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Wei Du

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
(509) 371-6609

PNNL Patents

PNNL Publications

2023

  • Biswas S., Q.H. Nguyen, X. Lyu, X. Fan, W. Du, J.D. Follum, and Z. Huang. 2023. How a Large-Scale Deployment of Grid-Forming Inverters May Impact Inter-Area Oscillation Modes: An Investigation in the US Western Interconnection. PNNL-34758. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. How a Large-Scale Deployment of Grid-Forming Inverters May Impact Inter-Area Oscillation Modes: An Investigation in the US Western Interconnection
  • Liu Y., W. Du, and S.G. Abhyankar. 2023. "An Electromagnetic Transient and Three-Phase Phasor Co-Simulation Platform for Studying Distribution System Transients with High Pentration of DERs." In Proceedings of the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2023), July 16-20, 2023, Orlando, FL, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-179902. doi:10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10253236
  • Mohiuddin S., W. Du, and Y. Liu. 2023. "Examining the Feasibility of Modeling the Inner Current Loop of a Grid-Following Inverter in the Phasor-Based Solver." In Proceedings of the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2023), July 16-20, 2023, Orlando, FL, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-179389. doi:10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252785
  • Mukherjee S., R. Hossain, Y. Liu, W. Du, V.A. Adetola, S. Mohiuddin, and Q. Huang, et al. 2023. "Enhancing Cyber Resilience of Networked Microgrids using Vertical Federated Reinforcement Learning." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2023), July 16-20, 2023, Orlando, FL, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-178010. doi:10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252480
  • Vu T., A. Singhal, K.P. Schneider, and W. Du. 2023. "Tuning Phase Lock Loop Controller of Grid Following Inverters by Reinforcement Learning to Support Networked Microgrid Operations." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2023), January 16-19, 2023, Washington, DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-177200. doi:10.1109/ISGT51731.2023.10066360
  • Xie J., M. Kintner-Meyer, S. Sridhar, X. Chen, T.E. McDermott, W. Du, and K.P. Schneider, et al. 2023. "Impact Analysis of Future Electric Vehicles Using Model of Real Distribution Feeders." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2023), January 16-19, 2023, Washington, DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-177809. doi:10.1109/ISGT51731.2023.10066428

2022

  • Du W., Q.H. Nguyen, Y. Liu, and S. Mohiuddin. 2022. "A Current Limiting Control Strategy for Single-Loop Droop-Controlled Grid-Forming Inverters Under Balanced and Unbalanced Faults." In IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2022), October 9-13, 2022, Detroit, MI, 1-7. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-174934. doi:10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9947505
  • Du W., Y. Liu, R. Huang, F.K. Tuffner, J. Xie, and Z. Huang. 2022. "Positive-Sequence Phasor Modeling of Droop-Controlled, Grid-Forming Inverters with Fault Current Limiting Function." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2022), April 24-28, 2022, New Orleans, LA, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-166355. doi:10.1109/ISGT50606.2022.9817530
  • Gurule N.S., J. Hernandez-Alvidrez, M. Reno, W. Du, and K.P. Schneider. 2022. "Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Inverter Comparison of Droop Response." In IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC 2022), June 5-10, 2022, Philadelphia, PA, 0190-0196. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-174147. doi:10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938666
  • Kim J., E. Muljadi, B. Vyakaranam, Q.H. Nguyen, M. Maharjan, A. Tbaileh, and S. Datta, et al. 2022. "Enhanced Frequency Support Scheme of Generic Inverter-Based Resource Models for Renewable-Dominated Power Grids." In IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2022), October 9-13, 2022, Detroit, MI, 1-7. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-177207. doi:10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948100
  • Liu Y., R. Huang, W. Du, A. Singhal, and Z. Huang. 2022. "High-Performance Transmission and Distribution Co-simulation with 10,000+ Inverter-Based Resources." In IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS 2022), October 9-14, 2022, Detroit, MI, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-168426. doi:10.1109/IAS54023.2022.9940149
  • Royer P.D., W. Du, and K.P. Schneider. 2022. "Rapid Evaluation and Response to Impacts on Critical End-Use Loads Following Natural Hazard-Driven Power Outages: A Modular and Responsive Geospatial Technology." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 13, no. 3:415-434. PNNL-SA-176899. doi:10.1007/s13753-022-00413-6
  • Schneider K.P., J. Glass, C. Klauber, B. Ollis, M. Reno, M. Burck, and L. Muhidin, et al. 2022. "A Framework for Coordinated Self-Assembly of Networked Microgrids using Consensus Algorithms." IEEE Access 10. PNNL-SA-166160. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3132253

2021

  • Du W., A. Singhal, F.K. Tuffner, and K.P. Schneider. 2021. "Comparison of Electromagnetic Transient and Phasor-based Simulation for the Stability of Grid-Forming-Inverter-based Microgrids." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2021), February 16-18, 2021, Washington DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-155192. doi:10.1109/ISGT49243.2021.9372242
  • Du W., F.K. Tuffner, K.P. Schneider, R.H. Lasseter, J. Xie, Z. Chen, and B.P. Bhattarai. 2021. "Modeling of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Inverters for Dynamic Simulation of Large-Scale Distribution Systems." IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 36, no. 4:2035-2045. PNNL-SA-149830. doi:10.1109/TPWRD.2020.3018647
  • Du W., J. Xie, K.P. Schneider, F.K. Tuffner, B.P. Bhattarai, T. Vu, and G. Wiegand, et al. 2021. "Using Distributed Dynamic Voltage Restorers to Improve the Frequency Stability of Low-Inertia Networked Microgrids." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2021), July 26-29, 2021, Washington DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-157692. doi:10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9637864
  • Du W., Y. Liu, F.K. Tuffner, R. Huang, and Z. Huang. 2021. Model Specification of Droop-Controlled, Grid-Forming Inverters (GFMDRP_A). PNNL-32278. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Model Specification of Droop-Controlled, Grid-Forming Inverters (GFMDRP_A)
  • Schneider K.P., S. Laval, B. Ollis, K. Prubaker, L. Tolbert, S. Essakiappan, and R. Tucker, et al. 2021. Duke-RDS Final Report. PNNL-32075. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. doi:10.2172/1834057.Duke-RDS Final Report
  • Shao Y., S. Kim, L. Yan, R.F. Zheng, W. Du, Y. Liu, and R. Huang, et al. 2021. Long-duration Energy Storage Technology Analysis and Development. PNNL-32513. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Long-duration Energy Storage Technology Analysis and Development
  • Thekkumparambath Mana P., K.P. Schneider, W. Du, M. Mukherjee, T.D. Hardy, and F.K. Tuffner. 2021. "Study of microgrid resilience through co-simulation of power system dynamics and communication systems." IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 17, no. 3:1905-1915. PNNL-SA-139325. doi:10.1109/TII.2020.2989107

2020

  • Bhattarai B.P., L.D. Marinovici, M. Touhiduzzaman, F.K. Tuffner, K.P. Schneider, J. Xie, and P. Thekkumparambath Mana, et al. 2020. "Studying impacts of communication system performance on dynamic stability of networked microgrid." IET Smart Grid 3, no. 5:667 - 676. PNNL-SA-148561. doi:10.1049/iet-stg.2019.0303
  • Du W., Z. Chen, K.P. Schneider, R.H. Lasseter, S. Nandanoori, F.K. Tuffner, and S. Kundu. 2020. "A Comparative Study of Two Widely Used Grid-Forming Droop Controls on Microgrid Small Signal Stability." IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 8, no. 2:963 - 975. PNNL-SA-144351. doi:10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2942491
  • Elizondo M.A., X. Fan, S.H. Davis, B. Vyakaranam, X. Ke, E.L. Barrett, and S.F. Newman, et al. 2020. Risk-Based Dynamic Contingency Analysis Applied to Puerto Rico Electric Infrastructure. PNNL-29985. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. doi:10.2172/1771798.Risk-Based Dynamic Contingency Analysis Applied to Puerto Rico Electric Infrastructure
  • Nandanoori S., S. Kundu, W. Du, F.K. Tuffner, and K.P. Schneider. 2020. "Distributed Small-Signal Stability Conditions for Inverter-Based Unbalanced Microgrids." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 35, no. 5:3981 - 3990. PNNL-SA-146963. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2020.2982795
  • Radhakrishnan N., K.P. Schneider, F.K. Tuffner, W. Du, and B.P. Bhattarai. 2020. "Learning-Based Load Control to Support Resilient Networked Microgrid Operations." IET Smart Grid 3, no. 5:697 - 704. PNNL-SA-143536. doi:10.1049/iet-stg.2019.0265
  • Schneider K.P., C. Miller, S. Laval, W. Du, and D. Ton. 2020. "Networked Microgrid Operations: Supporting a Resilient Electric Power Infrastructure." IEEE Electrification Magazine 8, no. 4:70 - 79. PNNL-SA-148231. doi:10.1109/MELE.2020.3026442

2019

  • Bhattarai B.P., M.E. Alam, J. Hansen, K.P. Schneider, N. Radhakrishnan, A. Somani, and W. Du. 2019. "Enhancing Distribution System Resiliency through a Novel Transactive Energy Systems Framework." In Proceedings of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2019), August 4-8, 2019, Atlanta, GA. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-139460. doi:10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973466
  • Du W., K.P. Schneider, F.K. Tuffner, Z. Chen, and R.H. Lasseter. 2019. "Modeling of Grid-Forming Inverters for Transient Stability Simulations of an all Inverter-based Distribution System." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2019), February 18-21, 2019, Washington DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-137541. doi:10.1109/ISGT.2019.8791620
  • Du W., R.H. Lasseter, and A.S. Khalsa. 2019. "Survivability of Autonomous Microgrid during Overload Events." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 10, no. 4:3515-3524. PNNL-SA-134116. doi:10.1109/TSG.2018.2829438
  • Kundu S., W. Du, S. Nandanoori, F.K. Tuffner, and K.P. Schneider. 2019. "Identifying Parameter Space for Robust Stability in Nonlinear Networks: A Microgrid Application." In 2019 American Control Conference, 3111-3116. PNNL-SA-139867. doi:10.23919/ACC.2019.8814324

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