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Abstract: The increasing intensity and frequency of extreme events have raised significant concerns about the electrical grid’s resilience. Numerous extreme events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, ...

Abstract: Power regulation in hybrid ac/dc microgrids (MGs) is a critical concern, both in static and transient states. Static power regulation involves optimizing the dispatch of distributed energy ...

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The Matlab Partial Differential Equations (PDE) toolbox provides a powerful and flexible setup for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in multi-physics problems. However, two factors limit its application ...