Search Results for author: Samuel Chevalier

Found 23 papers, 7 papers with code

Dual Pricing to Prioritize Renewable Energy and Consumer Preferences in Electricity Markets

no code implementations27 Sep 2024 Emilie Jong, Samuel Chevalier, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis, Shie Mannor

Electricity markets currently fail to incorporate preferences of buyers, treating polluting and renewable energy sources as having equal social benefit under a system of uniform clearing prices.

Achieving the Tightest Relaxation of Sigmoids for Formal Verification

no code implementations20 Aug 2024 Samuel Chevalier, Duncan Starkenburg, Krishnamurthy Dvijotham

In the field of formal verification, Neural Networks (NNs) are typically reformulated into equivalent mathematical programs which are optimized over.

Enhancing Scalability of Optimal Kron-based Reduction of Networks (Opti-KRON) via Decomposition with Community Detection

no code implementations2 Jul 2024 Omid Mokhtari, Samuel Chevalier, Mads Almassalkhi

Electrical networks contain thousands of interconnected nodes and edges, which leads to computational challenges in some power system studies.

Community Detection

GPU-Accelerated DCOPF using Gradient-Based Optimization

1 code implementation19 Jun 2024 Seide Saba Rafiei, Samuel Chevalier

After solving the dual problem on both CPUs and GPUs to find tight lower bounds, we benchmark against Gurobi and MOSEK, comparing convergence speed and tightness on the IEEE 2000, 4601, and 10000 bus systems.

Towards Energysheds: A Technical Definition and Cooperative Framework for Future Power System Operations

no code implementations27 Nov 2023 Dakota Hamilton, Samuel Chevalier, Amritanshu Pandey, Mads Almassalkhi

There is growing interest in understanding how interactions between system-wide objectives and local community decision-making will impact the clean energy transition.

Decision Making

Towards Perturbation-Induced Static Pivoting on GPU-Based Linear Solvers

no code implementations20 Nov 2023 Samuel Chevalier, Robert Parker

Linear system solving is a key tool for computational power system studies, e. g., optimal power flow, transmission switching, or unit commitment.

A Parallelized, Adam-Based Solver for Reserve and Security Constrained AC Unit Commitment

1 code implementation10 Oct 2023 Samuel Chevalier

Power system optimization problems which include the nonlinear AC power flow equations require powerful and robust numerical solution algorithms.

GPU-Accelerated Verification of Machine Learning Models for Power Systems

no code implementations18 Jun 2023 Samuel Chevalier, Ilgiz Murzakhanov, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Our contributions achieve a speedup that can exceed 100x and allow higher degrees of verification flexibility.

Scalable Bilevel Optimization for Generating Maximally Representative OPF Datasets

1 code implementation21 Apr 2023 Ignasi Ventura Nadal, Samuel Chevalier

However, generating training datasets that accurately represent the many possible combinations of these active constraints is a particularly challenging task, especially within the realm of nonlinear AC Optimal Power Flow (OPF), since most active constraints cannot be enforced explicitly.

Bilevel Optimization

Global Performance Guarantees for Neural Network Models of AC Power Flow

1 code implementation14 Nov 2022 Samuel Chevalier, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

This paper develops a tractable neural network verification procedure which incorporates the ground truth of the non-linear AC power flow equations to determine worst-case neural network prediction error.

Emission-Aware Optimization of Gas Networks: Input-Convex Neural Network Approach

no code implementations18 Sep 2022 Vladimir Dvorkin, Samuel Chevalier, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Gas network planning optimization under emission constraints prioritizes gas supply with the least CO$_2$ intensity.

Optimization-Based Exploration of the Feasible Power Flow Space for Rapid Data Collection

1 code implementation24 Jun 2022 Ignasi Ventura Nadal, Samuel Chevalier

This paper provides a systematic investigation into the various nonlinear objective functions which can be used to explore the feasible space associated with the optimal power flow problem.

Towards Optimal Kron-based Reduction Of Networks (Opti-KRON) for the Electric Power Grid

no code implementations12 Apr 2022 Samuel Chevalier, Mads R. Almassalkhi

To overcome this challenge, this paper presents a novel network reduction methodology that leverages an efficient mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) formulation of a Kron-based reduction that is optimal in the sense that it balances the degree of the reduction with resulting modeling errors in the reduced network.

Closing the Loop: A Framework for Trustworthy Machine Learning in Power Systems

1 code implementation14 Mar 2022 Jochen Stiasny, Samuel Chevalier, Rahul Nellikkath, Brynjar Sævarsson, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Deep decarbonization of the energy sector will require massive penetration of stochastic renewable energy resources and an enormous amount of grid asset coordination; this represents a challenging paradigm for the power system operators who are tasked with maintaining grid stability and security in the face of such changes.

BIG-bench Machine Learning

Modeling the AC Power Flow Equations with Optimally Compact Neural Networks: Application to Unit Commitment

no code implementations21 Oct 2021 Alyssa Kody, Samuel Chevalier, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis, Daniel Molzahn

Nonlinear power flow constraints render a variety of power system optimization problems computationally intractable.

Learning without Data: Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Fast Time-Domain Simulation

no code implementations30 Jun 2021 Jochen Stiasny, Samuel Chevalier, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

In order to drastically reduce the heavy computational burden associated with time-domain simulations, this paper introduces a Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) to directly learn the solutions of power system dynamics.

Accelerating Dynamical System Simulations with Contracting and Physics-Projected Neural-Newton Solvers

no code implementations4 Jun 2021 Samuel Chevalier, Jochen Stiasny, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

In the second approach, we model the Newton solver at the heart of an implicit Runge-Kutta integrator as a contracting map iteratively seeking a fixed point on a time domain trajectory.

Handling Initial Conditions in Vector Fitting for Real Time Modeling of Power System Dynamics

no code implementations25 Nov 2020 Tommaso Bradde, Samuel Chevalier, Marco De Stefano, Stefano Grivet-Talocia, Luca Daniel

This paper develops a predictive modeling algorithm, denoted as Real-Time Vector Fitting (RTVF), which is capable of approximating the real-time linearized dynamics of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) dynamical systems via rational transfer function matrices.

Accelerated Probabilistic Power Flow in Electrical Distribution Networks via Model Order Reduction and Neumann Series Expansion

no code implementations28 Oct 2020 Samuel Chevalier, Luca Schenato, Luca Daniel

This subspace is used to construct and update a reduced order model (ROM) of the full nonlinear system, resulting in a highly efficient simulation for future voltage profiles.

A Passivity Interpretation of Energy-Based Forced Oscillation Source Location Methods

1 code implementation12 Jun 2019 Samuel Chevalier, Petr Vorobev, Konstantin Turitsyn

The paper goes on to develop a simulation-free algorithm for predicting the performance of the DEF method in a generalized power system, and it analyzes the passivity of three non-classical load and generation components.

Systems and Control Systems and Control

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