Ph.D., Professor

E-mail: yuanxm@hust.edu.cn

RESEARCH AREAS AND COURSES

Ø Research Areas

1. Theory and method of stability analysis and control for power electronics dominated power systems

2. Modeling and control of power apparatus for grid-integration of large-scale renewable generations

3. Analysis and control of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system

Ø Teaching Courses

1. Analysis of Complex Power System with Large-scale Wind Power Generation

EDUCATION

ü Federal University of Santa-Catarina (Brazil), College of Electrical Engineering, Doctorate (1995/8-1998/4)

ü Zhejiang University (ZJU), College of Electrical Engineering, Master (1990/9-1993/1)

ü Shandong University (SDU), College of Electrical Engineering, Bachelor (1982/9-1986/7)

WORK EXPERIENCE

ü 2010/8-present

Huazhong University of Science & Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Professor

ü 2000/1-2010/7

The General Electric Company at different positions including in the end as Chief Engineer for electrical engineering in its Global Research Center

ü 1998/1-2000/1

Federal University of Technology Zurich, Switzerland, Post-Doctoral Research Associate

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ø JOURNAL

1. S. Wang, J. Hu and X. Yuan, "Virtual Synchronous Control for Grid-Connected DFIG-Based Wind Turbines," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 932-944, Dec. 2015.

2. Y. Huang, X. Yuan, J. Hu, P. Zhou and D. Wang, "DC-Bus Voltage Control Stability Affected by AC-Bus Voltage Control in VSCs Connected to Weak AC Grids," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 445-458, June 2016.

3. M. Zhao, X. Yuan, J. Hu and Y. Yan, "Voltage Dynamics of Current Control Time-Scale in a VSC-Connected Weak Grid," in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 2925-2937, July 2016.

4. W. He, X. Yuan and J. Hu, " Inertia Provision and Estimation of PLL-Based DFIG Wind Turbines," in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 510-521, Jan 2017.

5. M. Zhang, X. Yuan and J. Hu, " Inertia and Primary Frequency Provisions of PLL-Synchronized VSC HVDC When Attached to Islanded AC System ," in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 4179-4188, July 2018.

Ø PATENT

1. Xiaoming Yuan, Jiabing Hu, Wei He, Xuejun Xiong. Power supply system and control method therefor. US Patent (10084403)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Ø Principal Investigator (PI)/Co-PI

1. Theories and Methods for Nonlinear Multi-Time Scale Coupled Oscillations in Power Electronics Dominated Power Systems, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC), ¥12.0M Yuan, 01/2019-12/2022. (PI)

2. Integration of Large Scale Wind Power into Power Systems, sponsored by National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), ¥38M Yuan, 01/2012-12/2016. (PI)

3. Theory and Method for Dynamic Stability Control of Stochastic and Determinate Power Systems, sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC), ¥2.8M Yuan, 01/2012-12/2016 (PI)

Ø Main Participate

1. Role of Energy Storage in Enhancing Operation and Stability Performance of Sustainable Power Systems (NNSFC), ¥3M Yuan, 01/2014-12/2016 (PI: Hongbin Sun, THU)

2. Multi-time Scale Dynamic Stability Mechanism and Control of Power System with High Proportion of Power Electronics Devices, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC), ¥3M Yuan, 01/2018-12/2021. (PI: Huadong Sun, EPRI)

HONORS AND AWARDS

ü Chief Scientist of "Integration of Large Scale Wind Power into Power Systems" sponsored by National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)

ü The inventor of grid fault ride through technology and virtual synchronous machine technology for renewable energy generations

ü The founder of the Proportional Resonant controller technology for converter control

ü The pioneer in the research of converter dominated large electrical grid and the founder of the Amplitude-Frequency Modulation Dynamics theory

ü More than 50 papers have been published in the IEEE journals and related conferences, one of which won the first prize on the annual conference of IEEE IAS in 1999 and one of which was cited more than 470 times.