Towards sustainable and resilient multi-energy infrastructure systems: water-energy nexus

Overview

Abstract

With the widespread deployment of advanced heterogeneous technologies and the sharply-growing complexity in our modern society, there is an increasing demand for risk-aware management and joint operation of interconnected infrastructures and lifeline networks. The coordination between water and electricity networks particularly stands out and is urgently demanding as (i) water system is one of the most energy-intensive critical infrastructures, and (ii) water unavailability, if experienced, swiftly translates into health, safety, and national security concerns. This presentation shows the day-ahead operation of power and water systems under normal and emergency operating conditions.
Under normal operating conditions, a comprehensive day-ahead optimization framework for the joint operation of the interdependent power and water systems is examined. Beyond the state-of-the-art solutions and practices where power and water systems are individually operated in their respective domains, an integrated framework for power and water systems that conjoins the Optimal Power Flow (OPF) mechanisms in power grids with innovative operation models of water networks will be presented. Further, I will show a novel analytic for uncertainty-aware day-ahead operation optimization of the interlinked power and water systems. Moreover, an emergency response optimization model for the operation of power and water systems when faced with failures and threats originated from high-impact low probability events will be discussed.

Brief Biography

Mohannad Alhazmi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia, in 2013, his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from The George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA, in 2017, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from The George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA, in 2022. His research interests include power system reliability and resiliency, as well as the operation of interdependent critical infrastructures. Dr. Alhazmi was a recipient of the 2022 IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) Electrical Safety Prevention through Design Student Education Initiative Award.