...

Supervisor(s): Hill, David John (Professor), Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

Demand-side Power Network Control

Modern power systems much achieve efficiencies in capital expenses for networks by smoothing out peak power demands at the same time as more renewable generation is being used. This more...

Supervisor(s): Hill, David John (Professor), Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

Modelling and Stability of Power Networks with Renewable Generation

Most investigations on the impact of renewables on grid stability consider one stability type and one basic network.  Our aim is to develop principles that can be used to help more...

Supervisor(s): Hill, David John (Professor), Verbic, Gregor (Dr)

Development of smart materials impedance graded composite materials in blast and impact mitigation

The purpose of this research is to develop novel composite materials and structural systems which have wide range of applications. more...

Supervisor(s): Mohotti, Damith (Dr)