Distributed Model Predictive Load Frequency Control of Multi-area Power System with DFIGs

Xiangjie Liu received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Research Center of Automation, Northeastern University, China, in 1997. He subsequently held a postdoctoral position with the China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), Beijing, China, until 1999. He has been an associate professor at CEPRI since 1999. He was a research associate with the University of Hong Kong, and a professor with National University of Mexico. He is currently a professor with the Department of Automation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China. His current research interests include fuzzy control, neural networks, model predictive control with its application in industrial processes (e-mail: liuxj@ncepu.edu.cn)

Bin Qu received his B.S. degree in agricultural electrification automation in 1998, his master degree in agricultural mechanization engineering at Mechanical and Electrical College, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China in 2003. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Hebei University of Technology and he is an associate-professor at North China University of Science and Technology. His research interests include modeling, distributed model predictive control and robust control and with its application.(e-mail: qubin@ncst.edu.cn)