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Enhancing Resilience in Power Distribution Systems

  • 1st Edition - July 22, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Fangxing Fran Li, Qingxin Shi, Jin Zhao
  • Language: English

Enhancing Resilience in Power Distribution Systems presents practical guidance for readers on the challenges and potential solutions for resilience in modern power systems. The boo… Read more

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Description

Enhancing Resilience in Power Distribution Systems presents practical guidance for readers on the challenges and potential solutions for resilience in modern power systems. The book begins by explaining the risks and problems for resilience presented by renewable-based power systems. It goes on to clarify the current state of research and propose several novel methodologies and technologies for analysis and improvement of power system resilience. These methods include deep learning, linear programming, and generative adversarial networks.

Packed with practical steps and tools for implementing the latest technologies, this book provides researchers and industry professionals with guidance on the resilient systems of the future.

Key features

  • Breaks down novel methodologies and tools from deep learning to generative adversarial networks
  • Supports readers in implementing practical steps towards resilient renewable energy
  • Presents practical guidance for readers on the challenges and potential solutions for resilience in modern power systems

Readership

Academics in the energy field, including graduate students and researchers, Energy industry professionals

Table of contents

1. Resilience in Modern Distribution Systems

2. Solutions, Current Issues, and Future Challenges

3. Components in Distribution Systems

4. Resilience-Oriented Long-term Planning in Distribution systems

5. Resilience-Oriented Short-term Planning in Urban-Level Power Networks

6. Optimal Operation to Enhance Distribution Resilience

7. Machine Learning for Pre-Event Preparation

8. Machine Learning for During-Event Mitigation

9. Machine learning for post-event restoration

10. Conclusions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 22, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Fangxing Fran Li

Fangxing ‘Fran’ Li is the James W. McConnell Professor in Electrical Engineering and the Campus Director of CURENT at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA. His current research interests include resilience, artificial intelligence in power, demand response, distributed generation and microgrid, and energy markets. From 2020 to 2021, he served as the Chair of the IEEE PES Power System Operation, Planning and Economics (PSOPE) Committee. He has been the Chair of IEEE WG on Machine Learning for Power Systems since 2019 and the Editor-In-Chief of IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy (OAJPE) since 2020. Prof. Li has received numerous awards and honours including R&D 100 Award in 2020, IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize Paper award in 2019, 5 best or prize paper awards at international journals, and 6 best papers/posters at international conferences.
Affiliations and expertise
James McConnell Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA

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Qingxin Shi

Qingxin Shi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China. His research interests include demand response, resilient urban power systems, and hydrogen-electric integrated energy systems. He serves as the Associate Editor of Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems and the IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy (OAJPE).
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, Hebei, China

JZ

Jin Zhao

Jin Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Her research interests include power system resilience, climate adaptive energy systems, microgrids and machine learning. She currently serves as Senior Editor for IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Associate Editor for the IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid, Chair of the IEEE Task Force AISR, and as a member of the Steering Committee and PES representative for IEEE DataPort.
Affiliations and expertise
Alexander von Humboldt Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technical University Dortmund, Germany

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