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View article: Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) Cybersecurity Scenarios, Trends, and Potential Technologies: A Review
Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) Cybersecurity Scenarios, Trends, and Potential Technologies: A Review Open
View article: DC Series Arc Fault Detection and Extinguishing With Modulation Algorithm of Non-Inverting Buck-Boost Converter for PV Applications
DC Series Arc Fault Detection and Extinguishing With Modulation Algorithm of Non-Inverting Buck-Boost Converter for PV Applications Open
Power generation using a photovoltaic (PV) system is increasing to achieve the carbon neutrality. Module-level power electronics (MLPEs) can optimize power generation for each PV panel. However, it increases the possibility of DC series ar…
View article: Generative AI for Power Grid Operations
Generative AI for Power Grid Operations Open
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has captured into the mainstream, demonstrating capabilities that once belonged solely to the realm of human cognition. From defeating world champions in complex games to generating human-quality tex…
View article: Multilevel Cybersecurity for Photovoltaic Systems
Multilevel Cybersecurity for Photovoltaic Systems Open
The motivation behind this project is to protect critical infrastructure in electric power generation pertaining to solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. This growing renewable energy resource is becoming a more vital part of the nation’s energ…
View article: Disruption of Commercial Solar Inverter System by TLS Proxy Man-in-the-Middle Attack
Disruption of Commercial Solar Inverter System by TLS Proxy Man-in-the-Middle Attack Open
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol that encrypts communication data, providing end-to-end communication encryption and authentication. Currently, TLS is widely adopted for securing communication between servers and …
View article: Optimal Operation Scheme of Electric Vehicle Routing and Charging Considering Power Distribution and Transportation Integrated System
Optimal Operation Scheme of Electric Vehicle Routing and Charging Considering Power Distribution and Transportation Integrated System Open
The increase in EV (Electric Vehicle) charging demands significantly affects the power system; thus, developing an optimal operating system is necessary to improve the power system stability while considering the transportation network. Ho…
View article: Detection of Soft Internal Short Circuit in Aged Lithium-Ion Batteries with Various State of Health Under Constant Current Charging and Discharging Modes
Detection of Soft Internal Short Circuit in Aged Lithium-Ion Batteries with Various State of Health Under Constant Current Charging and Discharging Modes Open
View article: Blockchain-Assisted Resilient Control for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems
Blockchain-Assisted Resilient Control for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems Open
Grid resilience has become a paramount concern in today’s dynamic energy landscape, wherein the mass integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) plays a crucial role in achieving flexible and resilient power grids. A DER management …
View article: Optimal Electrical Vehicle Charging Planning and Routing Using Real-Time Trained Energy Prediction With Physics-Based Powertrain Model
Optimal Electrical Vehicle Charging Planning and Routing Using Real-Time Trained Energy Prediction With Physics-Based Powertrain Model Open
Electric vehicles (EVs) are rising in popularity due to technological developments and the nation’s decarbonization efforts, which are enticing drivers to move away from gasoline-dependent transportation. However, a major challenge in EV c…
View article: An Overview of Cyber-Resilient Smart Inverters Based on Practical Attack Models
An Overview of Cyber-Resilient Smart Inverters Based on Practical Attack Models Open
With high penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs), power systems are increasingly transforming into distributed power grids, which provide grid automation, decarbonization, and decentralization of critical assets. Smart inverter…
View article: Impact of Data Partitioning to Improve Prediction Accuracy for Remaining Useful Life of Li-Ion Batteries
Impact of Data Partitioning to Improve Prediction Accuracy for Remaining Useful Life of Li-Ion Batteries Open
Predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) of a battery is critical to ensure the safe management of its manufacture and operation. In this study, a comprehensive investigation of the effect of data partitioning methods on RUL prediction w…
View article: Detection of Soft Internal Short Circuit in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Varying State of Health Under Constant Current Charging and Discharging Modes
Detection of Soft Internal Short Circuit in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Varying State of Health Under Constant Current Charging and Discharging Modes Open
View article: Device-Centric Firmware Malware Detection for Smart Inverters using Deep Transfer Learning
Device-Centric Firmware Malware Detection for Smart Inverters using Deep Transfer Learning Open
Since future power grids are inverter-dominant grids and inverters are getting smarter by incorporating remote access and seamless firmware update, it is anticipated that malware attackers will directly target smart inverters. However, mal…
View article: Electric load forecasting under False Data Injection Attacks using deep learning
Electric load forecasting under False Data Injection Attacks using deep learning Open
View article: Blockchain technologies empowering peer‐to‐peer trading in multi‐energy systems: From advanced technologies towards applications
Blockchain technologies empowering peer‐to‐peer trading in multi‐energy systems: From advanced technologies towards applications Open
In efforts to decarbonise electricity, transport, and heating sectors, policy makers facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources and demand side management in multi-energy systems. With the support of the smart grid, an increasi…
View article: Advanced Intrusion Detection Combining Signature-Based and Behavior-Based Detection Methods
Advanced Intrusion Detection Combining Signature-Based and Behavior-Based Detection Methods Open
Recently, devices in real-time systems, such as residential facilities, vehicles, factories, and social infrastructure, have been increasingly connected to communication networks. Although these devices provide administrative convenience a…
View article: Toward Quantum Secured Distributed Energy Resources: Adoption of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
Toward Quantum Secured Distributed Energy Resources: Adoption of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Open
Quantum computing is a game-changing technology that affects modern cryptography and security systems including distributed energy resources (DERs) systems. Since the new quantum era is coming soon in 5–10 years, it is crucial to prepare a…
View article: Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Distributed Energy Resources System Testbed using IEEE 2030.5 Standard
Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Distributed Energy Resources System Testbed using IEEE 2030.5 Standard Open
IEEE 2030.5 standard is drawing special attention among communication protocols for smart inverters and distributed energy resources (DER). Moreover, California Rule 21 mandates new DER must be ready to communicate to a host utility using …
View article: Secure Firmware Update and Device Authentication for Smart Inverters using Blockchain and Phyiscally Uncloable Function (PUF)-Embedded Security Module
Secure Firmware Update and Device Authentication for Smart Inverters using Blockchain and Phyiscally Uncloable Function (PUF)-Embedded Security Module Open
Cybersecurity of inverters has been significantly important as inverters become smarter in cyber-physical environments. However, firmware security of smart inverters against firmware attacks from various attack vectors has been less studie…
View article: Ransomware Attack Modeling and Artificial Intelligence-Based Ransomware Detection for Digital Substations
Ransomware Attack Modeling and Artificial Intelligence-Based Ransomware Detection for Digital Substations Open
Ransomware has become a serious threat to the current computing world, requiring immediate attention to prevent it. Ransomware attacks can also have disruptive impacts on operation of smart grids including digital substations. This paper p…
View article: Ransomware Security Threat Modeling for Photovoltaic Systems
Ransomware Security Threat Modeling for Photovoltaic Systems Open
Ransomware attacks are one of the most dangerous cyber-attacks which can disrupt the operation of photovoltaic (PV) systems and incur an enormous economic loss. This paper introduces a ransomware security threat modeling method that identi…
View article: A Review of Cyber–Physical Security for Photovoltaic Systems
A Review of Cyber–Physical Security for Photovoltaic Systems Open
In this paper, the challenges and a future vision of the cyber-physical security of photovoltaic (PV) systems are discussed from a firmware, network, PV converter controls, and grid security perspective. The vulnerabilities of PV systems a…
View article: Blockchain-Based Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attack Detection for Photovoltaic Systems
Blockchain-Based Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attack Detection for Photovoltaic Systems Open
Cybersecurity of photovoltaic (PV) systems entails a much larger scope than just encryption and firewall of communications. For instance, integrity of data in transit between inverters and a cloud server can be compromised by authorized th…
View article: Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Energy Trading on Blockchain Using Dual Binary Encoding for Inner Product Encryption
Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Energy Trading on Blockchain Using Dual Binary Encoding for Inner Product Encryption Open
The rapidly increasing expansion of distributed energy resources (DER), such as renewable energy systems and energy storage systems into the electric power system and the integration of advanced information and communication technologies e…
View article: Advanced Control and Optimization for Complex Energy Systems
Advanced Control and Optimization for Complex Energy Systems Open
of renewable energies such as wind and solar has become an inevitable choice for many countries in order to achieve sustainable and healthy economic development [1].However, due to the intermittent characteristics of renewable energy, the …
View article: Cloud-Based Battery Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Platform for Large-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems
Cloud-Based Battery Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Platform for Large-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems Open
Performance of the current battery management systems is limited by the on-board embedded systems as the number of battery cells increases in the large-scale lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery energy storage systems (BESSs). Moreover, an expensi…
View article: Model-Based Condition Monitoring and Power Management for Rechargeable Electrochemical Batteries
Model-Based Condition Monitoring and Power Management for Rechargeable Electrochemical Batteries Open
Rechargeable multicell batteries have been used in various electrical and electronic systems, e.g., renewable energy systems, electric-drive vehicles, commercial electronics, etc. However, there are still concerns about the reliability and…