Future Modern Distribution Networks Resilience: From Passive Operation to Strategic Active Paradigms

Future Modern Distribution Networks Resilience: From Passive Operation to Strategic Active Paradigms examines the combined impact of low-probability and high-impact events on modern distribution systems’ resilience. Using practical guidance, the book provides comprehensive approaches for improving energy systems’ resilience by utilizing infrastructure and operational strategies. Divided into three parts, Part One provides a conceptual introduction and review of power system resilience, including topics such as risk and vulnerability assessment in power systems, resilience metrics, and power systems operation and planning. Part Two discusses modelling of vulnerability and resilience evaluation indices and cost-benefit analysis.

Part Three reviews infrastructure and operational strategies to improve power system resilience, including robust grid hardening strategies, mobile energy storage and electric vehicles, and networked microgrids and renewable energy resources. With a strong focus on economic results and cost-effectives, this book is a practical reference for students, researchers, and engineers interested in power engineering, energy systems, and renewable energy.

• Reviews related concepts to active distribution systems resilience before, during, and after a sudden disaster
• Presents analysis of risk and vulnerability for reliable evaluation, sustainable operation, and accurate planning of energy grids against low-probability and high-impact events
• Highlights applications of practical metrics for resilience assessment of future energy networks
• Provides guidance for the development of cost-effective resilient techniques for reducing the vulnerability of electrical grids to severe disasters

Dr. Gharibzahedi holds a Ph.D. in Food Biotechnology from the University of Tehran. With over 20 years of experience, his research focuses on nonthermal processing technologies, food chemistry, emulsion-based delivery systems, encapsulation of substances in edible matrices, functional foods, enzyme technology, food industry by-product utilization, and the extraction and purification of biomacromolecules, particularly polysaccharides. He has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications, 7 book chapters, and 67 conference presentations, with over 6,072 citations and an h-index of 46. Dr. Gharibzahedi has collaborated with more than 100 scientists from leading global institutions and contributed to numerous high-impact projects. He has received multiple prestigious awards, including the Georg Forster Research Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany). He has been ranked in the Stanford University list of the world's top 2% of scientists from 2020 to 2024. Also, he is a well-established reviewer and an associate editor for several high-ranking journals.

Kamran Jalilpoor received the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran, in 2018. He is currently working as a senior research assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering, SBU. He is the author of several top journal and conference papers in the field of distribution system resilience. His research interest is oriented to different aspects of power systems resilience, including catastrophe risk modeling, damage assessment, disaster response and recovery and optimization methods.

Sasan Azad is a research associate in the Electrical Network Research Institute at Shahid Beheshti University, Iran. His main areas of interest are the security and voltage stability of power systems, smart grids, and electric vehicles

Mohammadreza Daneshvar, PhD, SMIEEE, is an Assistant Professor, founder and head of the Laboratory of Multi-Carrier Energy Networks Modernization at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the field of modern multi-energy networks at the Smart Energy Systems Lab of the University of Tabriz for two years. He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical Power Engineering from the University of Tabriz, all with honors. He has (co)authored more than 50 technical journal and conference articles, 10 books, 30 book chapters, and 10 national and international research projects in the field. Dr. Daneshvar is a member of the Editorial Board of the Energy and Built Environment Journal and the Early Career Editorial Board of the Sustainable Cities and Society Journal. He also served as the guest editor for the Sustainable Cities and Society, and Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments journals. Moreover, he serves as an active reviewer with more than 130 top journals, and was ranked among the top 1% of reviewers in Engineering and Cross-Field based on Publons global reviewer database. His research interests include Smart Grids, Transactive Energy, Energy Management, Renewable Energy Sources, Integrated Multi-Energy Systems, Grid Modernization, Electrical Energy Storage Systems, Sustainable Cities and Society, Microgrids, Energy Hubs, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Digital Twin, and Optimization Techniques and AI.

Mohammad Sadegh Sepasian was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1967. He received the B.Sc. degree from Tabriz University (Iran) in 1990 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modares University (Iran) in 1993 and 1999, respectively. Since 1994, he has been with Abbaspour Technical and Engineering Department, Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran where he is currently an associate professor. During this period, he has had supervising more than 31 MSc and 7 PhD students while at the same time, he has had several important responsibilities such as Vice-Chancellor in Education of electrical department and Head of Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University. He also acted as the Senior Researcher for the Iran Power System Engineering Research Center (IPSERC), affiliated to Tarbiat modares University. He managed several national projects for the Iranian power grid. His research interests are distribution networks, power system planning, electric vehicles, and smart grids.