Publications
Electricity Market
- Davoudi, M. Moeini-Aghtaie, R. Ghorani, “Developing a new framework for transactive peer-to-peer thermal energy market”, IET Generation Transmission and Distribution, Vol: 15, pp. 1984–1995, Feb. 2021. [link]
- Taheri, R. Ghorani, A. Pasban, M. Moeini Aghtaie and A.Safdarian, “Stochastic Framework for Planning Studies of Energy Systems: Case of Energy Hubs”, IET Renewable Power Generation vol. 14, pp. 435-444, Feb. 2020. [link]
- Ghorani, H. Farzin, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad and F. Wang, “A Novel Market Design for Integration of Renewables Into Transactive Energy Systems”, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 13, pp. 2502-2511, Aug. 2019. [link]
- Ghorani, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad and M. Moeini-Aghtaie, “Main Challenges of Implementing Penalty Mechanisms in Transactive Electricity Markets” in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 34, pp. 3954-3956, March. 2019. [link]
- Ghorani, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad and M. Moeini-Aghtaie, “Optimal Bidding Strategy of Transactive Agents in Local Energy Markets” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 10, pp. 5052-5162, Oct. 2018. [link]
- Farzin, R. Ghorani, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad and M. Moeini-Aghtaie, “A Market Mechanism to Quantify Emergency Energy Transactions Value in a Multi-Microgrid System”, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. vol. 10 , pp. 426-437, Aug. 2017. [link]
- Zare, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad and R. Ghorani “Risk Management of a Retailer using Bilateral Energy Contracts and Distributed Generation,” 22th Electrical Power Distribution Conference (EPDC 2018), Tehran, Iran, May 2018.
- Fayaz Heidari, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, A. Abbaspour and R. Ghorani “Determining the Economic Value of Critical Peak Pricing Using the Option Valuation Method,” 25th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2017), Tehran, Iran, May 2017.
Power System Studies
- Ghorani, S. Fattaheian-Dehkordi, M. Farrokhi, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad and M. Lehtonen, “Modeling and Quantification of Power System Resilience to Natural Hazards: A Case of Landslide”, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 80300-80309, May 2021. [link]
- Ghorani, F. Pourahmadi, M. Moeini-Aghtaie, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad and M. Shahidehpour “Risk-Based Security Constrained Unit Commitment Approach Considering Power System Uncertainties”, in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 11, pp. 1781-1791, Sep. 2019.[link]
- Fattaheian-Dehkordi, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad and R. Ghorani, “Transmission System Critical Component Identification Considering Full Substations Configuration and Protection Systems“, in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 5365-5373, Sep. 2018.[link]
- Fotuhi-Firuzabad, A. Safdarian, M. Moeini-Aghtaie, R. Ghorani, M. Rastegar, and H. Farzin, “Upcoming challenges of future electric power systems: sustainability and resiliency”, Scientia Iranica, 2016.[link]
- Ghorani, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, P. Dehghanian and W. Li, “Identifying critical components for reliability centred maintenance management of deregulated power systems“, in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 828-837, 5 6 2015.[link]
- Ghorani, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, and P. Dehghanian, “Critical Components Identification in Transmission System for Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Implementation in Restructured Environment”, 21th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2013), Mashhad, Iran, May 2013.
Patent
- Ghorani, M. Moeini-Aghtaie, M. Bahrami, “A motorized electric wheel for ebike conversion”, Iran Patent, Patent Number: 139750140003001168.
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