Search Results for author: Simon H. Tindemans

Found 16 papers, 6 papers with code

Quantifying the Aggregate Flexibility of EV Charging Stations for Dependable Congestion Management Products: A Dutch Case Study

no code implementations20 Mar 2024 Nanda Kishor Panda, Simon H. Tindemans

In this study, a data-driven model of charging behaviour is created to explore the implications of delivering dependable congestion management services at various aggregation levels and types of service.

Management

Stochastic Mean Field Game for Strategic Bidding of Consumers in Congested Distribution Networks

no code implementations18 Mar 2024 Amirreza Silani, Simon H. Tindemans

The rapid increase of photovoltaic cells, batteries, and Electric Vehicles (EVs) in electric grids can result in congested distribution networks.

Aggregate Peak EV Charging Demand: The Impact of Segmented Network Tariffs

no code implementations18 Mar 2024 Nanda Kishor Panda, Na Li, Simon H. Tindemans

In this paper, we compare the effect of a multi-level segmented network tariff with and without dynamic energy prices for individual EV users on the aggregate peak demand.

Representative Days and Hours with Piecewise Linear Transitions for Power System Planning

1 code implementation6 Oct 2023 Mojtaba Moradi-Sepahvand, Simon H. Tindemans

Electric demand and renewable power are highly variable, and the solution of a planning model relies on capturing this variability.

Capturing Chronology and Extreme Values of Representative Days for Planning of Transmission Lines and Long-Term Energy Storage Systems

1 code implementation6 Oct 2023 Mojtaba Moradi-Sepahvand, Simon H. Tindemans

The proposed method is examined in a complex co-planning model for transmission lines, wind power plants (WPPs), short-term battery and long-term pumped hydroelectric energy storage systems.

Time Series

Stable Training of Probabilistic Models Using the Leave-One-Out Maximum Log-Likelihood Objective

1 code implementation5 Oct 2023 Kutay Bölat, Simon H. Tindemans, Peter Palensky

The performance of the proposed method and models are exhibited on two power systems datasets using different statistical tests and by comparison with Gaussian mixture models.

Density Estimation Synthetic Data Generation

Efficient Quantification and Representation of Aggregate Flexibility in Electric Vehicles

1 code implementation4 Oct 2023 Nanda Kishor Panda, Simon H. Tindemans

Aggregation is crucial to the effective use of flexibility, especially in the case of electric vehicles (EVs) because of their limited individual battery sizes and large aggregate impact.

Computational Efficiency

Reinforcement Learning by Guided Safe Exploration

no code implementations26 Jul 2023 Qisong Yang, Thiago D. Simão, Nils Jansen, Simon H. Tindemans, Matthijs T. J. Spaan

Drawing from transfer learning, we also regularize a target policy (the student) towards the guide while the student is unreliable and gradually eliminate the influence of the guide as training progresses.

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL) +2

Targeted Analysis of High-Risk States Using an Oriented Variational Autoencoder

no code implementations20 Mar 2023 Chenguang Wang, Ensieh Sharifnia, Simon H. Tindemans, Peter Palensky

Variational autoencoder (VAE) neural networks can be trained to generate power system states that capture both marginal distribution and multivariate dependencies of historical data.

Vocal Bursts Intensity Prediction

Generating Contextual Load Profiles Using a Conditional Variational Autoencoder

no code implementations8 Sep 2022 Chenguang Wang, Simon H. Tindemans, Peter Palensky

Generating power system states that have similar distribution and dependency to the historical ones is essential for the tasks of system planning and security assessment, especially when the historical data is insufficient.

Generating Multivariate Load States Using a Conditional Variational Autoencoder

1 code implementation21 Oct 2021 Chenguang Wang, Ensieh Sharifnia, Zhi Gao, Simon H. Tindemans, Peter Palensky

In this paper, a multivariate load state generating model on the basis of a conditional variational autoencoder (CVAE) neural network is proposed.

Coordination of Heterogeneous Deferrable Loads using the F-MBC Mechanism

no code implementations30 Nov 2020 Subhitcha Ramkumar, Hazem A. Abdelghany, Simon H. Tindemans

Increasing participation of prosumers in the electricity grid calls for efficient operational strategies for utilizing the flexibility offered by Distributed Energy Resources (DER) to match supply and demand.

Scheduling

Efficient Assessment of Electricity Distribution Network Adequacy with the Cross-Entropy Method

no code implementations30 Nov 2020 Julian N. Betge, Barbera Droste, Jacco Heres, Simon H. Tindemans

Identifying future congestion points in electricity distribution networks is an important challenge distribution system operators face.

Computational Efficiency

Exploring grid topology reconfiguration using a simple deep reinforcement learning approach

no code implementations26 Nov 2020 Medha Subramanian, Jan Viebahn, Simon H. Tindemans, Benjamin Donnot, Antoine Marot

The behaviour of this agent is tested on different time-series of generation and demand, demonstrating its ability to operate the grid successfully in 965 out of 1000 scenarios.

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL) +2

Low-complexity decentralized algorithm for aggregate load control of thermostatic loads

1 code implementation22 Oct 2020 Simon H. Tindemans, Goran Strbac

Thermostatically controlled loads such as refrigerators are exceptionally suitable as a flexible demand resource.

Computational Efficiency

Sample-Derived Disjunctive Rules for Secure Power System Operation

no code implementations9 Apr 2018 Jochen L. Cremer, Ioannis Konstantelos, Simon H. Tindemans, Goran Strbac

Machine learning techniques have been used in the past using Monte Carlo samples to construct predictors of the dynamic stability of power systems.

Decision Making

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