Please join us for the following presentation at 1pm in ITE 336:
Converter–Dominated Power Systems:
Enabling Scalable, Resilient, and Intelligent Infrastructure
Large-scale data centers and other emerging electrified infrastructures are projected to account for a significant share of electricity demand, introducing new system-level constraints on how power systems are planned, operated, and managed. In parallel, the rapid proliferation of power-electronic interfaces is redefining grid behavior, rendering long-standing assumptions increasingly inadequate.
A system-level perspective on next-generation power systems is developed to address emerging challenges in system behavior, operation, and reliability arising from tightly coupled energy and computing infrastructures. These challenges necessitate new approaches to the modeling, control, and protection of power-electronics-dominated systems. In particular, this work establishes a unified framework integrating multi-timescale, system-level modeling, systematic grid-forming control architectures, and intelligent protection strategies to enable secure and resilient operation of complex power systems.
Collectively, these efforts lay the foundation for reliable and scalable operation and management of future power and energy systems characterized by tightly coupled large-scale loads, power-electronic interfaces, and network dynamics. More broadly, this work advances a unified system-level understanding of large-scale energy systems, highlighting how physical dynamics, control, and computational demands are intrinsically intertwined.
For more information, contact: Brandy Ciraldo at brandy.ciraldo@uconn.edu