Special Session 8
Intelligent Optimization and Sustainable Development of Integrated Energy Systems
In the context of global climate change and energy transition, Integrated Energy Systems (IESs) have increasingly gained attentions as an important means to achieve sustainable development in the energy sector. This special session aims to bring together experts and scholars from academia, industry, and government agencies to collaboratively explore how to optimize IESs through innovative theory, methods, technologies as well as policies to address the emerging challenges. This special session will engage in in-depth discussions on enhancing the security, economics and resilience of IESs. We will examine how to optimize resource allocation and energy flow through intelligent scheduling and the coupling of various energy forms while ensuring system security and reliability. The applications of advanced digital technologies, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence tools to achieve real-time monitoring and decision support will also be addressed in market environment with environmental constraints. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:1. New development in theory, method and technology of integrated energy systems (IESs)
2. Modeling of multi-energy coupling system and intelligent scheduling of IESs
3. Analysis and enhancement of IES flexibility and resilience
4. Low-carbon transition and carbon reduction mechanisms in IESs
5. Digital transformation and intelligent applications in IESs
6. Reliability analysis, fault diagnosis and restoration in IESs
Chairs:
Assoc. Prof. Chengfu Wang, Shandong University, China
Dr. Chengfu Wang received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeast Electric Power University, China, in 2006, the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shandong University, China, in 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University. He served as an Assistant Researcher at the School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, from 2014 to 2019, and was promoted to associate professor in 2019. He is also a youth editorial board member of several renowned academic journals.
His research interests include the secure and economic operation of power systems, grid integration scheduling and control of renewable energy generation, and optimal scheduling and control of integrated energy systems. He has over 30 published high-level academic papers and 20 authorized invention patents. As the principal investigator, he has led many national and provincial-level projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Joint Smart Grid Special Program of the National Natural Science Foundation, the Strategic International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Key Special Project under the National Key R&D Program, and the Shandong Provincial Key R&D Program. As the leader of the team, he has completed more than 20 industry collaborative projects.
Assoc. Prof. Bo Liu, Tianjin University, China
Dr. Bo Liu received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Tianjin University, China, in 2011, 2014, and 2019 respectively. From 2019 to 2022, he was a lecturer with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University. He was promoted to associate professor in 2023. His research interests include non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM), advanced data analytics and AI for Smart Grid, and power Internet of Things (IoT). He has over 50 published academic papers, and 20 authorized invention patents (all ranked in the top three, including one U.S. patent) with two patents being commercialized. As the principal investigator, he has completed many projects, including National/Provincial-level Projects or Subprojects, such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Fund, General Program of NSFC, and the subproject of the NSFC Joint Key Project, the subproject of the National Key R&D Program, and the Tianjin Key R&D Program. As a member of a project team, he also contributed to four national-level projects, including NSFC and National Key R&D Program projects. As the leader of the team, he completed over 10 industry-collaborative projects. He has participated in several Chinese power industry standards on NILM, and two IEEE standard WGs on power IoT (P2815 & P2413.2).
Assoc. Prof. Yumin Zhang, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
Dr. Yumin Zhang is an associate professor and postgraduate supervisor in Shandong University of Science and Technology (China), holding a PhD in electrical engineering from Shandong University (China). She is a member of IEEE and serves as the a session chair and track chair for the Industry Applications Society's international conferences, and is an editorial board member and reviewer for multiple prestigious academic journals. Dr. Zhang's research interests include economic operation of power systems, low-carbon optimization of integrated energy systems, electricity market, demand-side response, and distribution systems and their automation. She has led numerous significant research projects, including National Natural Science Foundation projects and key research topics for State Grid Corporation of China. She has published over 60 academic papers in journals and international conferences, with several high-impact and highly cited papers. Dr. Zhang has received many honors, including "Best Conference Paper" and "Outstanding Reviewer." She holds more than 20 national invention patents and has contributed to several monographs and technical standards. She was awarded the second prize of Shandong Electric Power Science and Technology Progress Award.