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We are thrilled to announce that our paper entitled ‘Investigating the Performance of Voltage Regulation and Power Smoothing Techniques in MV-LV Distribution Networks‘ with authors G. Kryonidis, K. Pippi, A. Nousdilis, T. Papadopoulos, presented in the 6th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST2023) in Mugla, Turkey was one of the three papers that detached the Best Paper Award! This is the third best paper award of the project and in particular form the work done in WP2!

One step before the end of ACTIVATE “Ancillary services inactive distribution networks, basedon monitoring and controltechniques” it is our pleasure towelcome you to the seventh andlast edition of the projectNewsletter! Read more: ACTIVATE Newsletter #7

Press release and invitation to the international workshop “Ancillary services in active distribution networks, based on monitoring and control techniques”. The workshop will take place on Friday 19/05/2023 at amphitheatre A3, Building A, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, DUTh, Kimmeria Campus, Xanthi. In the workshop the main findings of ACTIVATE will be presented and discussed along with key note speaker talks. We believe that the topics of the workshop are of particular interest to you and we hope to… Read More »Press release and invitation to ACTIVATE international workshop

Another great opportunity to present (in Greek) a brief summary and results of our project was within the DUTH Idea Accelerator Info Day, taken place in Xanthi 03/03/2023.  

An overview and results of ACTIVATE were presented in the international workshop “Implementing digitalization to improve energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment in distribution networks”, organised in Istanbul, 14/02/2023-16/02/2023

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the sixth edition of the ACTIVATE Newsletter! In this newsletter our research progress on Work Package 5 is presented as well as a summary of our publications and activities. Read more: ACTIVATE Newsletter #6

In this presentation an efficient method for event detection and noise reduction of dynamic responses based on Wavelet Transform, aiming to improve this way the quality of data used for the derivation of load models. The accuracy of the proposed method is assessed using artificially created noisy responses. In the presented analysis, three different types of noise, namely Gaussian, Laplace, and Student’s t noise, are considered. Comparisons with other filtering techniques are conducted. The impact of all examined methods on the derivation of accurate load model parameters is quantified… Read More »SyNERGY MED 2022 Presentation

Several mode identification methods have been proposed in the literature to estimate oscillatory modes contained in power grid ringdown responses. Prony, eigenvalue realization, matrix pencil and vector fitting are a few of them. In this presentation a systematic evaluation of their performance is conducted with special emphasis on the identification of closely spaced in frequency and poorly damped modes. Synthetic signals distorted by white Gaussian noise to replicate real-world measurement data have been used. The accuracy of the mode estimates is evaluated by using Monte… Read More »SyNERGY MED 2022 Presentation

In this presentation, a methodology for the assessment of the provision of voltage regulation and power smoothing services by PV-BES systems is described, taking into account the capacity degradation of BES. The proposed framework involves quasi-static simulations incorporating the operating conditions of the distribution network. A battery aging model is used to estimate the BES capacity loss caused by both the calendar and the cyclic aging mechanisms. The updated BES capacity sets new constraints on its operation and consequently influences… Read More »SEST Presentation

We are thrilled to announce that our paper entitled ‘Assessing the Provision of Ancillary Services Considering BES Vapavity Degradation‘ with authors K. Pippi, G. Kryonidis, A. Nousdilis, T. Papadopoulos, presented in the 5th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies in Eindhoven, the Netherlands was one of the three papers that detached the Best Paper Award! This is the secong best paper award of the project and in particular form the work done in WP2!