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DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nBefore and Beyond Grid-Forming: From VSM Technology to SY
 NDEM Architecture for Net-Zero Power Systems\n\nUK Foundations\, Utility-S
 cale Demonstration and International Standardisation\n\nQing-Chang Zhong\,
  IEEE/IET/AAAS Fellow\n\nAs conventional synchronous machines are increasi
 ngly displaced by power-electronic converters\, grid-forming control has b
 ecome a major global focus. Yet the ability of an individual converter to 
 form voltage and frequency addresses only part of the system challenge. Fu
 ture net-zero power systems must enable large numbers of heterogeneous and
  independently owned resources - including generation\, storage\, network 
 converters and flexible loads - to synchronize\, share responsibility and 
 coordinate autonomously as one stable and resilient system. This talk pres
 ents the Synchronized-and-Democratized (SYNDEM) architecture for power sys
 tems and its enabling virtual synchronous machine (VSM) technologies. The 
 synchronverter established the foundational first-generation practical vol
 tage-controlled VSM\, enabling a power-electronic converter to interact wi
 th the grid according to the physical principles of a synchronous machine.
  Subsequent VSM generations introduced self-synchronisation\, robust opera
 tion and additional capabilities needed by converter-dominated systems. SY
 NDEM builds on these technologies to organize participating resources acro
 ss the power system. The central distinction is simple: VSM synchronizes\;
  SYNDEM organizes. VSM also provides dynamic homogenization with normalize
 d\, democratized equal participation\, enabling SYNDEM to organize the sys
 tem recursively across scales. The talk traces the work from its foundatio
 ns and substantial development in the U.K. through a global initiative cov
 ering research\, implementation and adoption. It demonstrates the engineer
 ing impact through a reconfigurable 108-converter testbed\, State Grid&#39;s i
 ndependently implemented 140 MW Zhangbei VSM demonstration\, and IEEE Std 
 2988-2024\, the first global standard dedicated to VSM. It concludes that 
 grid-forming is necessary but not sufficient: net-zero power-electronic gr
 ids also require an inherent synchronization mechanism and a system archit
 ecture for autonomous coordination and scalable\, resilient operation.\n\n
 Date	Time	Location\nMon 19 Oct	2.00 pm	Univ. of Bath\nWed 21 Oct	1.00 pm	U
 niv. of Derby\nThu 22 Oct	1:30 pm	Univ. of Oxford\nFri 23 Oct	10.00 am	Uni
 v. of Liverpool\nMon 26 Oct	1.00 pm	Univ. of Manchester\nTue 27 Oct	10.00 
 am	NESO\nFri 30 Oct	11.00 am	Imperial College London\nWed 28 Oct	11:30am	L
 oughborough University\nThu 29 Oct	2.00 pm	University of Cambridge\nNote: 
  Lecture in NESO is hybrid\; others are in-person. For lecture at NESO\, s
 eparate registration is required: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event
 /08e44c49-8c37-4489-83ac-cba25902abc2@a63c9e9e-b4db-442a-a94f-08718d788e8c
 \n\nUni. of Bath/Derby/Oxford/Liverpool/Manchester\; NESO/ Imperial Colleg
 e London/Loughborough Uni./Uni. of Cambridge\, UK\, England\, United Kingd
 om\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583477
LOCATION:Uni. of Bath/Derby/Oxford/Liverpool/Manchester\; NESO/ Imperial Co
 llege London/Loughborough Uni./Uni. of Cambridge\, UK\, England\, United K
 ingdom\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583477
ORGANIZER:zixuanjia548@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:23
SUMMARY:IEEE PES DLP:  Before and Beyond Grid-Forming: From VSM Technology
  to SYNDEM Architecture for Net-Zero Power Systems
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583477
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  increasingly displaced by power-electronic converters\, grid-forming cont
 rol has become a major global focus. Yet the ability of an individual conv
 erter to form voltage and frequency addresses only part of the system chal
 lenge. Future net-zero power systems must enable large numbers of heteroge
 neous and independently owned resources - including generation\, storage\,
  network converters and flexible loads - to synchronize\, share responsibi
 lity and coordinate autonomously as one stable and resilient system. This 
 talk presents the Synchronized-and-Democratized (SYNDEM) architecture for 
 power systems and its enabling virtual synchronous machine (VSM) technolog
 ies. The synchronverter established the foundational first-generation prac
 tical voltage-controlled VSM\, enabling a power-electronic converter to in
 teract with the grid according to the physical principles of a synchronous
  machine. Subsequent VSM generations introduced self-synchronisation\, rob
 ust operation and additional capabilities needed by converter-dominated sy
 stems. SYNDEM builds on these technologies to organize participating resou
 rces across the power system. The central distinction is simple:&lt;strong&gt; V
 SM synchronizes\; SYNDEM organizes.&lt;/strong&gt; VSM also provides dynamic hom
 ogenization with normalized\, democratized equal participation\, enabling 
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 gh a global initiative covering research\, implementation and adoption. It
  demonstrates the engineering impact through a reconfigurable 108-converte
 r testbed\, State Grid&#39;s independently implemented 140 MW Zhangbei VSM dem
 onstration\, and IEEE Std 2988-2024\, the first global standard dedicated 
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