@article{vanouni_lu_2018, title={A Reward Allocation Mechanism for Thermostatically Controlled Loads Participating in Intra-Hour Ancillary Services}, volume={9}, ISSN={["1949-3061"]}, url={http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000443200700026&KeyUID=WOS:000443200700026}, DOI={10.1109/TSG.2017.2652981}, abstractNote={When properly controlled, thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) can shift their electricity consumption by storing heat in the thermal masses. This capability makes them proper resources to provide variety of services in power grids, specifically intrahour ancillary services. Because TCLs have diverse thermal characteristics, their capabilities of service provision can be different. Therefore, their contribution in service provision and their monetary reward might be different as well. This paper presents a reward allocation mechanism for a load serving entity to determine the payment made to TCLs according to their contribution in the provided intrahour ancillary services. A service provision capability index is proposed to quantify the TCLs capability and prioritize them accordingly. Based on the prioritization results, a reward curve is constructed to determine the TCLs payment according to their contribution to the overall provided service. The proposed rewarding system is demonstrated and verified through numerical simulations using a group of 10 000 heterogeneous heat pumps.}, number={5}, journal={IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID}, author={Vanouni, Maziar and Lu, Ning}, year={2018}, month={Sep}, pages={4209–4219} }
 @article{vanouni_lu_2015, title={Improving the Centralized Control of Thermostatically Controlled Appliances by Obtaining the Right Information}, volume={6}, ISSN={["1949-3061"]}, url={http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000350338100048&KeyUID=WOS:000350338100048}, DOI={10.1109/tsg.2014.2357211}, abstractNote={This letter presents a performance enhancement for a previously developed direct load control scheme that controls (toggles on/off) thermostatically controlled appliances (TCAs) through two-way communication infrastructure for providing load balancing services. In addition to device operating temperature and on/off status (TCA states), two more pieces of information, rates of temperature increase and decrease (RTI/RTD), are calculated at each TCA and communicated to the central controller. By communicating the RTI/RTD to the central controller, the same or even better control performance can be achieved at 2-3 times longer sampling periods, showing significant reduction of the communication needs from each TCA to the central controller.}, number={2}, journal={IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID}, author={Vanouni, Maziar and Lu, Ning}, year={2015}, month={Mar}, pages={946–948} }
 @article{vanouni_2013, title={Discussion of "Online Tracking of Thevenin Equivalent Parameters Using PMU Measurements"}, volume={28}, ISSN={["1558-0679"]}, DOI={10.1109/tpwrs.2013.2254332}, abstractNote={The paper points out that PMU measurements cannot be used directly to estimate TEC parameters due to the phase drift brought about by the continuous change of frequency in real power systems. Therefore, a method has been presented to eliminate the effect of the phase drift and to synchronize the PMU measurements so that the synchronized samples can be used to identify TEC.}, number={2}, journal={IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS}, author={Vanouni, Maziar}, year={2013}, month={May}, pages={1899–1899} }
 @article{rabiee_parvania_vanouni_parniani_fotuhi-firuzabad_2012, title={Comprehensive control framework for ensuring loading margin of power systems considering demand-side participation}, volume={6}, ISSN={["1751-8695"]}, DOI={10.1049/iet-gtd.2011.0683}, abstractNote={This study presents a comprehensive control framework to ensure desired loading margin (LM) while minimising the corresponding control cost. The proposed framework is divided into corrective control (CC) and preventive control (PC) subproblems. The CC subproblem deals with the condition that a power system encounters voltage instability as a result of severe contingencies. This control is merely devised to restore system stability. The PC subproblem is brought up when the system operates in a stable region but its LM is insufficient. In this manner, the system-operating point is changed such that the desired LM is achieved. One of the features of the proposed methodology is to consider participation of demand-side resources as an effective control facility that reduces control costs considerably. Active and reactive redispatch of generating units and involuntary load curtailment (ILC) are employed along with voluntary demand-side participation as control facilities in CC and PC subproblems. The proposed control framework is examined through case studies conducted on the IEEE 14-bus and the IEEE 118-bus test systems. The results presented demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed framework.}, number={12}, journal={IET GENERATION TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION}, author={Rabiee, A. and Parvania, M. and Vanouni, M. and Parniani, M. and Fotuhi-Firuzabad, M.}, year={2012}, month={Dec}, pages={1189–1201} }
 @article{rabiee_vanouni_parniani_2012, title={Optimal reactive power dispatch for improving voltage stability margin using a local voltage stability index}, volume={59}, ISSN={["1879-2227"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.enconman.2012.02.017}, abstractNote={Management of reactive power resources is vital for stable and secure operation of power systems in the view point of voltage stability. This paper deals with the management of on-load tap changers (OLTCs) and dynamic VAR sources (including synchronous generators, synchronous condensers, and shunt reactive power compensators) to improve voltage stability margin (VSM) of power systems. This problem is usually called optimal reactive power dispatch (ORD) in the literature. The main contribution of the paper is to introduce a new objective function for the ORD problem. The proposed objective function is derived based on a local voltage stability index, called DSY, and has a strong correlation with VSM. This strong correlation makes the objective function effective for improving VSM, which is the main purpose of ORD. The proposed objective function is tested on the New England 39-bus test system and its performance is compared with some of the most common objective functions used in ORD. The obtained results show that solving ORD problem using the proposed objective function yields considerable increase in VSM.}, journal={ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT}, author={Rabiee, Abbas and Vanouni, Maziar and Parniani, Mostafa}, year={2012}, month={Jul}, pages={66–73} }