Publications by Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki

Energym: A Building Model Library for Controller Benchmarking

Yves Stauffer, Baptiste Schubnel, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Paul Scharnhorst

We introduce the Python-based open-source library Energym, a building model library to test and benchmark building controllers. The incorporated building models are presented with a brief explanation of their function, location and technical equipment. Fur ...

2021

System and method for operating a combination of heterogeneous energy resources for fast grid services

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi, Ioannis Lymperopoulos, Luca Fabietti

The present invention concerns a method of controlling a set of electrical power resources in an electrical power grid managed by a power grid operator. The set comprises a first electrical power resource with a first electrical power response frequency an ...

2019

Multi-time scale coordination of complementary resources for the provision of ancillary services

Christophe Salzmann, Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi, Luca Fabietti

This paper presents a predictive control scheme for coordinating a set of heterogeneous and complementary resources at different time scales for the provision of ancillary services. In particular, we combine building thermodynamics (slow), and energy stora ...

2018

Economic study of the participation of multiple energy resources in grid services markets

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki

This paper presents a method to analyze the technical and economic potential of combining different types of resources to provide grid services, with a particular focus on battery systems. The paper proposes a modelling paradigm where resources are describ ...

2018

Enhancing the dispatchability of distribution networks through utility-scale batteries and flexible demand

Mario Paolone, Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Emil Namor, Fabrizio Sossan, Luca Fabietti

In this paper, the problem of dispatching the operation of a distribution feeder comprising a set of heterogeneous resources is investigated. The main objective is to track a power trajectory, called the dispatch plan, which is computed the day before the ...

2018

Experimental Implementation of Frequency Regulation Service Using Commercial Buildings

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi, Ioannis Lymperopoulos, Altug Bitlislioglu, Luca Fabietti

Frequency control reserves are a fundamental mechanism in the current electric power system to preserve the balance between demand and generation of active power at all times. The traditional approach is to exploit conventional power plants for frequency r ...

2018

Robust Tracking Commitment

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Altug Bitlislioglu

Many engineering problems that involve hierarchical control applications, such as demand side ancillary service provision to the power grid, can be posed as a robust tracking commitment problem. In this setting, the lower-level controller commits a set of ...

2017

Experimental Demonstration of Buildings Providing Frequency Regulation Services in the Swiss Market

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi, Luca Fabietti

This paper investigates the potential of commercial buildings to offer ancillary services to the grid. We consider a tracking procurement inspired by secondary frequency control, where the resource needs to commit to a nominal consumption profile ahead of ...

2017

Predictive Control methods for Building Control and Demand Response

Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki

This thesis studies advanced control techniques for the control of building heating and cooling systems to provide demand response services to the power network. It is divided in three parts. The first one introduces the MATLAB toolbox OpenBuild which aims ...

EPFL2017

Constrained bundle methods with inexact minimization applied to the energy regulation provision problem

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki

We consider a class of large scale robust optimization problems. While the robust optimization literature often relies on structural assumptions to reformulate the problem in a tractable form using duality, this method is not always applicable and can resu ...

2017

Dispatching active distribution networks through electrochemical storage systems and demand side management

Mario Paolone, Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Emil Namor, Fabrizio Sossan, Luca Fabietti

In this paper, the problem of dispatching the operation of a distribution feeder comprising a set of heterogeneous resources is investigated. In particular, the main objective is to track a 5-minute resolution trajectory, called the \textit{dispatch plan} ...

2017

Experimental Implementation of Frequency Regulation Services Using Commercial Buildings

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi, Ioannis Lymperopoulos, Altug Bitlislioglu, Luca Fabietti

IEEE2017

OpenBuildNet Framework for Distributed Co-Simulation of Smart Energy Systems

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi, Altug Bitlislioglu, Xuan Truong Nghiem

The complexity and diversity of future energy systems will require co-simulation solutions that enable the integration of tools from multiple domains for research and development. We introduce an open-source framework, OpenBuildNet, for distributed co-simu ...

2016

Guaranteeing Input Tracking For Constrained Systems: Theory and Application to Demand Response

Georgios Stathopoulos, Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Altug Bitlislioglu

A method for certifying exact input trackability for constrained discrete time linear systems is introduced in this paper. A signal is assumed to be drawn from a reference set and the system must track this signal with a linear combination of its inputs. U ...

2015

OpenBuild : An Integrated Simulation Environment for Building Control

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi

This paper introduces the OpenBuild toolbox for MATLAB. OpenBuild is a toolbox for advanced controller design for buildings heating ventilation and air conditioning systems, with emphasis on Model Predictive Control. It pro- vides researchers in the contro ...

IEEE2015

Model Predictive Control for Market-Based Demand Response Participation

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi

In this study, we investigate the maximum possible profit for a commercial office building participating in New York’s Day-Ahead Demand Response (DADR) program. We formulate an optimal control problem, assuming perfect knowledge of future weather, occupanc ...

2014