Time (Denver) Conference Room VI Conference Room VII

Wednesday, April 19
04:10 pm-05:50 pm TS1: Wind Energy Systems TS2: Photovoltaic Energy Systems

Thursday, April 20
10:10 am-11:50 am TS3: Smart Grids Applications TS4: Electric Vehicle: Powertrian, Charging, and Grid Integration
02:05 pm-03:45 pm TS6: Modern Power System: Analysis, Communication, and Control TS5: Energy Conversion for Power and Energy Systems
04:10 pm-05:50 pm TS8: Distributed Energy Resources TS7: Energy Storage Systems

Friday, April 21
08:00 am-09:40 am TS9: Reliability, Resilience, and Blockchain  
10:10 am-11:50 am TS11: Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Energy Systems TS10: Clean Energy Systems
02:05 pm-03:45 pm   TS12: Open Topics in Power and Energy Systems (Remote)

Wednesday, April 19

Wednesday, April 19 4:10 - 5:50

TS1: Wind Energy Systems

Conference Room VI
Chair: Wen Fan (Commonwealth Edison Co., USA)
Novel Nonlinear Time Domain Optimal Control Formulation of Wind Turbine Power System with GPOPS2 Software Simulations
Hesham M Abdelfattah and Sameh Eisa (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Novel Augmented-Blades Savonius Wind Turbine with Preliminary Experimental Validation
Sameh Eisa, Shaaban Abdallah and Molly Hoying (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Future Climate Change Impact on Wind Gust for Offshore Wind Turbines Cut-Out within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone
Sara Abdelaziz (University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Sarah Sparrow (Oxford University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Weiqi Hua (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); David Wallom (University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

TS2: Photovoltaic Energy Systems

Conference Room VII
Estimating Cost of Electricity of Resilient PV-based Grid-Tied Microgrids
Alexander Stevenson, Hugo Riggs, Mohammed Aquib Khan and Arif Sarwat (Florida International University, USA)
Impact of Wildfires on Solar Generation, Reserves and Energy Prices
Mengmeng Cai and Vikram Ravi (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA); Chin-An Lin (State University of New York, USA); Manajit Sengupta and Yimin Zhang (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
A Modified Global Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm for a Partially Shaded Photovoltaic System
Nelson Li, Alex Ramirez and Reza Sabzehgar (San Diego State University, USA)
Disruptive Photovoltaic Technologies Can Accelerate Global Decarbonization
Billy J Stanbery (Colorado School of Mines, USA); Jao van de Lagemaat (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
Techno-Economic Analysis of a Microgrid System for Rural Communities in the United States
Aryana Y Nakhai (National Renewable Energy Laboratory & University of Pittsburgh, USA); Alexis Kwasinski and Robert J Kerestes (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Thursday, April 20

Thursday, April 20 10:10 - 11:50

TS3: Smart Grids Applications

Conference Room VI
Design and experimental validation of an IoT data-logger device for indirect measurement of solar irradiance based on a correlation model
Kevin Alarcón-Maza (Independient Researcher, Ecuador); Victor Herrera-Perez (Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador); Jesus Rodriguez-Flores (Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes UNIANDES, Ecuador); Mayra Pacheco-Cunduri and Jorge Hernandez-Ambato (Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo ESPOCH, Ecuador)
Establishing Interoperability in Blockchain Enabled Interconnected Smart Microgrids Using Ignite CLI
Disha Lagadamane Dinesha and Balachandra Patil (Indian Institute of Science, India)
P2P Trading-enabled Local Energy Market Deployed on Blockchain Platform: An Australian Case Study
Liaqat Ali, M. Imran Azim, Jan Peters, Nabin B. Ojha, Vivek Bhandari, Anand Menon, Vinod Tiwari and Jemma Green (Powerledger, Australia); Sm Muyeen (Qatar University, Qatar); Marcelo Godoy Simoes (University of Vaasa, Finland)
Real-time Clustering and Visualization of Customers' Load Consumption in Electrical Distribution Networks
Asmaa Romia and Mohamad El Hariri (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
NILM-Net: Anonymous Coordination of Real-Time Power Monitors for Smart Grid Applications
Aaron W Langham (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA); John Donnal (United States Naval Academy, USA); Steven Leeb (MIT, USA)

TS4: Electric Vehicle: Powertrian, Charging, and Grid Integration

Conference Room VII
Chair: Harry F Tibbals III (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA)
Power Loss Analysis of SiC Wide Band Gap Power Switches of Bidirectional Battery Chargers for Plug-in Electric Vehicles under Vehicle-to-Grid and Grid-to-Vehicle Operation Modes
Marco Nunez Moctezuma and Reza Sabzehgar (San Diego State University, USA); Mohammad Rasouli (Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, USA); Poria Fajri (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
Smart Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) Platform Enabled Home Energy Management System (HEMS) for Backup Supply
Ahmed A S Mohamed and Azrin Zulkefli (Eaton Corporation, USA); Sadaraboina Sagar, Uma Gajjarapu and Amal Thomas (Eaton Corporation, India); Vijay Bhavaraju (Eaton Corp, USA)
Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen for Coastal Maritime Transport Electrification
Saffeer M. Khan, PE (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Bertrand Pages (EPF Montpellier, France); Himanshu R Chavan and Jeffrey C Knollmeyer (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
EMT Simulation of V2G Application with High Penetration of Variable Renewable Resources in Distribution Network
Sangwon Seo, Eduard Muljadi and Mark Nelms (Auburn University, USA)
Impact of EV Integration on the Distribution Grid: A Case Study
Gerard A. Abiassaf and Abd Arkadan (Colorado School of Mines, USA)

Thursday, April 20 2:05 - 3:45

TS5: Energy Conversion for Power and Energy Systems

Conference Room VII
Imbalance Compensation for SVPWM-Controlled Four-switch Three-phase Inverters
Hui Zhang (State University of New York at Oswego, USA)
Comparison of Isolated and Non-Isolated Multiple Input - Single Output DC-DC Converters for Low-Power Renewable Sources Integration
Joaquin Soldado-Guaman (Independient Researcher, Ecuador); Victor Herrera-Perez (Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Ecuador); Sasa Djokic (Institute for Energy Systems. The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Ramiro Isa-Jara, Esteban Guevara-Cabezas and Jorge Hernandez-Ambato (Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo ESPOCH, Ecuador)
State-of-Charge (SoC) Balancing of Battery Modular Multilevel Management (BM3) Converter using Q-Learning
Dominic Karnehm, Sebastian Pohlmann and Antje Neve (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany)
Energy Saving during Induction Motor Starting under Loaded Conditions
Rini Nur Hasanah (Brawijaya University, Indonesia); Tri Nurwati (University of Brawijaya, Indonesia); Lunde Ardhenta and Hadi Suyono (Brawijaya University, Indonesia); Eduard Muljadi (Auburn, USA)
A Family of Novel Switch Capacitor Based Integrated Matrix Autotransformer LLC Converter for Data Center Application
Maohang Qiu, Mengxuan Wei, Xiaoyan Liu, Haoran Meng and Dong Cao (University of Dayton, USA)

TS6: Modern Power System: Analysis, Communication, and Control

Conference Room VI
Assessment of Social Vulnerability to Long-Duration Power Outages in the United States
Jesse Dugan and Salman Mohagheghi (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
Feature Engineering for Semi-supervised Electricity Theft Detection in AMI
Elijah Orozco, Ruobin Qi and Jun Zheng (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA)
ANN-TW Analysis_Based Transmission Line Fault Identification and Location with High Penetration of Inverter-Based Resources
Mahmoud Shaban Abdelrahman (Florida International University & Engineering Center, USA); Ibtissam Kharchouf and Osama Mohammed (Florida International University, USA)
Battery Energy Storage System Model for Frequency Support in Power Systems
Osvaldo Romero, Ruben Tapia-Olvera and Luis M. Castro (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico); Daniel Guillen (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Analysis of Power Resilience for Outdated Residential Power Distribution Systems in Realistic Operating Conditions
Chengwei Lei (California State University, Bakersfield, USA); Noah Pitts (California State University Bakersfield, USA); Ruting Jia (California State University Northridge, USA); Weisong Tian (Widener University, USA)

Thursday, April 20 4:10 - 5:50

TS7: Energy Storage Systems

Conference Room VII
Modelling and Analysis of Oscillating Water Column Based Wave Energy Converter with Compressed Air Energy Storage system
Sangar Shanthanam (University of Jaffna, USA & Wichita State University, USA); Arun Kaarthick Manoharan, Adithya Melagoda and Visvakumar Aravinthan (Wichita State University, USA); Tharmarajah Thiruvaran (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka)
Development of Sustainable Hybrid Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) System from Living Plants for Low-power Field Electronic Devices
Matthew Lo (Episcopal Academy, USA)
Supercapacitor energy storage for battery-less, greener IoT networks
Dulsha Kularatna-Abeywardana (The University of Auckland, New Zealand); Nihal Kularatna (The University of Waikato, New Zealand)
A Quantum Neural Network Regression for Modeling Lithium-ion Battery Capacity Degradation
Anh Phuong Ngo, Nhat Le and Hieu Trung Nguyen (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA); Abdullah Eroglu (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA); Duong Tung Nguyen (Arizona State University, USA)
Forecasting Electricity and District Heating Consumption: A Case Study in Schools in Sweden
Zahraa Shahid and Saguna Saguna (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden); Christer Åhlund (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden)

TS8: Distributed Energy Resources

Conference Room VI
Sizing and Performance Analysis of a Standalone Hybrid Renewable Energy System in the Far North Region of Cameroon
Lyne Woodward (ETS, Canada); Alberto Rubial Arias (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Canada); Louis Viglione (Fondation Ana and Louis Viglione, Canada); Paolo Primiani (Fondation Anna and Louis Viglione, Canada)
Inter-area Oscillation Damping with Type-5 Wind Power Plant
Mayur Basu (Auburn University, USA); Weihang Yan and Vahan Gevorgian (NREL, USA); Eduard Muljadi (Auburn, USA)
Valuing DER Location based on the Impact on Transmission Network: A Planning Tool
Sarangan Rajendran and Visvakumar Aravinthan (Wichita State University, USA); Al Tamimi (Kansas State University & Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, USA); Charles R Yokley (Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, USA)
Blockchain-integrated Local Energy Market and P2P Trading Benefits for Participants and Stakeholders
Liaqat Ali, M. Imran Azim, Jan Peters, Nabin B. Ojha, Vivek Bhandari, Anand Menon, Vinod Tiwari and Jemma Green (Powerledger, Australia); Sm Muyeen (Qatar University, Qatar); Marcelo Godoy Simoes (University of Vaasa, Finland)
Adding Grid-Forming Capabilities to Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Systems
Walter Gil (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia); Alejandro Garces (Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia); Oscar Danilo Montoya (Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia); J. Mora Flórez (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia)

Friday, April 21

Friday, April 21 8:00 - 9:40

TS9: Reliability, Resilience, and Blockchain

Conference Room VI
Fault Analysis on Tomia Island Microgrid Using PSLF
Yunita Muharram (Auburn University & Pontianak State Polytechnic, USA); Dedet Riawan (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia); Jinho Kim (Pacific Northwest National Library, USA); Eduard Muljadi (Auburn, USA); Mark Nelms (Co-Chair, USA)
Power Grid Resilience against Natural Disasters via Line Reinforcement and Microgrid Formation
Govind Joshi and Salman Mohagheghi (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
An energy trading framework using smart contracts
Vidya Mololoth and Christer Åhlund (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden); Saguna Saguna (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
Cucker-Smale Model Based Consensus Algorithm for Enhanced Convergence in Communication Network of Distributed Energy Systems
Muhammad Majid Gulzar (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia & Interdisciplinary Research Center (lRC) for Renewable Energy and Power Systems, Saudi Arabia); Tayyab Jadoon (University of Central Punjab, Pakistan); Khalid Abdullah Khan and Muhammad Khalid (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

Friday, April 21 10:10 - 11:50

TS10: Clean Energy Systems

Conference Room VII
Rule-Based Power and Energy Management System For Shipboard Microgrid With HESS To Mitigate Propulsion and Pulsed Load Fluctuations
Mahmoud Shaban Abdelrahman (Florida International University & Engineering Center, USA); Hossam Mohamed Hussein and Osama Mohammed (Florida International University, USA)
Design and Analysis of Voltage Control for Islanded DC Microgrids Based on a Fuzzy-PI Controller
Hossam Mohamed Hussein, Ahmed Aghmadi and Osama Mohammed (Florida International University, USA)
The Effect of Clean Energy Generation Targets on the Portfolio of Electric Grid Generation Technologies
Matthew R Aldeman (Illinois State University, USA); Jonghwan Kwon and W. Neal Mann (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Electrification of Rural Areas: Energy Justice, Challenges, and Possible Solutions
Lailomah Mughal and Salman Mohagheghi (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
Modeling, navigation and artificial intelligence (AI) based fault detection of subsea cable network
Supriyo Karmakar (Farmingdale State College-SUNY, USA)

TS11: Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Energy Systems

Conference Room VI
Advanced Materials to Support Sustainable Power Infrastructure
Harry F Tibbals III (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA)
Use of Simulation and Demonstration to Foster Student Learning in Electrical Engineering Labs and Projects
Supriyo Karmakar (Farmingdale State College-SUNY, USA)
Developing a Distributed Community Solar Network to Promote the Utilization of Residential Solar Photovoltaic Systems
Jin H Jo and Matthew R Aldeman (Illinois State University, USA)
Interpretable Fault Prognostics for Switch Mode Power Supplies
Declan P Mallamo (University of Maryland & Navair, USA); Michael H Azarian (Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, USA); Michael Pecht (USA)
Towards Improving Green Technologies Education: The Role of the ACM/IEEE/AAAI Model Curricula
Christian Servin (El Paso Community College, USA); Brett A. Becker (University College Dublin, Ireland)

Friday, April 21 2:05 - 3:45

TS12: Open Topics in Power and Energy Systems (Remote)

Conference Room VII
Renewable Energy Power Assimilation to Smart Grid and Electric Vehicles via Wireless Power Transfer Technology
Hamid Allamehzadeh (Eastern New Mexico University, USA); Sarbagya Ratna Shakya (ENMU, USA)
Relation of Energy Consumption in Green Cloud Computing with Big Data
Thiago Reis (Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil); Mario M Teixeira (Federal University of Maranhão - UFMA, Brazil); Carlos de Salles Soares Neto (Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil)
Tracking neighborhood closed loop pumped hydro storage potential
Kiswendsida Elias Ouedraogo (Izmir University of Economics, Turkey); Erhan Demirok (Aalborg University, Denmark); Pinar Oguz Ekim (Izmir University of Economics, Turkey)
Impact of Battery Energy Storage System on Distribution Transformer Insulation Life
Ram Krishan (Infosys, India); Mukesh Kumar (The Energy and Resources Institute, India)
Optimal Capacity Planning and Analysis of a Sustainable Solar/Wind Microgrid in Rural Areas
Zia Ullah (Shanxi University, China); Shaorong Wang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China); Mohamed R. Elkadeem (Tanta University, Egypt); Kotb M. Kotb (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia)