Rachid Darbali-Zamora

Principal Member of Technical Staff

Principal Member of Technical Staff

rdarbal@sandia.gov

Biography

Rachid Darbali-Zamora is a Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) in the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration (RDSI) group at Sandia National Laboratories. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez in 2013 and 2016, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in the field of Power and Energy Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. Dr. Darbali-Zamora was awarded the NASA Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium (PRSGC) fellowship in 2015, the Transformational Initiative for Graduate Education and Research (TIGER) fellowship in 2016 and the GEM fellowship in 2018. In 2019 he became an adjunct professor at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. As a staff member at Sandia National Laboratories, he supports student internships through several Minority Serving Institute Partnership Programs (MSIPP). His research interests include distributed energy resources, photovoltaic inverters, wind turbine generators, grid services for voltage and frequency, microgrids, power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) experiments, resilient energy systems, high density power supplies, electric vehicles and power electronics applied to aerospace systems.

Education

  • Ph.D., Energy Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez – 2019
  • Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez – 2016
  • Bachelors of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez – 2013

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Rachid Darbali-Zamora

Publications

  • Reno, M., Ropp, M., Tamrakar, U., Darbali-Zamora, R., Broderick, R., & Broderick, R. (2022). Designing Resilient Communities: Hardware demonstration of resilience nodes concept. https://doi.org/10.2172/1902867 Publication ID: 80460
  • Berg, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., naughton, B., & naughton, B. (2022). Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory Wind Turbine Emulator Design Documentation. https://doi.org/10.2172/1899657 Publication ID: 80440
  • Jimenez Aparicio, M., Wilches-Bernal, F., Darbali-Zamora, R., Haines, J., Schoenwald, D., Shafiul Alam, S., Gevorgian, V., Yan, W., & Yan, W. (2022). Simulink Modeling and Dynamic Study of Fixed-Speed, Variable-Speed, and Ternary Pumped Storage Hydropower. https://doi.org/10.2172/1887487 Publication ID: 80190
  • Jones, C., Bresloff, C., Darbali-Zamora, R., Lave, M., Aponte-Bezares, E., & Aponte-Bezares, E. (2022). Geospatial Assessment Methodology to Estimate Power Line Restoration Access Vulnerabilities After a Hurricane in Puerto Rico. IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, 9, pp. 298-307. https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2022.3191954 Publication ID: 80108
  • Jones, C., Theristis, M., Darbali-Zamora, R., Ropp, M., Reno, M., & Reno, M. (2022). Switch Location Identification for Integrating a Distant Photovoltaic Array Into a Microgrid. IEEE Access, 10, pp. 57902-57913. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3177143 Publication ID: 80109
  • Johnson, J., Reno, M., Darbali-Zamora, R., Summers, A., & Summers, A. (2021). Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Research at Sandia National Laboratories: Devices-to-Systems [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1881705 Publication ID: 79705
  • Jones, C.B., Ropp, M., Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., & Darbali-Zamora, R. (2021). Optimized Control of Distribution Switches to Balance a Low Cost Photovoltaic Microgrid [Conference Paper]. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518413 Publication ID: 78849
  • Saavedra-Pena, N.E., Darbali-Zamora, R., Desarden-Carrero, E., Aponte-Bezares, E., & Aponte-Bezares, E. (2021). Towards an Islanding Detection Method Using a Digital Twin Concept [Conference Paper]. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518940 Publication ID: 78938
  • Desarden-Carrero, E., Darbali-Zamora, R., Aponte-Bezares, E., & Aponte-Bezares, E. (2021). Analysis of Grid Support Functionality Dynamics under Ride-Through Requirements Using Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop Implementation [Conference Paper]. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518679 Publication ID: 78946
  • Gonzalez-Candelario, C.O., Darbali-Zamora, R., Flicker, J., Rashkin, L., Neely, J., Aponte-Bezares, E., & Aponte-Bezares, E. (2021). Autonomous Control Strategies for Interconnected DC Microgrid Applications with Multiple der Resource Penetration [Conference Paper]. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518529 Publication ID: 78947
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Gurule, N., Hernandez-Alvidrez, J., Gonzalez, S., Reno, M., & Reno, M. (2021). Performance of a Grid-Forming Inverter under Balanced and Unbalanced Voltage Phase Angle Jump Conditions [Conference Paper]. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518539 Publication ID: 75170
  • Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Gurule, N., Darbali-Zamora, R., Reno, M., Flicker, J., & Flicker, J. (2021). Modeling a Grid-Forming Inverter Dynamics Under Ground Fault Scenarios Using Experimental Data From Commercially Available Equipment [Conference Paper]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1889594 Publication ID: 78904
  • Gurule, N., Azzolini, J.A., Darbali-Zamora, R., Reno, M., & Reno, M. (2021). Impact of Grid Support Functionality on PV Inverter Response to Faults [Conference Paper]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1877516 Publication ID: 78905
  • Gurule, N., Azzolini, J.A., Darbali-Zamora, R., Reno, M., & Reno, M. (2021). Impact of Grid Support Functionality on PV Inverter Response to Faults [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1876999 Publication ID: 78906
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Gurule, N., Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Gonzalez, S., Reno, M., & Reno, M. (2021). Performance of a Grid-Forming Inverter Under Balanced and Unbalanced Voltage Phase Angle Jump Conditions [Conference Paper]. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518539 Publication ID: 78937
  • Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Gurule, N., Darbali-Zamora, R., Reno, M., Flicker, J., & Flicker, J. (2021). Modeling Grid-Forming Inverter Dynamics Under Ground Fault Scenarios Using Experimental Data From Commercially Available Equipment [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1876602 Publication ID: 78974
  • Naughton, B., Darbali-Zamora, R., & Darbali-Zamora, R. (2021). MIRACL Advisory Board Meeting ? Sandia Updates [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1865250 Publication ID: 78214
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Wilches-Bernal, F., Naughton, B., & Naughton, B. (2021). Configurable Microgrid Modelling with Multiple Distributed Energy Resources for Dynamic System Analysis [Conference Presenation]. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. https://doi.org/10.2172/1884173 Publication ID: 79032
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Wilches-Bernal, F., Naughton, B., & Naughton, B. (2020). Microgrid Modelling for Power Management of Multiple Distributed Energy Resources [Conference Paper]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1876712 Publication ID: 71796
  • Jones, C.B., Lave, M., Darbali-Zamora, R., & Darbali-Zamora, R. (2020). Overall capacity assessment of distribution feeders with different electric vehicle adoptions [Conference Poster]. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85099119517&origin=inward Publication ID: 74123
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Flicker, J., Gonzalez, S., & Gonzalez, S. (2020). 8812 Renewable Distributed Systems Integration (RDSI): Research in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Grid Forming Inverter Technology [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1813537 Publication ID: 74506
  • Summers, A., Johnson, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., Hansen, C., Anandan, J., Showalter, C., & Showalter, C. (2020). A comparison of der voltage regulation technologies using real-time simulations. Energies, 13(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/en13143562 Publication ID: 73541
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Gurule, N., Gonzalez, S., Desarden-Carrero, E., Aponte-Bezares, E., & Aponte-Bezares, E. (2020). Evaluation of the IEEE Std 1547.1-2020 Unintentional Islanding Test Using Power Hardware-in-the-Loop [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1798069 Publication ID: 73823
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Gurule, N., Gonzalez, S., Aponte-Bezares, E., Desarden-Carrero, E., & Desarden-Carrero, E. (2020). Evaluation of the IEEE Std 1547.1-2020 Unintentional Islanding Test Using Power Hardware-in-the-Loop [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1798070 Publication ID: 73824
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Johnson, J., Reno, M., Gurule, N., Ninad, N., Apablaza-Arancibia, E., & Apablaza-Arancibia, E. (2020). Evaluation of Photovoltaic Inverters Under Balanced and Unbalanced Votlage Phase Angle Jump Conditions [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1807348 Publication ID: 73694
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Johnson, J., Reno, M., Gurule, N., Ninad, N., Apablaza-Arancibia, E., & Apablaza-Arancibia, E. (2020). Evaluation of Photovoltaic Inverters Under Balanced and Unbalanced Votlage Phase Angle Jump Conditions [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1807349 Publication ID: 73695
  • Rashkin, L., Neely, J., Gill, L., Flicker, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., & Darbali-Zamora, R. (2020). Optimal Power Module Design for High Power Density Traction Drive System [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1807367 Publication ID: 73712
  • Rashkin, L., Neely, J., Gill, L., Flicker, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., & Darbali-Zamora, R. (2020). Optimal Power Module Design for High Power Density Traction Drive System [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1783650 Publication ID: 73527
  • Gurule, N., Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., Reno, M., Flicker, J., & Flicker, J. (2020). Experimental Evaluation of Grid-Forming Inverters Under Unbalanced and Fault Conditions [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1783655 Publication ID: 73536
  • Jones, C.B., Chavez, A., Darbali-Zamora, R., Hossain-McKenzie, S., & Hossain-McKenzie, S. (2020). Implementation of intrusion detection methods for distributed photovoltaic inverters at the grid-edge [Conference Poster]. 2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087756 Publication ID: 64683
  • Jones, C., Chavez, A., Darbali-Zamora, R., Hossain-McKenzie, S., & Hossain-McKenzie, S. (2020). Implementation of Intrusion Detection Methods for Distributed Photovoltaic Inverters at the Grid-Edge [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087756 Publication ID: 71958
  • Summers, A., Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., Reno, M., Johnson, J., Gurule, N., & Gurule, N. (2019). Comparison of Ideal Transformer Method and Damping Impedance Method for PV Power-Hardware-In-The-Loop Experiments [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980690 Publication ID: 69163
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Summers, A., Gurule, N., Reno, M., Johnson, J., & Johnson, J. (2019). Distribution Feeder Fault Comparison Utilizing a Real-Time Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Approach for Photovoltaic System Applications [Conference Poster]. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980944 Publication ID: 69198
  • Darbali-Zamora, R., Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Summers, A., Gurule, N., Reno, M., Johnson, J., & Johnson, J. (2019). Distribution Feeder Fault Comparison Utilizing a Real-Time Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Approach for Photovoltaic System Applications [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980944 Publication ID: 69206
  • Summers, A., Hernandez Alvidrez, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., Reno, M., Johnson, J., Gurule, N., & Gurule, N. (2019). Comparison of Ideal Transformer Method and Damping Impedance Method for PV Power-Hardware-In-The-Loop Experiments [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980690 Publication ID: 69084
  • Hansen, C., Johnson, J., Darbali-Zamora, R., & Darbali-Zamora, R. (2019). Voltage Regulation and Protection Assurance using DER Advanced Grid Functions [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1648795 Publication ID: 68587
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