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Center for Nonlinear Studies |
The talk will discuss the technologies that GridQube, a spin-off of the University of Queensland, has been deploying in Australia, as well as open R&D questions. GridQube commercializes two distinct products to help power distribution network utilities deal with increase uptake of renewables. The first is (four-wire) "Distribution State Estimation", a statistical, physics-based technique to infer the most likely voltages and currents in the network. The second is "Dynamic Operating Envelopes", where the instantaneous hosting capacity at different points in the network is established. Dynamic Operating Envelopes allow network utilities to move away from conservative static limits on import and export for customers, enabling customers to export more solar, or charge their EVs faster. The final part of the talk will focus on related R&D challenges that remain unsolved in practice, with a focus on establishing or cleaning up distribution network models in data-driven fashion while exploiting the physics.
Bio: Dr. Frederik Geth is an engineer and researcher passionate about power systems, with long-standing research interests in helping distribution grids deal with low-carbon technologies such as electric vehicles and battery storage through physics-based optimization models. He believes improving distribution network operations and planning is a crucial step in effectively decarbonising the energy system, and that network data cleaning, state estimation, and system identification engines are critical enabling technologies. Fred has consistently learnt that the better those engines exploit the physics - the more useful, explainable, reliable, and scalable they'll be - and is working on deploying that vision with the talented team at GridQube. Frederik Geth obtained the BSc, MSc and PhD in power system engineering from the university of Leuven in Belgium.
Host: Deepjyoti Deka