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Jun Liang

Professor Jun Liang

(he/him)

Professor of Power Electronics and Power Networks

School of Engineering

Email
LiangJ1@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 70666
Campuses
Queen's Buildings - Central Building, Room C4.04, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA

Overview

A Chair Professor at Cardiff University. He has over 30 years’ experience in renewable energy, DC transmission/distribution, power electronic converter control, power system operation and electrified transport.

He currently leads a research group in power electronics and DC technologies for renewable power generation and transmission. He has led and obtained research funding over £20M, including £9M external funding under his portfolio in 32 projects.

He is the Coordinator and Scientist-in-Charge of three European Commission Marie-Skłodowska-Curie ITN/ETN/DN projects (total €13M, 2013-2026). 

He has published over 260 papers including 160 journal papers, 1 book in IEEE/Wiley, and 4 book chapters. He has supervised 32 PhD students with 21 of them graduated so far, and 10 post-doctoral researchers.

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Articles

Book sections

Conferences

Research

Contracts

Title People Sponsor Value Duration
Grid impedance scanning methods and modelling

Li C., Liang J.

National Grid

£285k

04/09/2023 - 28/02/2025
Generic model and stability analysis of grid forming converters

Li C., Liang J.

National Grid

£468k

01/04/2023 - 31/03/2026
Accelerating the Deployment of Offshore wind using DC technology (ADOreD)

Liang J., Ming W.L., Cipcigan L. Wang S.

EC Horizon Europe Marie- Skłodowska -Curie ITN (EPSRC Guarantee Funding)

€4.2M (+£707k)

01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026
UK-Australia Centre in a Secure Internet of Energy: Supporting Electric Vehicle Infrastructure at the "Edge" of the Grid

Ranjan R (Newcastle Univ.)

Liang J.(Cardiff PI)

L.Cipcigan, O.Rana, P.Burnap, 

N.Saxena

EPSRC £1.889M+£1.276M (project partners) 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2025
Sustainable urban power supply through intelligent control and enhanced restoration of AC/DC networks  Liang J., Cipcigan L., Rana O. EPSRC and China NSF  £750k+¥3m 01/04/2020 - 31/03/2023
Innovative tools for offshore wind and DC grids (InnoDC) Liang J European Commission Horizon 2020  €3.9M 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2021
Decarbonising Transport through Electrification, a Whole System Approach (DTE) Cipcigan L., Featherston C., Haddad A., Liang J.  EPSRC £900k 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2022
Accelerated Industrial application of Electric Vehicle Charging Technologies Liang J EPSRC DTP Case  £85k 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2023
Identification and mitigation of Sub and near-Synchronous Oscillations Liang J National Grid £155k 01/01/2020 - 30/04/2021
Investigate and test improved grid code specification for HVDC schemes Liang J SSE HVDC Centre £84.7k 01/04/2019 - 31/12/2019
Feasibility study on multiform of DC grids for transnational interconnections Liang J Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute €140k 01/11/2017 - 28/02/2019
Academic engagement with Angle DC project Liang J, Wu J Scottish Power £300k 01/08/2016 - 31/07/2022
GB Transmission Network Modelling for Blackstart through HVDC and Offshore Wind Farms Li G, Liang J. EPSRC IAA 10000 01/01/2021 - 31/07/2021
Power Electronics for Grid Applications, E-Mobility and renewable Energy Liang J. Li G. GCRF 8000 01/04/2020 - 31/12/2020
Enhanced renewable integration through flexible transmission options (ERIFT) Jenkins N, Liang J EPSRC via Imperial College 291133 01/04/2013 - 31/03/2016
Control of a 1MW variable speed wind turbine Jenkins N, Liang J Nordic Wind Power Ltd 18500 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2013
Integration of Large Offshore Windfarms Through Multi -Terminal High Voltage Direct Current Networks Jenkins N, Liang J Alstom Grid 38478 01/10/2009 - 30/09/2012
BESTPATHS Jenkins N, Liang J, Ugalde-Loo C EC FP7 501733 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2018
Power Flow Control and Anti-Fault Strategies of DC grids Liang J Quzhou Hang Yong Transformer Corporation 60000 01/11/2011 - 30/09/2015
Overview of HVDC grid research and development and reliability of HVDC stations Liang J China Electric Power Research Institute 34043 01/07/2013 - 30/06/2015
Mobility of Foreign Professors Liang J, Spanish Ministry of Education 1929 05/03/2012 - 31/12/2012
Test of multi-terminal VSC HVDC control strategies by means of an analogue testing rig Liang J, National Grid 29984 01/02/2012 - 31/07/2012
MEDOW, Multi-terminal DC grid for offshore wind (MEDOW) Liang J European Commission (FP7) 1285803 01/04/2013 - 31/12/2016
Mitigating the effects of low interia and low short circuit level in HDVC-rich AC grids Liang J, Jenkins N, Ugalde Loo C EPSRC 295632 26/09/2014 - 25/09/2017
DC Grid discriminating protection Liang J, Jenkins N, Ugalde-Loo C Alstom Grid UK Ltd 147548 01/04/2014 - 31/03/2017
Current Flow control in DC grids Liang J, Ugalde-Loo C Alstom Grid UK Ltd 55000 25/11/2014 - 24/05/2015
Application of DC Circuit-breakers in DC grids  Liang J National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC 127533 01/07/2012 - 30/09/2017

Supervised Students

Title Student Status Degree
Design and control of DC transformer for overlay DC grids YANG Peng Graduated PhD
Development of fast and discriminative HVDC grid protection LIU Wei Graduated PhD
Performance of outdoor insulation under HVDC stress PINZAN Davide Graduated PhD
DC collection systems for offshore wind farms ABEYNAYAKA Gayan Graduated PhD
Stability analysis and control of power systems with renewable energy and energy storage LI Xiangyu Graduated PhD
The Effect Of Wind Turbines On The Subsynchronous Resonance EWAIS FARGHALY Ahmed Graduated PhD
Control of an Axial Flow Tidal Stream Turbine WHITBY Benjamin Graduated PhD
MULTI-TERMINAL HVDC PROTECTION. LI Chuanyue Graduated PhD
Integrated AC/DC transmission system simulation LI Gen Graduated PhD
CONTROL OF A VARIABLE SPEED WIND TURBINE LICARI John Graduated PhD
Operation of DC grids with various types of voltage source converters GONCALVES Jorge Miguel Da Silva Graduated PhD
Mitigating the effect of low inertia and low short-circuit level in HVDC-Rich AC Grids JOSE Khadijat Folashade Graduated PhD
Integration of Large Offshore Windfarms Through Multi -Terminal High Voltage Direct Current Networks LIVERMORE Luke Graduated PhD
Integration of wind power to the AC transmission system NAWIR Manal Hussein Graduated PhD
Optimal wind power transfer trough DC grid CHEAH Marc Graduated PhD
Grid Connection of Offshore Wind Farms Through Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current Networks ADEUYI OLUWOLE DANIEL Graduated PhD
APPLICATION OF TCSC IN POWER SYSTEMS. ZHENG Rui Graduated PhD
DC GRID DISCRIMINATING PROTECTION. DANTAS Rui Sergio Senra Barbosa Graduated PhD
Flexible Power Flow Control in Meshed HVDC Grids BALASUBRAMANIAM Senthooran Graduated PhD
Modelling and control of VSC-HVDC transmission system. WANG Sheng Graduated PhD
Modelling And Control Of Multi-Terminal HVDC Netwroks For Offshore Wind Power Generation. ZHOU Shu Graduated MPhil
Control of DC grids to improve stability of AC grids. JOSEPH Tibin Graduated PhD
AC GRID STABILITY CONTROL USING FACTS WANG Xiaotian Graduated MPhil

Teaching

Teach about 100hrs each academic year across various undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Modules include

Year 2 Machine and Power Electronics;

Year 3 Power Electronics;

MSc Advanced Power Electronics and Drives;

MSc Smart Grid and Active Network Control.

Year 4 Renewabl Energy Design

Biography

Jun Liang (IEEE Fellow'24) received the B.Sc. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 1992 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. From 1998 to 2001, he was a Senior Engineer with China Electric Power Research Institute. From 2001 to 2005, he was a Research Associate at Imperial College, London, U.K.. From 2005 to 2007, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, U.K.. Currently, he is a Professor at the School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Wales, U.K.. His research interests include FACTS devices/HVDC, power system stability and control, power electronics, and renewable power generation.

Honours and awards

  • Winning an award to join the “Welsh Crucible” programme for future leaders of Wales. 2013.
  • Guest lectures on “HVDC grids for offshore wind power”, at Catalonia Institute of Energy Research in December 2012, and at K.U. Leuven, Belgium in December 2013.
  • Guest lecture of the scheme “Mobility of Foreign Professors” by Spanish Ministry of Education, 01/02/2012 - 31/01/2013
  • The First Science and Technology Prize of EPRI, China, in 1999 and 2000.
  • Best paper award, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, USA 2016, “Electrical resonance instability study in HVDC-connected Offshore Wind Power Plants,”
  • 3rd Best paper award, IET Renewable Power Generation, Shanghai, China, 2019, "Closed-loop Capacitor Pre-charging Strategies for Modular Multilevel Converters during Start-up Sequences, "
  • Excellent Editorial Board Member, CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2017 and 2019
  • Excellent Reviewers, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2018 and 2019
  • Excellent Paper, CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems in 2020 " Power Reversal strategies for hybrid LCC/MMC HVDC systems"
  • Excellent Reviewers, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2022
  • Outstanding Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy in 2021

Professional memberships

He is

an IEEE Fellow,

an IET Fellow,

the Chair of UK&RI Chapter of IEEE Power Electronics Society, Vice Chair of IEEE PELS Region 8 committee promoting IEEE membership,

the CIGRE C6 UK Regular Member, an Organising Committee member of the IET ACDC conferences, a committee member of CIGRE Working Groups C6/B4-37, B4-58, 60, 62 and 72, the Technical Secretary of the CIGRE WG B4-60, C6/B4-37, Committee member of the British Standards Institution (BSI), the Committee member of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) SC 8A,

an Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy, an Editor of CSEE JPES, a Guest Editor of IEEE Transaction on Power Delivery, and technical committee members of several international Conferences. 

 

Committees and reviewing

an Organising Committee member of the IET ACDC conferences, a committee member of CIGRE Working Groups C6/B4-37, B4-58, 60, 62 and 72, the Technical Secretary of the CIGRE WG B4-60, C6/B4-37,

a CIGRE SC C6 Regular Member, representing UK

an Editorial Board Member of CSEE JPES, an Editor of IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy, a Guest Editor of IEEE Transaction on Power Delivery, and technical committee members of several international Conferences. 

  • ERSRC grant reviewer.
  • Review Panel of Academy of Finland.
  • China Natural Science Foundation reviewer.