Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 11:00am
Event Calendar Category
EIMC2 Talks
Speaker Name
Lingling Fan
Affiliation
University of South Florida
Building and Room number
45-600B
"Connect Control Theory with the Practical World: Replication of power grid dynamic events and control design for inverter-based resources"
In this talk, the speaker will share her experiences on connecting control theory for real-world problem solving, including replication of power grid dynamic events and control design for inverter-based resources. While control theory is well-developed, implementing it for real-world problem-solving requires integrating it with domain knowledge. Creating abstractions, formulating linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, and designing feedback systems all require domain knowledge. The first example examines subsynchronous resonance events that led to rotor shaft damage in synchronous generators. The second example explores control design for inverters to achieve key control functions while ensuring tight current regulation. In both cases, LTI systems are constructed for modeling and analysis. Numerical demonstrations will highlight the effectiveness of classic control theory.
Dr. Lingling Fan is a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. Prior to her academic career, she was with Midwest ISO as a transmission planning engineer. Dr. Fan is research active in control, system identification, and stability analysis of power systems, power electronic converters, and electric machines. Dr. Fan is the founding co-chair of IEEE Power and Energy Society’s Wind SSO/IBR SSO task force. She has authored/co-authored three books on dynamic modeling of power grids, synchronous machines, and inverter-based resources. Dr. Fan served as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Electrification Magazine from 2020 to 2024 and Consulting Editor of IEEE transactions on Sustainable Energy from 2018 to 2020. Currently, she serves in the steering committee of IEEE Electrification Magazine and the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. Dr. Fan was elevated to IEEE Fellow class 2022 for her contributions to stability analysis and control of inverter-based resources. She received Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) Excellent Award for her contributions to power system dynamics and system oscillations in IBR penetrated power grids in March 2024.