Advanced Frequency Regulation Strategies in Renewable-Dominated Power Systems

Sandeep Dhundhara is a Research Fellow in the College of Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Engineering, and the Built Environment, at Birmingham City University, in the United Kingdom. He was previously Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK (2017-2018) and an Associate Research Fellow at Birmingham City University, UK (2022-2023). His research interests include solar energy systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications for power system control and stability, AGC, and electrical energy storage systems. With over 10 years of teaching and research experience in electrical engineering, Dr. Dhundhara has edited 3 books and published several papers in various international journals and conferences. He has acted as guest editor for Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (SCIE journal published by Elsevier) and Neural Computing and Applications (SCI journal published by Springer). He is a Member of IEEE, UACEE, and INAEG. Yogendra Arya is an Associate Professor at J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, India. His main areas of research include AI techniques, optimization techniques, fuzzy control, control systems, AGC/LFC in smart grid, energy storage systems, and renewable energy systems. Dr. Arya has published over 50 research papers in reputed international journals and has been included in the “Top 2% of Researchers in the World” from 2020 to 2024 by Stanford University/Elsevier. He received the “Best Associate Editor Award - 2021 to 2024” from the Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology, (Springer) and is Associate Editor of several SCIE journals, as well as having acted as a Lead Guest Editor for 6 different SCIE journals. He is a Fellow of IETE, Senior Member of IEEE, Associate Member of IE(India), and Life Member of ISTE. Ramesh C. Bansal is a Professor at University of Sharjah and Extraordinary Professor at University of Pretoria. He has over 25 years of teaching and research experience, and previously worked at University of Pretoria, University of Queensland, University of South Pacific, and BITS, Pilani. He has published over 400 journal/conf. papers, books/book chapters, and is he AE/Editor of many reputed journals. He has Google citations of over 16000 and h-index of 60. He has supervised 25 PhD, 5 Post Docs. He is a Fellow of IET-UK, IE (India), SAIEE (South Africa).

• Part I: INTRODUCTION TO FREQUENCY REGULATION STRATEGIES1. Overview of the renewable-dominated modern power systems and their frequency regulation issues2. Bird’s-eye view of frequency regulation in modern power system: Recent advances, research trends and challenges3. Various frequency regulation schemes and applications: a comprehensive reviewPart II: FREQUENCY REGULATION IN RESTRUCTURED ELECTRICITY MARKET4. Frequency regulation strategies in the present deregulated electricity market5. Price-based frequency regulation strategies in restructured electricity market6. Frequency regulation incorporating advanced FACTS devices in restructured electricity marketPart III: FREQUENCY REGULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES7. Various methods/strategies to improve the frequency control in a grid with high penetration of renewables: review and new perspectives8. Impact of wind turbine’s kinetic energy support for frequency regulation in the grid9. Role of virtual power plant and virtual inertia applications in grid frequency controlPart IV: FREQUENCY REGULATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES 10. Artificial intelligence applications for robust frequency control11. Deep reinforcement learning approaches for fast frequency control in low-inertia power systems12. Role of cyber-security control schemes for frequency regulation in modern power systemPart V: OTHER TOPICS RELATED TO FREQUENCY REGULATION13. Role of energy storage technologies in frequency regulation in modern power systems14. Electric vehicles and their impacts on modern power system operation and control in terms of frequency stability15. Frequency regulation through voltage regulation of the power system16. Demand-side management (DSM) and demand response techniques: Role towards frequency management in the power system17. Frequency regulation strategies: Innovations, trends, key issues, challenges, and future scope