About the Young Investigator Group »Distributed Control and Operation of Integrated Energy Systems«

The Young Investigator Group Distributed Control and Operation of Integrated Energy Systems develops and demonstrates technologies aimed at coordinating and monitoring the efficient and flexible operation of multi-sector energy systems.

Our activities involve the development of physics-based models, as well as the use of data from physical measurements, to create accurate representations of the diverse dynamic processes that appear in the generation, transport and consumption of energy.  This is followed by the design of scalable and adaptive control strategies for enabling energy systems to seamlessly incorporate optimally operated renewable energy assets, to accommodate new economic models for energy trading, and to robustify the security of energy supply to end-users through a stronger operational coupling among various energy sectors.  Other particular examples of the work carried out within our YIG refers to: (i) the development of low-level control strategies for the provision of ancillary services by generation units based on renewables;  (ii) the investigation of data-centric algorithms for dynamical safety assessment of power systems; (iii) the co-design and commissioning of a highly flexible Hardware-in-the-Loop laboratory facility for development, prototype validation and demonstration of system and component solutions.

The YIG was established in September 2023 at the Control Systems and Cyber Security (COSYS) Lab, and it is located at the Chair of Control Systems and Network Control Technology of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.