Biography
Dr. Yu Wang
Dr. Yu Wang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Title: Distributed Control in Power System Frequency and Voltage Regulation
Abstract: 
In recent years, renewable energy sources (RESs), such as photovoltaic (PV) panels and wind turbines, have been widely integrated into power grids. Although RESs are environmentally friendly, their high variability and uncertainty have introduced significant challenges to power system’s operation and control. As the increasing penetration level of RESs and subsequent replacement of synchronous generators, not only the system inertia but also the system frequency reserves are reduced. When a system disturbance occurs, a power system with less inertia and frequency regulation reserves tends to experience more severe frequency deviations. In the meantime, the power distribution networks are also suffered severe voltage limits violation and voltage fluctuation issues due to the high penetration of RESs. On the other hand, the distributed energy resources (e.g PV inverters, energy storage systems, and controllable loads) can be coordinated to address the above problems, where proper control methodologies should be well designed. This presentation will give an introduction of our research advances in applying distributed/networked control theory for power system frequency and voltage regulation.
Biography: 
Yu Wang (S’12-M’17) received the B.Eng. degree from Wuhan University, Wuhan China in 2011, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2012 and 2017, respectively. Currently, he is a research fellow in Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published over 30 SCI and EI indexed journal paper conference proceedings, including IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, and Applied Energy. His research interests include distributed control in power systems, energy storage systems, microgrids and hardware-in-the-loop design.