Prof. Dr. Petr Korba

ZHAW School of Engineering
IEFE Energy Storage and Energy Grids
Technikumstrasse 9
8400 Winterthur

Work at ZHAW

Position

Deputy Director of Institute IEFE Institute of Energy Systems
Head of Research/Focus Area Energy Storage and Energy Grids
Head of Electric Power Systems and Smart Grid Group

Focus

Electrical power systems, Control systems, Power system dynamics and control, Integration of decentralized (renewable) energy sources, Wide-area monitoring and control, Smart distribution automation, AI and Big Data Analytics for Power Systems

Professional development teaching

WBK Photovoltaik, Netze und Speicher

Experience

Institut of Energy Systems and Fluid Engineering (IEFE), Electric Power Systems & Smart Grids
Zurich university of applied sciences
05 / 2012 - today
Lecturer, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
ETH Zurich, D-MAVT
01 / 2008 - 12 / 2022
Principal Scientist
Corporate Research, ABB Switzerland Ltd., Baden-Dättwil
09 / 2002 - 04 / 2012
Senior Development Engineer
ABB Switzerland Ltd., Power Plant Automation, Baden
02 / 2001 - 08 / 2002
Postdoc, Lecturer
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST), Control Systems Centre, Great Britain
01 / 2000 - 01 / 2001
Consultant
GCI Management GmbH, Consulting, Vienna
06 / 1995 - 06 / 1996

Education and Continuing education

Education

PhD / Electrical Engineering, Meas. & Control
Univ. Duisburg, Germany
02 / 1996 - 12 / 1999
Scientist / Dept. of Information and System Technology, Control Laboratory
TU Delft, Netherlands
08 / 1998 - 06 / 1999
MSc. / Computer Science & Cybernetics
TU Prague, Czechoslovakia
01 / 1990 - 06 / 1995
Diploma thesis / Robotics
TU Vienna, Austria
01 / 1994 - 12 / 1994

Network

Membership of networks

IEEE Systems Council, Senior Editor & Member of Editorial Board
Conférence Internationale des Grands Réseaux Électriques a Haute Tension, Power System Control and Dynamic Performance
Building & Renewable Energies Network of Technologies
Control Engineering Practice Journal, Associate editor
Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Associate editor
IEEE Power and Energy Society
Smart Grid Synchronized Measurements and Analytics (SGSMA) Association, steering committee
IEEE Working Group on Big Data Analytics for Transmission Systems, Secretary

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5408-7653

Awards

Outstanding Engineer Award 2022
IEEE Power & Energy Society Switzerland
12 / 2022

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Benasla, M., Berkani, A., Bouchenafa, I., Allaoui, T., Korba, P., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Ramirez Gonzalez, M. (2026). Robust input/output signal selection for WADCs : comparing independent and parallel operation with local PSSs. Energies, 19(4), 954. https://doi.org/10.3390/en19040954
Momoh, K., Zulkifli, S. A., Allehyani, M. F., Samkari, H. S., Alfares, A., Korba, P., Wanik, M. Z. C., & Sepeeh, M. S. (2026). A neural network integration of virtual synchronous motor-based EV charging stations control performance and plant stability enhancement. Energies, 19(3), 864. https://doi.org/10.3390/en19030864
Chibani, H., Laribi, S., Benasla, M., Allaoui, T., Korba, P., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Ramirez Gonzalez, M. (2025). ANN vs. traditional machine learning models : a comparative study on open switch fault diagnosis in VSIs for solar pumping systems. Energy Reports, 14, 2464–2478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2025.09.031
Velázquez Ibáñez, A., Rodríguez Rodríguez, J. R., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Obushevs, A., & Korba, P. (2025). Enhanced grid-following BESS control strategy for unbalanced voltage sag conditions. Journal of Energy Storage, 135(118252). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.118252
Sanchez-Ocampo, A., Arrieta Paternina, M. R., Ramirez, J. M., Fernandes, L. L., Zamora-Mendez, A., Korba, P., & Ramirez Gonzalez, M. (2025). A hybrid framework for assessing regional inertia estimation in bulk power systems using COI-driven spectral clustering. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 170(110929). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2025.110929
Momoh, K., Zulkifli, S. A., Korba, P., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Velázquez-Ibañez, A., & Afandi, A. N. (2025). Virtual synchronous machine-based controller for multiple fast charging stations in grid stability support. E-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, 11(100925). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prime.2025.100925
Benasla, M., Boukhatem, I., Allaoui, T., Berkani, A., Korba, P., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Belfedel, M. (2024). Algeria’s potential to supply Europe with dispatchable solar electricity via HVDC links : assessment and proposal of scenarios. Energy Reports, 11, 39–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.11.039
Velazquez-Ibañez, A., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. R., Arrieta-Paternina, M. R., Segundo-Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2024). Definition of safe operating limits for dq control-based voltage source converters under unbalanced grid voltages. Applied Energy, 367(123325). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123325
Benasla, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., Allaoui, T., & Denaï, M. (2023). A criterion for designing emergency control schemes to counteract communication failures in wide-area damping control. IEEE Access, 11, 55911–55924. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3274730
Mejia-Ruiz, G. E., Arrieta Paternina, M. R., Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2023). Real-time co-simulation of transmission and distribution networks integrated with distributed energy resources for frequency and voltage support. Applied Energy, 347(121046). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121046
Rodriguez-Soto, R. D., Barocio, E., Gonzalez-Longatt, F., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2023). Robust three-stage dynamic mode decomposition for analysis of power system oscillations. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 39(2), 4000–4009. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2023.3275102
Momoh, K., Zulkifli, S. A., Korba, P., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Afandi, A. N., & Velazquez-Ibañez, A. (2023). State-of-the-art grid stability improvement techniques for electric vehicle fast-charging stations for future outlooks. Energies, 16(9), 3956. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16093956
Sandoval Guzmán, B., Barocio, E., Korba, P., Obushevs, A., & Segundo Sevilla, F. R. (2022). Data compression for advanced monitoring infrastructure information in power systems based on tensor decomposition. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 32(100917). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2022.100917
Rajbhandari, Y., Marahatta, A., Shrestha, A., Gachhadar, A., Thapa, A., Gonzalez-Longatt, F., Guerrero, J. M., & Korba, P. (2022). Load prioritization technique to guarantee the continuous electric supply for essential loads in rural microgrids. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 134(107398). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107398
Mejia-Ruiz, G. E., Paternina, M. R. A., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2022). Fast hierarchical coordinated controller for distributed battery energy storage systems to mitigate voltage and frequency deviations. Applied Energy, 323(119622). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119622
Kellermüller, S., Obusevs, A., Ramirez Gonzalez, M., & Korba, P. (2022). Digital twin development of a dynamic hardware emulator. Energies, 15(13), 4547. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15134547
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., & Castellanos-Bustamante, R. (2022). Convolutional neural nets with hyperparameter optimization and feature importance for power system static security assessment. Electric Power Systems Research, 211(108203). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2022.108203
Rajbhandari, Y., Marahatta, A., Ghimire, B., Shrestha, A., Gachhadar, A., Thapa, A., Chapagain, K., & Korba, P. (2021). Impact study of temperature on the time series electricity demand of urban Nepal for short-term load forecasting. Applied System Innovation, 4(3), 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/asi4030043
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Liu, Y., Barocio, E., Korba, P., & Ramirez, M. (2021). State-of-the-art of data collection, analytics, and future needs of transmission utilities worldwide to account for the continuous growth of sensing data. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 137(107772). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107772
Marahatta, A., Rajbhandari, Y., Shrestha, A., Singh, A., Thapa, A., Gonzalez-Longatt, F., Korba, P., & Shin, S. (2021). Evaluation of a LoRa mesh network for smart metering in rural locations. Electronics, 10(6), 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10060751
Cortes-Robles, O., Barocio, E., Obusevs, A., Korba, P., & Segundo Sevilla, F. R. (2021). Fast-training feedforward neural network for multi-scale power quality monitoring in power systems with distributed generation sources. Measurement, 170(108690). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108690
Rüeger, C., Dobrowolski, J., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2021). Analysis of grid events influenced by different levels of renewable integration on extra-large power systems. Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, 6(5), 43–52. https://doi.org/10.25046/aj060506
Shrestha, A., Rajbhandari, Y., Khadka, N., Bista, A., Marahatta, A., Dahal, R., Mallik, J. K., Thapa, A., Hayes, B. P., Korba, P., & Longatt, F. M. G. (2020). Status of micro/mini-grid systems in a Himalayan nation : a comprehensive review. IEEE Access, 8, 120983–120998. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3006912
Sandoval, B., Barocio, E., Korba, P., & Segundo Sevilla, F. R. (2020). Three-way unsupervised data mining for power system applications based on tensor decomposition. Electric Power Systems Research, 187(106431). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106431
Barocio, E., Korba, P., Sattinger, W., & Segundo Sevilla, F. R. (2019). Online coherency identification and stability condition for large interconnected power systems using an unsupervised data mining technique. IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 13(15), 3323–3333. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-gtd.2018.6315
Shrestha, A., Bishwokarma, R., Chapagain, A., Banjara, S., Aryal, S., Mali, B., Thapa, R., Bista, D., Hayes, B. P., Papadakis, A., & Korba, P. (2019). Peer-to-peer energy trading in micro/mini-grids for local energy communities : a review and case study of Nepal. IEEE Access, 7, 131911–131928. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2940751
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Parra, D., Wyrsch, N., Patel, M. K., Kienzle, F., & Korba, P. (2018). Techno-economic analysis of battery storage and curtailment in a distribution grid with high PV penetration. Journal of Energy Storage, 17, 73–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2018.02.001
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Jaimoukha, I., Chaudhuri, B., & Korba, P. (2015). A semidefinite relaxation procedure for fault-tolerant observer design. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 60(12), 3332–3337. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2015.2418681
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Jaimoukha, I., Chaudhuri, B., & Korba, P. (2013). Fault-tolerant control design to enhance damping of inter-area oscillations in electric power grids. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 24(8-9), 1304–1316. https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.2988

Books, peer-reviewed

Barocio Espejo, E., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2023). Monitoring and control of electrical power systems using machine learning techniques. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2021-0-00483-1

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Barocio, E., Romero, J., Betancourt, R., Korba, P., & Segundo Sevilla, F. R. (2020). Wide-area monitoring of large power systems based on simultaneous processing of spatio-temporal data. In H. H. Alhelou, A. Y. Abdelaziz, & P. Siano (Eds.), Wide Area Power Systems Stability, Protection, and Security (pp. 189–228). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54275-7_7
Ashouri, A., Gaulocher, S., & Korba, P. (2016). Building smart grid : optimal coordination of consumption with decentralized energy generation and storage. In G. M. Dimirovski (Ed.), Complex systems : relationships between control, communication and computing (pp. 101–118). Springer.
Sandmeier Kahmen, P., & Korba, P. (2013). ABB: Integrating the Customer. In F. Schweitzer & O. Gassmann (Eds.), Management of the fuzzy front end of innovation (pp. 31–48). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01056-4_15

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Obusevs, A., Glarner, R., Mächler, A., Korba, P., Varghese, S., Ninad, N., Heussen, K., Gehrke, O., Syed, M., & Pellegrino, L. (2025). Development and validation of low voltage grid benchmark system for charging control investigation. 2025 IEEE Kiel PowerTech. https://doi.org/10.1109/powertech59965.2025.11180439
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2025). Frequency nadir and RoCOF prediction using predisturbance data and artificial neural networks. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG). https://doi.org/10.1109/etfg61999.2025.11402225
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Obusevs, A., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2025, October 23). Frequency stability impact of cloud-aggregated assets and large power imbalances in CE. 2025 IEEE 66th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/rtucon67996.2025.11415038
Velázquez-Ibañez, A., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. R. (2025, October 6). On the analysis of a back-to-back converter connecting a microgrid under unbalanced voltages. 2025 IEEE Kiel PowerTech. https://doi.org/10.1109/powertech59965.2025.11180405
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Obusevs, A., Sanchez-Acevedo, S., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2025, October 6). Integrating the dynamic models of CE and Nordic power grids under hybrid real-time co-simulation. 2025 IEEE Kiel PowerTech. https://doi.org/10.1109/powertech59965.2025.11180599
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Obusevs, A., Sanchez Acevedo, S., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2024). Expanding the initial dynamic model of CE with the Nordic power system and real-time implementation [Conference paper]. 2024 6th International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems (SPIES), 65–69. https://doi.org/10.1109/spies63782.2024.10983806
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2024). Power system transient stability prediction with a CNN trained with steady-state input variables [Conference paper]. 2024 8th International Conference on Power and Energy Engineering (ICPEE), 94–98. https://doi.org/10.1109/icpee64457.2024.10949969
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Obusevs, A., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2024, October 12). Real-time simulation of the initial dynamic model of CE in ePHASORsim : issues and troubleshooting. 2024 IEEE 65th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON62997.2024.10830830
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., & Castellanos, R. (2024, September 18). Grid-forming converter-interfaced generation for dynamic support of the BCS power grid. 2024 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/KPEC61529.2024.10676124
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., & Castellanos, R. (2024, July 3). CNN with squeeze and excitation attention module for power system transient stability assessment. 2024 12th International Conference on Smart Grid (icSmartGrid). https://doi.org/10.1109/icSmartGrid61824.2024.10578176
Ibañez, A. V., Rodriguez Rodriguez, J. R., Paternina, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2023). Experimental platform P-HIL for BESS-interfaced active distribution grids. 2023 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROPEC58757.2023.10409348
Herter, L., Grossmann, S., Obushevs, A., Korba, P., & Gomes, A. (2023, October). Technical and economic investigation of alternative power supply scheme of radial medium voltage distribution grid. 2023 IEEE 64th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON60080.2023.10413173
Rüegg, L., Hiltebrand, R., Obushevs, A., & Korba, P. (2023, October). The potential of flexibility utilisation for municipalities to optimally use the electricity grid. 2023 IEEE 64th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON60080.2023.10413008
Kellermüller, S., Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Obushevs, A., & Korba, P. (2023, August 9). Impact of time delays on the performance of a wide-area damping controller under reduced inertia scenarios. 2023 IEEE Belgrade PowerTech. https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech55446.2023.10202909
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2023, August 3). Tuning of grid-forming converters with a settings-free optimization algorithm to improve frequency response of low-inertia systems. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2023 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe). https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope57605.2023.10194694
Kellermüller, S., Ramirez-Gonzalez, M., Obushevs, A., & Korba, P. (2023). Laboratory implementation of a wide-area damping controller using a dynamic hardware emulator [Conference paper]. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 56(2), 2287–2292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1195
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Bossio, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2022). Evaluation of static network equivalent models for N-1 line contingency analysis [Conference paper]. Proceedings of IEEE GPECOM 2022, 328–333. https://doi.org/10.1109/GPECOM55404.2022.9815713
Rüegg, L., Hiltebrand, R., Obusevs, A., & Korba, P. (2022). Energy model for municipality flexibility investigation. 2022 IEEE 63th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON56726.2022.9978798
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2022). Power system inertia estimation using a residual neural network based approach [Conference paper]. Proceedings of IEEE GEPCOM 2022, 355–360. https://doi.org/10.1109/GPECOM55404.2022.9815784
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Nösberger, L., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2022). Small-signal stability assessment with transfer learning-based convolutional neural networks [Conference paper]. 2022 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 386–391. https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEC56903.2022.9999738
Rüegg, L., Hiltebrand, R., Obusevs, A., Mächler, A., & Korba, P. (2022, October 24). Flexibility utilisation of municipalities to optimally use the electricity grid. 9th International Conference, Integration of Renewable & Distributed Energy Resources (IRED), Adelaide, Australia, 24-26 October 2022. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26568
Obusevs, A., Mächler, A., Korba, P., Pellegrino, L., Varghese, S., Ninad, N., Syed, M., Heussen, K., & Gehrke, O. (2022, October 24). Development of benchmark system for charging control Investigation. 9th International Conference, Integration of Renewable & Distributed Energy Resources (IRED), Adelaide, Australia, 24-26 October 2022. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26561
Kellermüller, S., Obusevs, A., Ramirez Gonzalez, M., & Korba, P. (2022, October 24). Inter-area oscillation damping in a scaled version of the Kundur’s two area power system. 9th International Conference, Integration of Renewable & Distributed Energy Resources (IRED), Adelaide, Australia, 24-26 October 2022. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26569
Sattinger, W., Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Hillberg, E., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Obusevs, A., Chacko, A., Clauss, D., & Korba, P. (2022, August 31). Impact of aggregated assets in the power system. CIGRE Session, Paris, France, 28 August - 2 September 2022.
Villarreal Chaires, K. A., Barocio, E., Del Puerto Flores, D., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2021). A geographic information system application to estimate the weather-dependent power system losses. 2021 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROPEC53248.2021.9668064
Sandoval, B., Korba, P., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Barocio Espejo, E. (2021). A tensor decomposition approach for contingency screening and coherency identification in power systems. 2021 IEEE Madrid PowerTech. https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech46648.2021.9494922
Giorgi, L., Obushevs, A., & Korba, P. (2021). Open source module for the investigation of the impact of electric vehicles in a low voltage grid. 2021 IEEE 62th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON53541.2021.9711593
Giorgi, L., Obushevs, A., & Korba, P. (2021). Electric vehicles load profile generator based on the probability density functions. 2021 IEEE 62nd International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON53541.2021.9711591
Favre-Perrod, P., Sattinger, W., Korba, P., Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Wartmann, B. (2021). Experimental and HIL investigation of under-frequency and rate of change of frequency load shedding schemes in interconnected networks with high penetration of renewable generation [Conference paper]. CIRED 2021 - the 26th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, 1131–1135. https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1898
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Dobrowolski, J., Arrieta Paternina, M. R., Obusevs, A., & Korba, P. (2021). Examination of wide area control methods to face inter-area oscillations [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the Biannual World Automation Congress 2021, 150–155. https://doi.org/10.23919/WAC50355.2021.9559425
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2021). Convolutional neural network based approach for static security assessment of power systems [Conference paper]. 2021 World Automation Congress (WAC), 106–110. https://doi.org/10.23919/WAC50355.2021.9559458
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2021, March 1). A study on the frequency dynamics of the ENTSO-E grid with increasing share of renewable generation. 9th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation (IET RPG), Dublin, Ireland, 1-2 March 2021.
Rüeger, C., Dobrowolski, J., Korba, P., & Segundo Sevilla, F. R. (2020). Stability effects after massive integration of renewable energy sources on extra-large power systems. 2020 IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference and Exhibition, Latin America (T&D LA). https://doi.org/10.1109/TDLA47668.2020.9326181
Di Domenico, D., Obusevs, A., & Korba, P. (2020, November). Investigation of harmonic issues in distribution grids due to high share of electric vehicles. 2020 IEEE 61st International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON51174.2020.9316619
Obusevs, A., Carigiet, F., Baumgartner, F., & Korba, P. (2020). Investigation of local voltage control solutions for the integration of renewable power sources into the low-voltage networks [Conference paper]. 2020 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe), 604–609. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-Europe47291.2020.9248827
Ramirez Gonzalez, M., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2020, November 6). Optimization free of algorithm-specific control parameters for power system stabilizer tuning. 2020 IEEE 61st International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON51174.2020.9316612
Baltensperger, D., Dobrowolski, J., Obusevs, A., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2020). Scaling version of Kundur’s two-areas system for electromechanical oscillations representation [Conference paper]. 2020 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 243–249. https://doi.org/10.1109/SPEEDAM48782.2020.9161960
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Dobrowolski, J., Obusevs, A., & Korba, P. (2019). Detection of frequency deviations for monitoring of power systems [Conference paper]. 2019 Australian & New Zealand Control Conference (ANZCC), 54–56. https://doi.org/10.1109/ANZCC47194.2019.8945666
Rüeger, C., Dobrowolski, J., Korba, P., & Segundo Sevilla, F. R. (2019). Lyapunov exponent for evaluation and ranking of the severity of grid events on extra-large power systems. 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2019.8905564
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., Barocio Espejo, E., Chavez, H., & Sattinger, W. (2019). Data analytic tool for clustering identification based on dimensionality reduction of frequency measurements. 2019 International Conference on Smart Grid Synchronized Measurements and Analytics (SGSMA). https://doi.org/10.1109/SGSMA.2019.8784626
Allenspach, C. A., Hogger, R., Obusevs, A., Korba, P., & Reist, H. (2019, October 7). Implementation of quasi-static time series simulations for analysis of the impact of electric vehicles on the grid. 2019 IEEE 60th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON48111.2019.8982359
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Dobrowolski, J., Nussbaumer, H., Korba, P., & Barocio, E. (2018). State-feedback control for damping inter-area oscillations on electrical power systems. 2018 IEEE Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC 2018), Ixtapa, Mexico, 14-16 November 2018.
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., & Barocio, E. (2018). Contingency ranking for dynamic security analysis using a trigonometric based index. 2018 IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference and Exhibition - Latin America (T&D-LA). https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC-LA.2018.8511662
Knecht, R., Carigiet, F., Schwab, A., Korba, P., & Baumgartner, F. (2018). Techno-economic evaluation of voltage dependent active and reactive power control to reduce voltage violations in distribution grids. Proceedings of the 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4035
Park, C., Bigler, F., & Korba, P. (2016). Power-To-Gas concept for integration of increased photovoltaic generation into the distribution [Conference paper]. In P. Droege (ed.), Energy Procedia (Vol. 99, pp. 411–417). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.131

Other publications

Dobrowolski, J., Korba, P., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Sattingert, W. (2019). Centralized wide area damping controller for power system oscillation problems. 2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech. https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2019.8810965
Carigiet, F., Baumgartner, F., Korba, P., Knecht, R., Koller, M., & Niedrist, M. (2017). Optimisation of the load flow calculation method in order to perform techno-economic assessments of low-voltage distribution grids. Proceedings of the 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (33rd EUPVSEC).
Sattinger, W., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., Lindahl, G., Uhlen, K., & Hillberg, E. (2017). Evaluation of the ENTSO-E initial dynamic model of continental europe subject to parameter variations. Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), 2017 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2017.8085986
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Knazkins, V., Korba, P., & Kienzle, F. (2016). Limiting transformer overload on distribution systems with high penetration of PV using energy storage systems. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advance Engineering, 6(1), 294–303.
Park, C., Knazkins, V., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., & Poland, J. (2015). On the estimation of an optimum size of energy storage system for local load shifting. Proceedings of the IEEE PES General Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2015.7285950
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Korba, P. (2014). Semi-active wide-area fault-tolerant control in electric power systems [Conference paper]. 19th IFAC World Congress, 47, 3605–3610. https://doi.org/10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.00315
Baechle, M., Knazkins, V., Larsson, M., & Korba, P. (2014). Improved rotor angular speed measurement : a key for proper power grid stabilization. PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition, 2014 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939533
Korba, P., Baumgartner, F., Völlmin, B., & Manjunatha, A. (2013). Integracao e gerenciamento de baterias de sistemas fotovoltaicos. Electricidade Moderna, 41(474), 120–127.
Manjunatha, A., Korba, P., & Stauch, V. (2013). Integration of large battery storage system into distribution grid with renewable generation. PowerTech (POWERTECH), 2013 IEEE Grenoble. https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2013.6652143
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Jaimoukha, I., Chaudhuri, B., & Korba, P. (2012). Power oscillation damping improvement using an iterative fault-tolerant wide-area control approach [Conference paper]. 8th Power Plant and Power System Control Symposium, 45, 156–161. https://doi.org/10.3182/20120902-4-FR-2032.00029
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Jaimoukha, I., Chaudhuri, B., & Korba, P. (2012). Fault-tolerant wide-area control for power oscillation damping [Conference paper]. 8th Power Plant and Power System Control Symposium, 45, 156–161. https://doi.org/10.3182/20120902-4-FR-2032.00029
Larsson, M., Korba, P., Sattinger, W., & Owen, P. (2012). Monitoring and control of power system oscillations using HVDC/FACTS and wide-area phasor measurements. Proceedings of the CIGRE Session 2012.
Korba, P., & Larsson, M. (2012). Wide-area monitoring of electro-mechanical oscillations in large electric power systems. Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2012.6344708
Korba, P., Baumgartner, F., Völlmin, B., & Manjunatha, A. P. (2012). Integration and management of PV-battery systems in the grid [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 3731–3735. https://doi.org/10.4229/27thEUPVSEC2012-5DP.3.2
Korba, P., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., & Chaudhuri, B. (2008). Advanced tuning of POD controllers for electric power systems using FACTS devices [Conference paper]. 17th IFAC World Congress, 41, 11076–11077. https://doi.org/10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.01876

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Kellermüller, S., Obushevs, A., Ramirez Gonzalez, M., & Korba, P. (2022, December 6). Digital twin of a dynamic hardware emulator : challenges and opportunities. AIT/IEEE PES Austria Chapter Lecture Series, Online, 6. December 2022. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31703.34726
Knazkins, V., Korba, P., Kienzle, F., Bigler, F., & Park, C. (2017). Feasibility study of power-to-gas technology as a solution to facilitate the integration of solar energy on the Swiss distribution grid. 11th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES 2017), Düsseldorf, 14-16 March 2017.
Buechi, A., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., & Baltensperger, D. (2017). Optimal integration of battery energy storage systems and control of active power curtailment for distribution generation. IFAC 2017 World Congress : The 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Toulouse, France, 9-14 July 2017.
Hillberg, E., Lindahl, G., Pinares, G., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., Uhlen, K., & Sattinger, W. (2017). Frequency stability assessment of decreased conventional production in the Continental European power system. CIGRÉ Symposium Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 29 May - 2 June 2017.
Park, C., Bigler, F., & Korba, P. (2016). The utility of power-to-gas concept for integration of increased photovoltaic generation into the distribution grid. 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2016), Munich, Germany, 20-24 June 2016.
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Park, C., Knazkins, V., & Korba, P. (2016). Model predictive control of energy systems with hybrid storage. IEEE PES General Meeting 2016, Boston, USA, 17-21 July 2016.
Park, C., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Knazkins, V., & Korba, P. (2016). Feasibility analysis of the Power-to-Gas concept in the future Swiss power system. CIRED Workshop 2016, Helsinki, Finland, 14-15 June 2016.
Mutule, A., Tedeschi, E., Ehnberg, J., Oleinikova, I., Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Korba, P., Uhlen, K., Djurström, J., & Hillberg, E. (2016). CloudGrid : the development of a transnational smart grid lab cooperation. 21 Annual Internatioal Conference on Innovation Baltic Dynamics 2016, Riga, Latvia, 15-16 September 2016.
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Knazkins, V., Park, C., & Korba, P. (2015). Advanced control of energy storage systems for PV installation maximizing self-consumption. 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems (CPES), New Delhi, India, 09-11 December 2015.
Korba, P. (2014). Integration von erneuerbaren Energiequellen ins elektrische Netz : Herausforderungen und mögliche Lösungen. 14. Energie Apero Luzern: «Energieversorgung - Energienetze – Speicherung», Luzern, 10. März 2014.
Korba, P. (2013, December 4). Dynamische Stabilität der Europäischen Übertragungsnetze. 2. Jahrestagung der ETG-Fachgruppe Neue erneuerbare Energien, Energieeffizienz, Zürich, 4. Dezember 2013.
Korba, P. (2013, May 31). Dezentrale Erneuerbare Stromerzeugung und Speicherung. Generalversammlung der ADEV Gruppe, Liestal, 31. Mai 2013.
Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Jaimoukha, I., Chaudhuri, B., & Korba, P. (2012). Fault-tolerant wide-area control for power oscillation damping. IEEE PES General Meeting, San Diego, USA, 22-26 July 2012.

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