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Nonlinear Control Design for Power Systems

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F1: Electrical Power System".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2026 | Viewed by 743

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Luigi Fortuna

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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e Informatica, Universitá degli Studi di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: circuits and systems for automatic control; dynamics of networks; electronic analog devices for sensors and controllers; control of nonlinear circuits; biorobotics; nonlinear networks; advanced applications of control and system theory in sciences; power systems
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Dr. Adriano Scibilia

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Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: collaborative robots; robotic rehabilitation; machine learning; power systems
Dr. Umesh Kumar Yadav

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School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, SR University, Warangal, Telangana, India
Interests: MATLAB simulation; electrical & electronics engineering; control theory; power electronics; power quality; power factor correction; microgrids optimization; power system studies; system modelling and control; order reduction and optimization; soft computing; machine learning; systematic learning approach

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to explore the growing interest in the analysis and nonlinear control of complex systems involving power systems. This topic covers both classical area power generation with classical nonlinear characterization of various subsystems from power generation and transmission to power load, and, in particular, the interconnections between systems. Does emergent behavior occur?  Do large-scale systems involve more complex analysis and parameter bifurcation studies? These questions will comprise the main topics discussed in the issue. Moreover, power systems must consider the integration of green energy networks with classical electrical power plants. This could become a possibility due to recent power electronics components proposed in the market. This involves investigating all the equipment that allows us to improve the quality of the systems and their reliability. Indeed, in power systems today,  there is significant interest in battery modeling and control. This aspect is related to electrical drivers for and electrical motion control equipment.

In summary, the following areas will be covered by this SI:

  • Nonlinear control of complex power systems;
  • New electromechanical control aspects of high-performance generators for alternative generators;
  • Nonlinear microsystem generators in energy harvesting;
  • Electronic power devices for the control of power apparatus;
  • Model and control of power batteries.

We encourage authors to contribute a range of papers in the area of fusion energy apparatus. Future energy will also be addressed in these systems, as shown by advanced laboratories like ITER.

Prof. Dr. Luigi Fortuna
Dr. Adriano Scibilia
Dr. Umesh Kumar Yadav
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Keywords

  • nonlinear control
  • power systems
  • energy harvesting
  • power batteries

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A Two-Stage Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Framework for Assessing Load-Redistribution False Data Injection Effects in AC-OPF-Based Power System Operation
by Dheeraj Verma, Praveen Kumar Agrawal, Khaleequr Rehman Niazi and Nikhil Gupta
Energies 2026, 19(7), 1806; https://doi.org/10.3390/en19071806 - 7 Apr 2026
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Load-redistribution false-data-injection (LR-FDI) attacks can degrade power-system operation by reshaping the perceived nodal demand pattern, thereby inducing congestion-aware redispatch and economic inefficiency while preserving the net system load. Prior LR-FDI studies commonly adopt bilevel/Stackelberg formulations with a continuous attack vector and an embedded [...] Read more.
Load-redistribution false-data-injection (LR-FDI) attacks can degrade power-system operation by reshaping the perceived nodal demand pattern, thereby inducing congestion-aware redispatch and economic inefficiency while preserving the net system load. Prior LR-FDI studies commonly adopt bilevel/Stackelberg formulations with a continuous attack vector and an embedded operator response; however, these formulations often (i) do not represent explicit compromised-load selection, (ii) become computationally restrictive when combinatorial target sets are considered, and (iii) offer limited transparency for structured, stage-wise attack planning. This paper proposes a sequential two-stage attacker–operator framework for LR-FDI vulnerability assessment that integrates sparse load compromise decisions with screening-regularized attack synthesis and post-attack operational evaluation. In Stage-1, a mixed-integer nonlinear program identifies economically influential load buses via binary selection and determines admissible perturbation magnitudes under total-load conservation and proportional shift bounds. To confine the attacker-side search region and avoid economically exaggerated solutions, a screening-derived conservative operating-cost ceiling is first estimated through a parametric load-sensitivity analysis and then used to regularize the attack-synthesis step. In Stage-2, the system operator’s corrective redispatch is evaluated by solving an active-power-oriented economic dispatch model with nonlinear network-consistent assessment of operational outcomes. Using the IEEE 24-bus RTS, results show that the hourly operating-cost deviation reaches ≈0.2% in the most adverse feasible cases, and the cumulative daily impact approaches ≈5% only under selectively realizable compromised-load patterns, accompanied by a nearly 80% increase in total active-power transmission losses relative to the base case. Overall, the framework yields a practically grounded quantification of conditionally severe economic and network stress under coordinated LR-FDI scenarios and provides actionable insight for prioritizing vulnerable load locations for protection and monitoring. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Control Design for Power Systems)
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