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Adaptive PI Control Using Recursive Least Squares for Centrifugal Pump Pipeline Systems Open

David A. Brattley, Wayne W. Weaver · 2025

Pipeline transportation of petroleum products remains one of the safest and most efficient methods of bulk energy delivery, yet overpressure events continue to pose serious operational and regulatory challenges. Traditional fixed-gain PI c…

Feasibility Study of Flywheel Mitigation Controls Using Hamiltonian-Based Design for E3 High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse Events Open

Connor A. Lehman, Rush D. Robinett, David G. Wilson, Wayne W. Weaver · 2025

This paper explores the feasibility of implementing a flywheel energy storage system designed to generate voltage for the purpose of mitigating current flow through the transformer neutral path to ground, which is induced by a high-altitud…

Bounding Case Requirements for Power Grid Protection Against High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulses Open

Connor A. Lehman, Rush D. Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver, David G. Wilson · 2025

Securing the power grid is of extreme concern to many nations as power infrastructure has become integral to modern life and society. A high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) is generated by a nuclear detonation high in the atmosphere,…

A Model Predictive Control to Improve Grid Resilience Open

Joseph K. Young, David G. Wilson, Wayne W. Weaver, Rush D. Robinett · 2025

The following article details a model predictive control (MPC) to improve grid resilience when faced with variable generation resources. This topic is of significant interest to utility power systems where distributed intermittent energy s…

Solid State Transformer Controls for Mitigation of E3a High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse Insults Open

Connor A. Lehman, Rush D. Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver, David G. Wilson · 2025

This paper explores the use of a solid state transformer (SST) to mitigate the E3A component of a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) insult using external energy storage optimal control techniques. In lieu of conventional passive b…

Optimal Control of Nonlinear, Nonautonomous, Energy Harvesting Systems Applied to Point Absorber Wave Energy Converters Open

Houssein Yassin, Tania Demonte Gonzalez, Kevin Nelson, Gordon G. Parker, Wayne W. Weaver · 2024

Pursuing sustainable energy solutions has prompted researchers to focus on optimizing energy extraction from renewable sources. Control laws that optimize energy extraction require accurate modeling, often resulting in time-varying, nonlin…

Decoupled, Decentralized, LQr-Based Controls for E3 HEMP/GMD Mitigation on the Power Grid Open

Connor A. Lehman, David G. Wilson, Rush D. Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver · 2024

Optimal Control of Nonlinear, Nonautonomous, Energy Harvesting Systems Applied to Point Absorber Wave Energy Converters Open

Houssein Yassin, Tania Demonte Gonzalez, Kevin Nelson, Gordon G. Parker, Wayne W. Weaver · 2024

Pursuing sustainable energy solutions has prompted researchers to focus on optimizing energy extraction from renewable sources. Control laws that optimize energy extraction require accurate modeling, often resulting in time-varying, nonlin…

Theoretical Framework for Packetized Delivergy of Energy Open

David G. Wilson, Raymond H. Byrne, Connor A. Lehman, Steven F. Glover, Rush D. Robinett , et al. · 2024

Wind Turbine Power Phase Control with DC Collection Bus for Onshore/Offshore Windfarms Open

Wayne W. Weaver, David Gordon Wilson, III Robinett · 2024

A DC bus collection system for a wind farm reduces the overall required number of converters and minimizes the energy storage system requirements. The DC bus collection system implements a power phasing control method between wind turbines…

Optimal Fisher Information Equivalency for power grid integration of renewable energy Open

David G. Wilson, Rush D. Robinett, Joseph K. Young, Wayne W. Weaver, Steven F. Glover , et al. · 2024

Wave Energy Converter Optimization with Multi-Resonance Controller of the Electrical Power Take-off. Open

Wayne W. Weaver, Rush D Robinett, David G. Wilson · 2023

Wave energy converter buoy with variable geometry Open

David G. Wilson, III Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver, Steven F. Glover · 2023

A nonlinear control design technique capitalizes on a wave energy converter comprising a shaped buoy having a variable geometry wave energy. For example, the shaped buoy can have an hourglass (HG) geometry having a variable cone or steepne…

Power Packet Networks for Wave Energy Converter Arrays Open

David Gordon Wilson, Raymond H. Byrne, Steven F. Glover, Tu Anh Nguyen, III Robinett , et al. · 2023

One of the biggest challenges for all renewable energy sources (RES) is that they are variable power generators which will require reactive power or energy storage systems (ESS) to provide reliable power quality (ideally power factor of on…

Adaptation of High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Weather/Load Forecast in Real-World Distributed Energy-System Operation Open

Amir Ali Safaei Pirooz, M. J. Sanjari, Young‐Jin Kim, Stuart Moore, Richard Turner , et al. · 2023

Despite significant advances in distributed renewable energy systems (DRES), the technology still faces several substantial challenges that prevent the large-scale adoption of these systems into a country’s energy sector. The intermittency…

Top-Down Control Design Strategy for Electric Power Grid EMP (E3) Protection Open

Timothy Donnelly, David G. Wilson, Rush D. Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver · 2023

A high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) caused by a nuclear explosion has the potential to severely impact the operation of large-scale electric power grids. This paper presents a top-down mitigation design strategy that considers gri…

Energy storage systems for electrical microgrids with pulsed power loads Open

Wayne W. Weaver, III Robinett, David Gordon Wilson · 2023

Pulsed power loads (PPLs) are highly non-linear and can cause significant stability and power quality issues in an electrical microgrid. According to the present invention, many of these issues can be mitigated by an Energy Storage System …

Top-Down Control Design Strategy for Electric Power Grid EMP (E3) Protection Open

Timothy Donnelly, David G. Wilson, Rush D. Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver · 2023

Supervisory On-line Optimal Control of an Electric Power Microgrid Design for Lunar Habitation Open

Joseph Young, David G. Wilson, Marvin A. Cook, Wayne W. Weaver · 2023

The following article describes an optimal control algorithm for the operation and study of an electric microgrid designed to power a lunar habitat. A photovoltaic (PV) generator powers the habitat and the presence of predictable lunar ecl…

Clustering Distribution Islands with DERs for Limited System Restoration Open

Diego A. Aponte Roa, Chee‐Wooi Ten, Wayne W. Weaver · 2023

When a major outage has occurred in an area with constant disruptive storms, a coordinated decision to safely restore power in the region is critical in the recovery efforts.However, the certainty of grid status can be hard to predict, esp…

Efficient WEC Array Buoy Placement optimization with Multi-Resonance Control of the Electrical Power Take-off for Improved Performance Open

Madelyn G. Veurink, Wayne W. Weaver, Rush D. Robinett, David G. Wilson, Ronald C. Matthews · 2022

An array of Wave Energy Converters (WEC) is required to supply a significant power level to the grid. However, the control and optimization of such an array is still an open research question. This paper analyzes two aspects that have a si…

Metastability of Pulse Power Loads with Nonlinear Coupled Magnetics Open

Chaitanya S. Inamdar, Wayne W. Weaver, Rush D. Robinett, David Gordon Wilson · 2022

Pulse power loads are becoming increasingly more common in many applications primarily due to applications like radar, lasers, and the technologies such as EMALS (ElectroMagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems) on next-generation aircraft carrier…

Efficient WEC array buoy placement optimization with multi-resonance control of the electrical power take-off for improved performance. Open

Madelyn G. Veurink, Wayne W. Weaver, David G. Wilson, Ronald C. Matthews · 2022

Real-Time Modeling of WEC Array Control System on OPAL-RT Platform. Open

Madelyn G. Veurink, David G. Wilson, Wayne W. Weaver, Rush D. Robinett · 2022

The Optimal Control with Implicit Phase Coordination of a Collective of Wind Turbines. Open

Joseph Young, David G. Wilson, Wayne W. Weaver, Rush III · 2022

WEC array optimization with multi-resonance and phase control of electrical power take-off. Open

Wayne W. Weaver, David G. Wilson, Ronald C. Matthews · 2022

Wave Energy Converter Buoy with Variable Geometry that Improves Energy and Power Capture for Changing Sea States Open

David G. Wilson, Rush D. Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver, Steve Glover · 2022

This paper presents a nonlinear control design technique that capitalizes on an hour glass (HG) variable geometry wave energy converter (WEC). The HG buoy is assumed to operate in the heave motion of the wave. The unique interaction betwee…

WEC Buoy with Variable Geometry that Improves Energy and Power Capture for Changing Sea States. Open

David G. Wilson, Rush D. Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver, Steven F. Glover · 2022

Reduced Order Model of a Four Zone Medium Voltage DC Electric Ship. Open

David G. Wilson, Steven F. Glover, III Robinett, Wayne W. Weaver · 2022

DC Bus collection of type-4 wind turbine farms with phasing control to minimize energy storage Open

Wayne W. Weaver, D. G. Wilson, R. D. Robinett, Joshua Young · 2022

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