Research Excellence
Short Story of My Career
I have published over 150 papers including 70 journal papers, 1 book in IEEE/Wiley, and 3 book chapters in Woodhead Publishing. According to the Google Scholar, the total citation number is 3039 of all his publications. The h-index is 28 of all his publications. My Google Scholar.
I have obtained 14 research grants, among which there are 2 major EU FP7 grants, 2 major EPSRC grants, one EPSRC grant, one CNSF grant, and 4 industrial grants. The total funding of these projects is over £10M, which includes external funding of £6M to my organisations. I am the Principle Investigator of 10 of the projects.
Currently I supervise 15 PhD students including 4 year-one, 6 year-two, 3 year-three and 2 year-4 students. I am the first supervisor of 11 of these PhD students. 6 PhD students under my supervision have graduated successfully.
I have acted as external examiners of PhD candidates at University of Strathclyde (under supervision of Prof. Stephen Lo in 03/2013, under supervision of Prof. Graeme Burt and Dr. Campbell Booth in 07/2013, under supervision of Prof. Barry Williams and Prof. Stephen Finney in 06/2014, and under supervision of Prof. Stephen Lo in 08/2014), at University of Aberdeen (under supervision of Prof. Dragan Jovcic in 05/2014), at University of Liverpool in 12/2013, at UPC Barcelona Spain in 11/2013, and at University of McGill, Canada in 09/2014.
I am the Chair and Committee member of the UK&IR Chapter of IEEE Power Electronics Society from 2013. I am a Committee member of CIGRE Working Groups B4-58, -60 from 2011, and B4-62 from 2013. I am the technical secretary of B4-60.
I am an Organising Committee member of the IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2015) in Birmingham. I am a Track Chair of IEEE 2014 International Electric Vehicle Conference in Florence, Italy. As a co-Chair, I have taken part in organising the HVDC PhD Colloquium at KU Leuven, Belgium, in July 2013 and Imperial College London in July 2014.
I am an editor of IEEE Trans. Power Delivery on the Special Issue “HVDC transmission systems for large offshore wind power plants”. I have been invited to review papers for more than ten IEEE, IET, and EPE journals.
From June 2014, I have been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at Changsha University of Science and Technology, China. In 2013, I won a competitive award to join the “Welsh Crucible” Programme for the Future Leaders of Wales. From April 2015, I have been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at North China Electric Power University, China.
Personal Information
CURRICULUM VITAE
个人简历
Research Expertise
研究领域
Main Research Areas
主要研究方向
EDUCATION
所获学位
Ph.D
博士学位
03/1995-08/1998
Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing, China
Major:
Electric Power System & its Automation
Thesis:
Analyses and control for thyristor controlled series compensation
中国电力科学研究院博士学位
专业:
电力系统及其自动化
博士论文题目:
晶闸管可控串联补偿的分析与控制
MSc
硕士学位
09/1992-03/1995
Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing, China
Major:
Electric Power System & its Automation
Thesis:
Neural-network based generator-shedding strategy for power system stability control
BEng
学士学位
09/1988-06/1992
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Major:
Electric Power System & its Automation
Thesis:
Power system bus-bar differential relaying protection
Work and Research Experience
工作及研究经历
Professor, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, U.K.
英国 卡迪夫大学 工程学院 教授
2008 to Present
2008年至今
Senior Lecturer, University of Glamorgan, U.K. (Now is the University of South Wales)
英国 格拉摩根大学 (现为南威尔士大学) 高级讲师
September 2005 to December 2007
2005年9月至2007年12月
Post-doctorial research associate, Dept. EEE, Imperial College London, U.K.
英国 帝国理工大学 博士后研究员
June 2001 to August 2005
2001年6月至2005年8月
Senior Engineer (equivalent to Associate Professor): Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), China
中国电力科学研究院高级工程师(副教授级)
October 1995 to June 2001
1995年10月至2001年6月
Research Assistant, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
香港城市大学 研究员
October 1996 to September 1997
1996年10月至1997年9月
Adjunct Professor, Changsha University of Science and Technology, China
中国长沙理工大学客座教授
June 2014 to Present
2014年6月至今
Adjunct Professor of North China Electric Power University, China
中国华北电力大学兼职教授
May 2015 to Present
2015年5月至今
Adjunct Professor of Northeast Electric Power University, China
中国东北电力大学兼职教授
November 2017 to Present
2017年11月至今
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
专业协会
Positions
职务
HONOURS
所获殊荣
RESEARCH STUDENTS SUPERVISION
博士及硕士研究生指导
Present or Graduated
Visiting Academics
访问学者
Current situation
Projects & Publications
EXTERNAL/INTERNAL FUNDINGS
科研项目及经费
Liang J, Ugalde-Loo C “Current Flow control in DC grids”,Alstom Grid UK Ltd,£55000; 25/11/2014 - 24/05/2015.
PROJECTS
承担项目
Current Projects
InnoDC (Innovative tools for offshore wind and DC grids) is a European Training Network (ETN) funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme. ETNs provide training through doctoral research to talented early stage researchers (ESRs).
InnoDC ESRs will enrol on PhD degree programmes and be employed for 36 months in a network of universities and industry with expertise in offshore wind power generation and supply. Through the individual ESR research projects, InnoDC will address the technical challenges linked to the development of offshore grids and hybrid AC/DC systems.
We’re looking to appoint and train 15 promising early career researchers in a network of universities and companies active in research into offshore wind power. ESRs will study for PhD degrees, receive wide-ranging technical and personal skills training and disseminate and communicate their work to a wide range of people.
MEDOW has received funding from the People programme of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union.
The MEDOW consortium is made up of eleven partners (five universities and six industrial organisations). Each institution in the consortium contributes various expertise on the manufacturing, design, operation, and control of multi-terminal DC grids.
A DC grid based on multi-terminal voltage-source converter is a newly emerging technology, which is particularly suitable for the connection of offshore wind farms. Multi-terminal DC grids will be the key technology for the European offshore ‘supergrid’.
This project will recruit twelve early-stage researchers (ESRs) and five experienced researchers (ERs). In addition to their individual scientific projects, all fellows will benefit from further interdisciplinary and intersectoral education, which includes internships and secondments, a variety of training modules as well as transferable skills courses and active participation in workshops and conferences.
MEDOW offers a development path to researchers across Europe in the area of DC grids, in addition to fostering greater ties between industry and academia in this key development area.
The project will also host a number of outreach activities which will aim to create awareness among the general public about the research work carried out by the project and its implications for citizens, as well as to introduce school and university students to science, research and innovation.
The project is co-ordinated by Cardiff University (UK).
Title:
Multi-terminal DC grid for Offshore Wind
EU programme:
FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN
Contract type:
Initial Training Network (ITN)
Grant Agreement number:
317221
Start date:
01 April 2013
End date:
31 March 2017
EU contribution:
€ 3 925 537
The BEST PATHS project will help to overcome the challenges of integrating renewable energies into Europe’s energy mix.
With nearly 40 leading organisations from research, industry, utilities, and transmission systems operators, the project aims to develop novel network technologies to increase the pan-European transmission network capacity and electricity system flexibility. A budget of 63 million Euros that will be 56% co-funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration
Mitigating the effect of low inertia and low short-circuit level in HVDC-rich AC grids
Renewable power, particularly offshore wind power, will be a major element of the UK's transition to meet its energy demands while reducing carbon emissions. HVDC will be the key technology for integrating offshore wind power into the UK AC grid and for interconnecting other AC grids in Europe. Line commutated converter (LCC) HVDC is particularly suitable for bulk power transfer while voltage source converter (VSC) HVDC is particularly suitable for connecting offshore power into AC grids with low inertia and low short-circuit level. Multi-terminal HVDC networks and DC grids based on VSC technology will be developed across the North Sea to form a future SuperGrid to increase the flexibility, redundancy and economic viability of offshore wind power transmission.
Through this project, in-depth understanding of operation characteristics of AC grids which are rich in HVDC links will be achieved. Solutions will be founded to enhance the system inertia and short-circuit level. More renewable power through HVDC can be integrated into AC grids without deteriorate the system performance. The research outputs of this project will be disseminated through industrial partners, international academic associations, conferences and journal publications.
Application of dc circuit-breakers in dc grids
The European Union Renewable Energy Directive has committed the Member States to National targets for renewable energy production such that at least 20% of the EU’s energy will be produced from renewable sources by 2020. Meanwhile, the creation of an internal market for energy remains one of the EU’s priority objectives. The development of an interconnected internal market will facilitate cross-border exchanges in electricity and improve competition. The potential role of HVDC in integrating renewable energy generation and cross-border electricity exchanges is widely recognised and many ideas for DC grids linking the transmission systems of different countries and renewable generation are being promoted.
At present, no DC circuit-breaker is commercially available and any DC fault will affect the entire DC network. A DC grid is, therefore, restricted to a single protection zone at present and the capacity of generation connected to it may not exceed the infrequent infeed loss risk limit prescribed by the Security and Quality of Supply Standard (SQSS). The DC circuit-breaker is therefore an essential technology enabling the concept of a DC grid to develop.
Enhanced Renewable Integration through Flexible Transmission Options
(EPSRC UK-China )
China is installing wind farms faster than any other nation and the UK is leading deployment of offshore wind farms. Both nations will face challenges in connecting renewable sources in remote areas over (electrically) long cable or overhead DC routes and also challenges in controlling a system with a high proportion of asynchronous generation. This proposal identifies areas of common technical challenge and lays out a joint programme to analyse the issues and assess possible solutions.
The key outputs will be the analysis methods that are developed to assess the problems identified (and which are useful to grid system operators); proposals for engineering solutions (useful to system operators and equipment vendors) and verification of these proposals through scaled laboratory test systems and real-time simulation.
PARTNERS
合作伙伴
Relationships with other partners
PUBLICATIONS
学术论文及出版物
Book and Book Chapters
专著及专著章节
D. V. Hertem, O. Gomis-Bellmunt, and J. Liang, HVDC Grids: For Offshore and Supergrid of the Future, Wiley-IEEE Press, April 2016.
Refereed Journal Papers
期刊文章
S. Balasubramaniam, C. E. Ugalde-Loo, J. Liang and T. Joseph, "Power Flow Management in MTdc Grids using Series Current Flow Controllers," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron, (Early Access) 2019.
Conference Papers
会议文章
Li, Gen, Liang, Jun, Ugalde Loo, Carlos and Coventry, Paul 2016. Impacts of DC circuit breakers on AC/DC system stability subject to DC faults. Presented at: 2nd International Conference on HVDC (HVDC 2016), Shanghai, China, 25-27 October 2016.
Wang, Sheng, Li, Chuanyue, Adeuyi, Oluwole Daniel, Li, Gen, Ugalde Loo, Carlos and Liang, Jun 2016. Coordination of DC circuit breakers and modular multi-level converters for HVDC grid protection. Presented at: 2nd International Conference on HVDC (HVDC 2016), Shanghai, China, 25-27 October 2016.
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