Publications de Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

Performance-based Capacity Allocation of Ders to Improve Aggregated Flexibility Provision

Importance of aggregating distributed energy resources (DERs) capacity to procure high-performance frequency regulation services ensuring adequate flexibility for renewable-rich power systems is increasing. Meanwhile, disregarding response performance vari ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2025

Stochastic Risk-driven Bidding of a Solar and Storage Aggregator in Primary Frequency and Energy Markets: A Performance-based Capacity Allocation Approach

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

The ever-increasing impact of deploying renewable energy resources reducing power system inertia, requires distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to secure high-performance, fast-responding primary frequency reserve (PFR) in ancillary service market ...

2024

Grid-cognizant TSO and DSO coordination framework for active and reactive power flexibility exchange: The Swiss case study

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

This paper first designs a holistic coordination framework between transmission system operator (TSO) and distribution system operators (DSOs) to modernize traditional top-to-down (from transmission system to distribution systems) power flexibility provisi ...

Elsevier2024

Experimental investigation of repurposed Kaplan turbines as variable-speed propellers for maximizing Frequency Containment Reserve

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Martin Seydoux, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini

This study explores the practical viability of repurposing aging Kaplan turbines into variable-speed propellers by employing full-size frequency converters. The motivation behind this approach is to improve the provision of Frequency Containment Reserve (F ...

Elsevier2024

Optimal Short-Term Dispatch of Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plants Including Hydraulic Short Circuit

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini

This paper proposes a methodology to optimize the dispatch and reserve between multiple units in a Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) that makes use of the Hydraulic Short Circuit (HSC) operating mode. HSC allows for the simultaneous generation and pumping fr ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2024

Enhanced Frequency Containment Reserve provision from battery hybridized hydropower plants: Theory and experimental validation

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Martin Seydoux, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini

This paper presents a solution to address wear and tear of Run-of-River (RoR) Hydropower Plants (HPPs) providing enhanced Frequency Containment Reserve (FCR). In this respect, the study proposes the integration of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) wit ...

Elsevier2024

On the role of energy infrastructure in the energy transition. Case study of an energy independent and CO2 neutral energy system for Switzerland

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Manuele Domenico Margni, François Maréchal, Jonas Schnidrig

The transition towards renewable energy is leading to an important strain on the energy grids. The question of designing and deploying renewable energy technologies in symbiosis with existing grids and infrastructure is arising. While current energy system ...

2023

Distributed Bidding Strategy for an Aggregator Valuing Uncertain Prosumers in Energy and Ancillary Service Markets

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

Aggregators have an influential intermediary role to exploit the flexibility of prosumers like smart homes for procuring the required capacity of ancillary services to support power systems. Local generation and consumption uncertainties of prosumers affec ...

IEEE2023

Distributed Shadow Dynamic Consensus Optimization Framework for Power Market with Parameterization Bidding Strategy of GENCOs

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

This paper presents a distributed shadow dynamic consensus (DSDC) framework to address the generation company (GENCO) strategic bidding problem in the independent system operator (ISO) operation. First, each sub-group is defined according to the communicat ...

IEEE2023

Hierarchical electricity-carbon trading for regional virtual federated prosumers

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

Facing the dilemma of mitigating carbon emissions and growing energy demand, this paper proposes a hierar-chical electricity-carbon trading mechanism for virtual federated prosumers (VFPs) in regional markets. At the inter-regional level, a trading platfor ...

Elsevier2023

Distributed risk-constrained strategy management of cloud energy storage for residential and electricity market services provision

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

Energy storage systems can improve the performance of home energy management systems and also provide ancillary services in electricity markets. However, the economic and technical insufficiency of individual home storage units, makes employing them ineffi ...

Elsevier2023

Stochastic optimization and Markov chain-based scenario generation for exploiting the underlying flexibilities of an active distribution network

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

This paper proposes a scalable stochastic optimization model and a Markov chain-based scenario generation method to benefit from an active distribution network's (ADN's) flexibility. The optimization variables are the dispatch plan, such as the active and ...

2023

Finding Nash equilibrium based on reinforcement learning for bidding strategy and distributed algorithm for ISO in imperfect electricity market

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

Finding Nash equilibrium in an imperfect market with active and strategic resources is key to the successful operation of the electricity market. A hierarchical Nash distributed reinforcement learning (HNDRL) framework is proposed to realize the interactio ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2023

Expansion planning of active distribution networks achieving their dispatchability via energy storage systems

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Katarina Knezovic, Ji Hyun Yi

This paper presents a combined framework for power distribution network expansion planning (DNEP) and energy storage systems (ESSs) allocation in active distribution networks (ADNs) hosting large amount of photovoltaic (PV) generations and loads. The propo ...

2022

Local Effects of Grid-Forming Converters Providing Frequency Regulation to Bulk Power Grids

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Elena Vagnoni, Antonio Zecchino, Yihui Zuo, Francesco Gerini

The progressive displacing of conventional generation in favor of renewable energy sources requires restoring an adequate capacity of regulating power to ensure reliable operation of power systems. Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) are considered to b ...

IEEE2022

Risk-Aware Active Power Flexibility Allocation From TSO–DSO Interconnections: The Switzerland's Transmission Network

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mohsen Kalantar Neyestanaki

The power flexibility of the proliferating distributed energy resources located in distribution networks could be aggregated and provided to the transmission system. Considering the lack of a framework to help transmission system operator (TSO) to benefit ...

2022

Distributionally Robust Chance Constrained Optimization for Providing Flexibility in an Active Distribution Network

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui

In this paper, we propose a distributionally robust chance constrained (DRCC) optimization problem for the operation of an active distribution network (ADN). The ADN's operator uses the proposed problem to centrally optimize the dispatch plan of his resour ...

2022

Optimal grid-forming control of battery energy storage systems providing multiple services: Modeling and experimental validation

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Zhao Yuan, Elena Vagnoni, Rahul Kumar Gupta, Antonio Zecchino, Yihui Zuo, Francesco Gerini

This paper proposes and experimentally validates a joint control and scheduling framework for a grid-forming converter-interfaced Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) providing multiple services to the electrical grid. The framework is designed to dispat ...

Elsevier2022

Optimal Co-Planning of ESSs and Line Reinforcement Considering the Dispatchability of Active Distribution Networks

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Katarina Knezovic, Ji Hyun Yi

The paper presents a method for the co-optimization of energy storage systems allocation and line reinforcement in active distribution networks. The objective is to guarantee the capability of an active distribution network to follow a dispatch plan by app ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Optimal CAM Computation of Kaplan Turbines Accounting for Wear and Tear Originated by Frequency Control

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mario Paolone, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini

Nowadays, the importance of providing frequency stability to power systems with hydropower units is significantly increasing due to the growing proportion of volatile renewable energy sources. However, the provision of such services, as frequency containme ...

IEEE2021