PUBLICATIONS

Underlined Names: ongoing and past students or postdocs under my supervision.

Full publication records can be found here.

Books and Book Chapters

[B1] Y. Du, X. Lu, and X. Wang, “Chapter 8: Power System Operation with Power Electronic Inverter Dominated Microgrids,” New Technologies for Power System Operation and Analysis, Elsevier, 2020

Selected Journal Publications

[J26] Y. Du, Y. Men, L. Ding, and X. Lu, “Large-Signal Stability Analysis for Inverter-Based Dynamic Microgrids Reconfiguration,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, accepted and in press.

[J25] Y. Du, H. Tu, X. Lu, and S. Lukic, “Privacy-Preserving Distributed Average Observers in Distribution Systems with Grid-Forming Inverters, ” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 5000-5010, 2021.

[J24] D. Sun, X. Lu, L. Du, and F. Lu, “An Effective Fault Management Scheme and Comprehensive Double Line-Frequency Ripple Propagation Analysis for MVDC Networks,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, accepted for publication and in press.

[J23] S. Zhao, Z. Dongye, Y. Wang, X. Zan, H. Zhang, S. Zheng, X. Lu, A. Avestruz, and F. Lu, “A 4kV/120A SiC Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker Powered by a Load-independent IPT System”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, accepted for publication and in press.

[J22] R. Rosso, X. Wang, M. Liserre, X. Lu, and S. Engelken, “Grid-Forming Converters: Control Approaches, Grid-Synchronization, and Future Trends – A Review”, IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications, vol. 2, pp. 93-109, 2021. (Journal Featured Article)

[J21] Y. Du, H. Tu, X. Lu, J. Wang, and S. Lukic, “Black-Start and Service Restoration in Resilient Distribution Systems with Dynamic Microgrids”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, accepted for publication and in press.

[J20] Y. Du, X. Lu, J. Wang, B. Chen, H. Tu, and S. Lukic, “Dynamic Microgrids in Resilient Distribution Systems with Reconfigurable Cyber-Physical Networks,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, accepted for publication and in press.

[J19] B. Chen, J. Wang, X. Lu, C. Chen, and S. Zhao, “Networked Microgrids for Grid Resilience, Robustness, and Efficiency: A Review,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 18-32, 2021

[J18] J. Y. Park, Y. J. Kim, and X. Lu, “New Analytical Model of Microgrid Frequency and Voltage Variations Due to Network Reconfiguration,” IEEE Power and Engineering Letters, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 905-908, 2021.

[J17] Y. Du, X. Lu, H. Tu, J. Wang, and S. Lukic, “Dynamic Microgrids with Self-Organized Grid-Forming Inverters in Unbalanced Distribution Feeders,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1097-1107, 2020.

[J16] J. Wang and X. Lu, “Sustainable and Resilient Distribution Systems With Networked Microgrids,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 108, no. 2, pp. 238-241, 2020

[J15] Y. DuX. Lu, J. Wang, and S. Lukic. “Distributed Secondary Control Strategy for Microgrid Operation with Dynamic Boundaries,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 5269-5282, 2019

[J14] J. Liu, X. Lu, J. Wang. “Resilience Analysis of DC Microgrids under Denial of Service Threats,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 3199-3208, 2019

[J13] X. Lu, B. Chen, C. Chen, J. Wang. “Coupled Cyber and Physical Systems: Embracing Smart Cities with Multistream Data Flow,” IEEE Electrification Magazine, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 73-83, 2018

[J12] X. Lu and J. Wang, “A Game Changer: Electrifying Remote Communities by Using Isolated Microgrids,” IEEE Electrification Magazine, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 56-63, 2017

[J11] T. Dragicevic, X. Lu, J. Guerrero, and J. Vasquez, “DC Microgrids–Part I: A Review of Control Strategies and Stabilization Techniques,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 4876-4891, 2016 (Web of Science SCI Top 1% Publication)

[J10] T. Dragicevic, X. Lu, J. Guerrero, and J. Vasquez, “DC Microgrids – Part II: A Review of Power Architectures, Applications and Standardization Issues,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 3528 – 3549, 2016 (Web of Science SCI Top 1% Publication)

[J9] P. Wang, X. Lu, X. Yang, W. Wang, and D. Xu, “An Improved Distributed Secondary Control Method for DC Microgrids With Enhanced Dynamic Current Sharing Performance,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 6658-6673, 2016 (Web of Science SCI Top 1% Publication)

[J8] Y. J. Kim, J. Wang, and X. Lu. “A Framework for Load Service Restoration Using Dynamic Change in Boundaries of Advanced Microgrids with Synchronous-Machine DGs,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 3676-3690, 2016

[J7] X. Lu, J. Wang, J. Guerrero, and D. Zhao. “Virtual Impedance Based Fault Current Limiters for Inverter Dominated AC Microgrids,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1599-1612, 2016

[J6] W.-J. Ma, J. Wang, X. Lu, and V. Gupta, “Optimal Operation Mode Selection for a DC Microgrid,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 2770-2783, 2015

[J5] X. Lu, K. Sun, J. M. Guerrero, J. C. Vasquez and L. Huang. “Double-Quadrant State-of-Charge Based Droop Control Method for Distributed Energy Storage Systems in Autonomous DC Microgrids,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 147-157, 2015

[J4] X. Lu, K. Sun, J. M. Guerrero, J. C. Vasquez, L. Huang and J. Wang, “Stability Enhancement Based on Virtual Impedance for DC Microgrids With Constant Power Loads,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 2770-2783, 2015

[J3] X. Lu, J. M. Guerrero, K. Sun and J. C. Vasquez. “An Improved Control Method for DC Microgrids Based on Low Bandwidth Communication with DC Bus Voltage Restoration and Enhanced Current Sharing Accuracy,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 1800-1812, 2014 (Web of Science SCI Top 1% Publication)

[J2] X. Lu, K. Sun, J. M. Guerrero, J. C. Vasquez and L. Huang. “State-of-Charge Balance Using Adaptive Droop Control for Distributed Energy Storage Systems in DC Micro-grid Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 2804-2815, 2014 (Web of Science SCI Top 1% Publication)

[J1] X. Lu, J. M. Guerrero, K. Sun, et al. “Hierarchical Control of Parallel AC-DC Converter Interfaces for Hybrid Microgrids,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 683-692, 2014 (Web of 

Science SCI Top 1% Publication)

Selected Conference Papers

[C33] L. Ding, X. Lu, and J. Tan, “Comparative Small-Signal Stability Analysis of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Inverters in Low-Inertia Power Systems,” in Proc. of IEEE IECON, 2021

[C32] Y. Du, X. Lu, and D. Zhao, “Model Reduction for Inverter-Dominated Networked Microgrids with Grid-Forming Inverters,” in Proc. of IEEE IECON, 2021

[C31] S. Zhao, Y. Men, X. Lu, D. Zhao, and A. Huang, “Photovoltaic (PV) System Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) Evaluation with Grid Support Function Valuation and Service Lifetime Estimation,” in Proc. of IEEE IECON, 2021

[C30] Y. Du, Y. Men, L. Ding, X. Lu, B. Chen, and J. Liu, “Region-Based Stability Analysis on DC MGs with Consensus-Based Secondary Control and Communication Delay”, in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2021

[C29] Y. Men, Y. Du, X. Lu, J. Liu, and F. Qiu, “Inverter-Dominated Dynamic Microgrids with Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Resources and Energy Storage Systems for Coastal Community Resiliency Enhancement”, in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2021

[C28] D. Sun, S. Wang, L. Du, and X. Lu, “Harmonic Compensation Control of Grid Interactive Inverters Based on Data-Driven Harmonic State Space Modeling,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2021

[C27] Y. Du, X. Lu, S. Wang, L. Du, Y. Wang, B, Leao, and S. Suresh, “Physics-Based Feature Extraction from Bulk Time-Series PMU Datasets for Event Detection,” in Proc. of IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES GM), 2021 (Best Paper Session)

[C26] E. Fix, Y. Men, X. Lu, and D. Zhao, “AI-Aided Region-Based Active Stabilization in Autonomous DC Microgrids,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM), 2021

[C25] Y. Men, L. Ding, Y. Du, X. Lu, D. Zhao, and Y. Cao, “Holistic Small-Signal Modeling and AI-Assisted Region-Based Stability Analysis of Autonomous AC and DC Microgrids,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2020

[C24] L. Ding, Y. Men, Y. Du, X. Lu, B. Chen, J. Tan, and Y. Lin, “Region-based Stability Analysis of Resilient Distribution Systems with Hybrid Grid-forming and Grid-following Inverters,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2020

[C23] D. Sun, X. Lu, L. Du, and Y. Cao, “Optimal Design of PV Systems Considering Levelized Cost of Energy and Power Density,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2020

[C22] D. Sun, X. Lu, and L. Du, “Optimal Design of Grid Interactive Inverters Based on Harmonic State Space Modeling,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2020

[C21] Y. Du, X. Lu, B. Chen, J. Liu, X. Wang, and F. Blaabjerg, “Distributed Average Observation in Inverter Dominated Dynamic Microgrids,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2020

[C20] Y. Du, and X. Lu, “Situation-aware Power Electronics in Resilient Distribution Systems with Reconfigurable Cyber-Physical Networks,” in Proc. of CyberPELS Workshop, 2020

[C19] J. Liu, B. Cui, B. Chen, X. Lu, F. Qiu, S. Mazumder, “DC Microgrids Under Denial of Service Attacks: Feasibility and Stability Issues,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2020

[C18] D. Jackson, S. Belakaria, Y. Cao, J. R. Doppa, and X. Lu, “Machine Learning Enabled Fast Multi-objective Optimization for Electrified Aviation Power System Design,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE), 2020

[C17] J. Liang, W. Tang, and X. Lu, “Toward Distributed Optimization for Critical Service Restoration with Distributed Energy Resources,” in Proc. of CDC, 2020

[C16] Y. Men, X. Lu, J. Liu, C. Chen, and B. Chen, “Reconfigurable and Dynamic Distribution Systems Enabled Using Self-Sustainable Minimal-Microgrids with Region Based Stability Guarantees,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 5764-5769, 2019

[C15] J. Liu, X. Lu, C. Chen, and B. Chen, “Leader Selection in Robust Pinning-based Distributed Control for Islanded Microgrids,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 5411-5416, 2019.

[C14] J. Liu, X. Lu, and C. Chen, “Secondary Control for DC microgrids with Optimal Sparse Feedback,” in Proc. of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 3510-3515, 2019

[C13] Y. Du, X. Lu, J. Wang, and S. Lukic, “Dynamic Microgrids with Voltage Unbalance Mitigation Using Distributed Secondary Control,” in Proc. of IECON, pp. 153-158, 2018

[C12] D. Sun, L. Du, and X. Lu. “An Energy-Stored Quasi-Z Source Converter Based Interlinking Converter for Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids,” in Proc. of IEEE IECON, pp. 3821-3826, 2018

[C11] X. Lu, K. Sun, L. Huang, J. M Guerrero, J. C Vasquez, Y. Xing. “Virtual Impedance Based Stability Improvement for DC Microgrids with Constant Power Loads,” in Proc. of IEEE ECCE, pp. 2670-2675, 2014

[C10] X. Lu, K. Sun, J. M Guerrero, J. C Vasquez, L. Huang. “Droop-Control-Based State-of-Charge Balancing Method for Charging and Discharging Process in Autonomous DC Microgrids,” in Proc. of IEEE ISIE, pp. 2359-2364, 2014 

[C9] X. Lu, K. Sun, L. Huang, M. Liserre, F. Blaabjerg. “An Active Damping Method Based on Biquad Digital Filter for Parallel Grid-Interfacing Inverters with LCL Filters,” in Proc. of IEEE APEC, pp. 392-397, 2014

[C8] X. Lu, J. M Guerrero, K. Sun. “Distributed Secondary Control for DC Microgrid Applications with Enhanced Current Sharing Accuracy,” in Proc. of IEEE ISIE, pp. 1-6, 2013

[C7] X. Lu, K. Sun, J. Guerrero and L. Huang. “SoC-Based Dynamic Power Sharing Method with AC-Bus Voltage Restoration for Microgrid Applications,” in Proc. of IEEE IECON, pp. 5677-5682, 2012

[C6] X. Lu, K. Sun, J. M. Guerrero and L. Huang. “SoC-Based Droop Method for Distributed Energy Storage in DC Microgrid Applications,” in Proc. of IEEE ISIE, pp. 1640-1645, 2012

[C5] X. Lu, M. Liserre, K. Sun, F. Blaabjerg and L. Huang. “Resonance Propagation of Parallel-Operated DC-AC Converters with LCL Filters,” in Proc. of IEEE APEC, pp. 877-884, 2012

[C4] X. Lu, J. M. Guerrero, R. Teodorescu, K. Sun and L. Huang. “Control of Parallel-Connected Bidirectional AC-DC Converters in Stationary Frame for Microgrid Applications,” in Proc. of IEEE ECCE, pp. 4153-4160, 2011

[C3] X. Lu, K. Sun, Y. Ma, L. Huang, and S. Igarashi. “High Performance Hybrid Cascaded Inverter for Renewable Energy System,” in Proc. of IEEE APEC, pp. 970-975, 2011

[C2] X. Lu, K. Sun, G. Li, L. Huang. “Analysis and Control of Input Power Factor in Indirect Matrix Converter,” in Proc. of IEEE IECON, pp. 207-212, 2009

[C1] X. Lu, K. Sun, Y. Ma, L. Huang, S Igarashi. “High Efficiency Hybrid Cascade Inverter for Photovoltaic Generation,” in Proc. of IEEE TENCON, pp. 1-6, 2009

Selected Technical Reports

[T6] Y. Du, Y. Men, X. Lu, J. Liu, F. Qiu, and B. Chen, “Coastal Community Resiliency Enhancement Using Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Resources and Networked Microgrids,” Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States), 2020 

[T5] X. Lu, R. Singh, J. Wang, J. T Reilly. “Foundational Report Series: Advanced Distribution Management Systems for Grid Modernization, Business Case Calculations for DMS,” Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States), 2017

[T4] J. Wang, X. Lu, S. Martino, J. T Reilly. “Foundational Report Series: Advanced Distribution Management Systems for Grid Modernization, High-Level Use Cases for DMS,” Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States), 2016

[T3] N. Kang, J. Wang, R. Singh, X. Lu. “Interconnection, Integration, and Interactive Impact Analysis of Microgrids and Distribution Systems,” Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States), 2017

[T2] R. Singh, J. T Reilly, J. Wang, X. Lu, et al. “Foundational Report Series: Advanced Distribution Management Systems for Grid Modernization, DMS Integration of Distributed Energy Resources and Microgrids,” Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States), 2017

[T1] A. Pratt, S. Veda, A. Maitra, T. Hubert, J. Reilly, J. Wang, R Singh, N Kang, X. Lu. “DMS Advanced Applications for Accommodating High Penetrations of DERs and Microgrids: Preprint,” National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States), 2017