Title: Revisit Energy System Integration—From Numerical to Analytical

Time: 11:00 – 12:00 (GMT), 13th December 2024

Venue: B22, Y3 Building, University of Birmingham

Abstract: Energy system integration like electricity, gas, and heating is a trend to facilitate net zero. This is based on accurate modeling of multi-energy flows through partial differential equations across different timescales. Solving these problems depends on numerical methods, while additional challenges such as multiple redundant variables, significant approximation errors, and difficulty in maintaining stability are introduced. This speech revisits the basis for energy system integration and introduces an analytical approach. Its applications in hybrid cyber-physical system simulation, economic scheduling, and security analysis are discussed.

Bio: Dr. Suhan Zhang received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from North China Electric Power University and Southeast University in 2018 and 2023, respectively. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Birmingham from Jan. 2022 to Jan. 2023 and a postdoc fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from Jul. 2023 to Jul. 2024. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sheffield. His research interests include cyber-physical system, integrated energy system and advanced computational technologies for power system. He is an Associate Editor for IET Smart Grid, and Youth Associate Editor of Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems. He served as committee members and tutorial speakers at various international conferences and invited speakers in various affiliations. He won the Best Ph.D Dissertation Award of Jiangsu Province in 2024.