eprintid: 616 rev_number: 31 eprint_status: archive userid: 7 dir: disk0/00/00/06/16 datestamp: 2011-07-27 08:36:19 lastmod: 2012-04-26 10:50:02 status_changed: 2011-07-27 08:36:19 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show contact_email: alberto.bemporad@imtlucca.it item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Damoiseaux, Armand creators_name: Jokic, Andrej creators_name: Lazar, Mircea creators_name: Alessio, Alessandro creators_name: Van den bosch, Paul creators_name: Hiskens, Ian creators_name: Bemporad, Alberto creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: alberto.bemporad@imtlucca.it title: Assessment of decentralized model predictive control techniques for power networks ispublished: pub subjects: QA75 subjects: TK divisions: CSA full_text_status: none pres_type: paper keywords: Model predictive control; Decentralized control; Distributed control; Power systems abstract: Model predictive control (MPC) is one of the few advanced control methodologies that have proven to be very successful in real-life control applications. MPC has the capability to guarantee optimality with respect to a de- sired performance cost function, while explicitly taking con- straints into account. Recently, there has been an increas- ing interest in the usage of MPC schemes to control power networks. The major obstacle for implementation lies in the large scale of power networks, which is prohibitive for a centralized approach. In this paper we critically assess and compare the suitability of three model predictive control schemes for controlling power networks. These techniques are analyzed with respect to the following relevant characteristics: the performance of the closed-loop system, which is evaluated and compared to the performance achieved with the classical automatic generation control (AGC) structure; the decentralized implementation, which is investigated in terms of size of the models used for prediction, required measurements and data communication, type of cost function and the computational time required by each algorithm to obtain the control action. Based on the investigated properties mentioned above, the study presented in this paper provides valuable insights that can contribute to the successful decentralized implementation of MPC in real-life electrical power networks. date: 2008 date_type: published publication: 16th Power Systems Computation Conference place_of_pub: 14th - 16th July 2008 event_title: 16th Power Systems Computation Conference event_location: 14th - 16th July 2008 event_dates: Glasgow, Scotland event_type: conference refereed: TRUE book_title: 16th Power Systems Computation Conference official_url: http://www.pscc-central.org/uploads/tx_ethpublications/pscc2008_473.pdf citation: Damoiseaux, Armand and Jokic, Andrej and Lazar, Mircea and Alessio, Alessandro and Van den bosch, Paul and Hiskens, Ian and Bemporad, Alberto Assessment of decentralized model predictive control techniques for power networks. In: 16th Power Systems Computation Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 14th - 16th July 2008 (2008)