Weiyi Zhang

ORCID: 0000-0003-0065-6811
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Research Areas
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
  • Islanding Detection in Power Systems
  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • Power Systems and Renewable Energy
  • Wind Turbine Control Systems
  • High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Smart Grid and Power Systems
  • Electric Motor Design and Analysis
  • Power System Optimization and Stability
  • Smart Grid Security and Resilience
  • Power Systems and Technologies
  • Advanced Sensor and Control Systems
  • Frequency Control in Power Systems
  • Wireless Communication Security Techniques
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
  • Maritime Navigation and Safety
  • Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption
  • Advanced Algorithms and Applications
  • Evaluation and Optimization Models
  • Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques
  • Wave and Wind Energy Systems

Qingdao University
2025

Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications
2018-2024

Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
2024

Yanshan University
2024

Shandong Academy of Sciences
2022

Qilu University of Technology
2022

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
2014-2017

Hospital Terrassa
2017

AT&T (United States)
2011-2013

Metallurgical Corporation of China (China)
2013

The increasing amount of renewable power generation systems is a challenging issue for the control and operation electrical networks. One main issues their lack inertia, which becoming greater problem as much share plants based on traditional synchronous generators gets reduced. In this regard, new grid codes ask these to provide functionalities such frequency support inertia emulation. paper, controller grid-connected converters proposed good solution with energy storage. It provides...

10.1109/tste.2016.2565059 article EN IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 2016-05-16

System state estimation and control are important issues to ensure the stability reliability of smart grid system. In this paper, problem how securely estimate system is studied. setup studied, sensor(s) controller communicate with each other through a wireless channel subjected monitoring by an eavesdropper. The capacity requirement that ensures negligible information leakage eavesdropper about messages studied from theoretic perspective. Two scenarios single sensor or multiple sensors...

10.1109/tsg.2011.2159817 article EN IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2011-08-15

LEACH protocol is one of the clustering routing protocols in wireless sensor networks. The advantage that each node has equal probability to be a cluster head, which makes energy dissipation relatively balanced. In protocol, time divided into many rounds, round, all nodes contend head according predefined criterion. This paper focuses on how set length prolong lifetime network and increase throughput, denoted as amount data packs sent sink node. functions throughput related round are...

10.1109/infcomw.2011.5928813 article EN 2011-04-01

Grid-interactive converters with primary frequency control and inertia emulation have emerged are promising for future renewable generation plants because of the contribution in power system stabilisation. This study gives a synchronous active solution grid-interactive converters, as way to emulate generators inerita characteristics load sharing. As design considerations, virtual angle stability transient response both analysed, detailed implementation structure is also given without...

10.1049/iet-rpg.2016.0557 article EN IET Renewable Power Generation 2016-10-18

Multi‐terminal dc (MTDC) grids are expected to be built and experience rapid expansion in the near future as they have emerged a competitive solution for transmitting offshore wind generation overlaying their ac counterpart. The concept of inertia sharing control operation MTDC grids, which can achieved by proposed unified reference controller. objectives voltage source converter (VSC) stations no longer limited stabilisation grid, instead, requirements side also met. interaction dynamics...

10.1049/iet-gtd.2016.0665 article EN IET Generation Transmission & Distribution 2016-10-11

Grid-connected power converters that integrate frequency support and inertia emulation functionalities have emerged in the last years. These features are promising for renewable energy-based generation plants, as it permits such systems to contribute enhance system stability. This paper discusses about three different active control solutions can be applied grid-connected equipped with a synchronous controller. For each solution, detailed analytical relationship between parameters loop...

10.1109/tia.2019.2928517 article EN IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2019-07-15

The high‐voltage multi‐terminal dc (MTDC) systems are foreseen to experience an important development in the next years. Currently, they have appeared be a prevailing technical and economical solution for harvesting offshore wind energy. In this study, inertia mimicry capability is added voltage‐source converter‐HVDC grid‐side station MTDC grid connected weak ac grid, which can low or even operate as islanded grid. presented control integrated generalised voltage droop strategy implemented...

10.1049/iet-rpg.2015.0463 article EN IET Renewable Power Generation 2016-03-23

Control of grid-connected power converters is continuously developing to meet the grid codes, according which generation units should keep connected and further provide ancillary services, such as voltage frequency support, negative sequence current injection, inertia emulation, etc. A virtual admittance controller proposed in this paper for objective support under asymmetrical faults. By using independent selective admittances positive unbalanced can be significantly compensated during The...

10.3390/en10070950 article EN cc-by Energies 2017-07-08

Grid-connected power converters, which are frequently used to link renewable generation plants with the grid, required provide a better functionality for large scale integration of renewables. They expected be grid-friendly, or even grid-supportive, instead simply grid-feeding grid-demanding. This paper designs synchronous controller grid-connected converters in detail, emulating electromechanical characteristics machines and improving its actual performance, as it is based on virtual...

10.17775/cseejpes.2015.00790 article EN cc-by-nc-nd CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems 2017-10-05

The level of inertia in modern power systems is reducing drastically due to the increasing penetration renewables grid. In near future grid will face high renewable resources because countries policies. However, provides no inertia. On other hand, voltage source converter (VSC) based multi terminal HVDC system a promising solution for connection offshore wind farms transmit huge amount harvested energy ac grids. This paper proposes complete VSC-HVDC control structure which enables candidate...

10.1109/icrera.2015.7418668 article EN 2015-11-01

The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources in power systems has increased the amount generating units employing electronics as their grid interface, instead synchronous generators. Their different dynamics have brought new challenges for system operators; particular, reduction total inertia systems, which leads to larger frequency disturbances. Different methods been proposed address this issue, with virtual machines a promising solution; however, start-up process these...

10.1109/icrera.2017.8191261 article EN 2017-11-01

High level penetration of renewable energy sources has reshaped modern electrical grids. For the future grid, distributed power generation plants can be integrated in a larger scale. Control grid-connected converters is required to achieve fast reference tracking and further present grid-supporting fault ride-through performance. Among all aspects for converter control, inner current loop characterizes system performance considerably. This paper proposes unified tuning approach that...

10.3390/en9090723 article EN cc-by Energies 2016-09-07

Improving the dynamics of widely applied grid-connected power converters has been drawing a lot interests in recent years. Since currently installed doesn't shown inertia effect processing, lack electrical networks will become increasingly significant and less admissible when more renewable energy sources penetrate into grid through converters. An active synchronizing controller for with configurable natural droop characteristics is proposed this paper. The able to incorporate inertia,...

10.1109/pedg.2015.7223055 article EN 2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) 2015-06-01

Power plants employing renewable energy sources connected to large power systems continue increasing their number and size. PV wind farms are a clear example of this trend. They employ electronics in order inject the grid most cases interaction does not take into account system needs. However, as size increases, these should support with ancillary services it is necessary analyze impact on grid. Despite conventional usually comprise small amount synchronous generators range 100 MW, using...

10.1109/isie.2015.7281546 article EN 2015-06-01

High voltage dc (HVDC) systems act as the prevailed solution for transmitting offshore wind energy to onshore main grids. Control of source converters (VSC) in HVDC is decisive performance. This paper proposes control VSC-HVDC with electromechanical characteristics and unified primary strategy, a reaction updated requirements ac grid transmission system operators. As two important aspects control, converter are both designed detail. Electromechanical make VSC capable providing inertia...

10.1109/ecce.2016.7854969 article EN 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2016-09-01

This paper presented an AC electronic load composed of ac to dc PWM voltage source converter and provided a new control in closed loop , based on hysteresis current control. The can uses symmetrical or asymmetrical band, this paper, implementing random band permits good for output current. is much less sensitive parameter signal changes than the existing delta modulation technique reduce harmonic distortion. For single phase converter, simulation experimental results have been provided....

10.1109/iceceng.2011.6057553 article EN International Conference on Electrical and Control Engineering 2011-09-01

This study presents a complete wave-to-wire model in which novel wave energy converter control approach based on adaptive vector is introduced. The proposed for maximum power absorption of the primary resource included, as well grid interconnection topology and required controllers, needed processing over entire conversion chain. Thanks to performance controller, extraction can be instantaneously achieved regardless current irregular characteristics resource. Finally, electrical...

10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0796 article EN IET Power Electronics 2017-03-31

Three-phase power converters are largely employed in generation facilities based on renewable energy sources, and these commonly working grid connection mode frequently connected to the through passive filters. Nowadays need for larger converter-based plants increases continuously, LCL+trap filter arises as a solution when switching frequency is reduced due increase. However, tuning of current controllers becomes more complex lead considerably high order system. In this work method gains...

10.1109/icrera.2014.7016425 article EN 2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA) 2014-10-01

Grid-connected converters with primary frequency control and inertia emulation have emerged are promising for future renewable generation plants because of the contribution in power system stabilization. This paper gives a synchronous active solution grid-connected converters. As design considerations, virtual angle stability transient response both analyzed, detailed implementation structure is also given without entailing any difficulty practice. The analysis validation support...

10.1109/ecce.2016.7855127 article EN 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2016-09-01
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