Professor Jun Liang

Biography

Jun Liang (M’02-SM’12) 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 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. 

Speaking engagements

• Panel session presentation “Stability control and grid connection of VSC-HVDC for offshore wind power”, IEEE PES GM 2022
• Invited talk on “DC technologies for grid integration of offshore renewable power” at IEEE PES University, December 2021;
• Panel speech, “B2B converters and DC links in UK”, ECCE 2021 Special Session
• Keynote speech, the 9th International Conference on Power Science and Engineering (ICPSE 2020)
• Keynote speech, “Angle DC Project and Its Academic Engagements” at The Low Carbon Networks & Innovation Conference, on behalf of Scottish Power, Glasgow UK, 2019;
• Keynote speech, Annual Conference of Applied Energy, Sweden, August 2019.
• Panel speech, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, U.S. 2019.
• Co-Chair of the Special Sessions on “HVDC technologies for HVDC grids” IEEE IECON Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 2019.
• Co-Chair of the Special Sessions “Medium Voltage DC for Electricity Distribution Networks,” IEEE IECON Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 2019.
• Organizer and Chair of the IET Tutorial on Innovative Tools for Offshore Wind & DC Grids, 2019.
• Chair and Panel speech, “DC technology” the 1st IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration, Beijing, China, 2017.
• Keynote speech, Annual Conference of HVDC and Power Electronics of Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, Shanghai, China, October 2015.
• Keynote speech, “Test of multi-terminal VSC-HVDC control strategies by means of an analogue test-rig” at The Low Carbon Networks & Innovation Conference, on behalf of National Grid, Aberdeen UK, 2014;
• Other talks:
• Chair the Keynote Speech: FACTS and DC transmission: History, state of the art and future developments Prof Carl Baker, GE Grid solutions, UK, 6th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (IEEE SPEC 2021), 6-9 December 2021 Kigali, Rwanda;
• Speeches for Summer Schools of Harbin Institute of Technology on “Reliability Evaluation of voltage source converters for MVDC applications”, in July 2020;
• Speeches for Summer Schools of ChongQing University China on “Grid Integration of Clean Power & Electrified Transport” in April 2021;
• Invited Panel speech on “Electrification of public transport, cases in the UK and China” at Asian Century Dialogues (ACF) on Sustainable Mobility, 6th-13th August 2021;
• Invited talk on “Grid integration and stability control of offshore wind power” at the MPCE (Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy) Forum 22, January 2022;

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.

Publications

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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

Contracts

Title	People	Sponsor	Value	Duration
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.) J.Liang(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

Supervision

Past projects

1. Peng Yang: Design and control of DC transformer for overlay DC grids, PhD student, start date: 01/04/2018, Graduated on 22/03/22.
2. Wei Liu: Development of fast and discriminative HVDC grid protection, PhD student, start date: 01/04/2018, Graduated on 20/01/22.
3. Davide Pinzan: Performance of outdoor insulation under HVDC stress, PhD student, start date: 01/04/2018, Graduated on 22/11/21.
4. Gayan Abeynayaka: DC collection systems for offshore wind farms, PhD student, start date: 01/04/2018, Graduated on 23/08/21.
5. Xiangyu LI: Stability analysis and control of power systems with renewable energy and energy storage. PhD student, Start Date: 01/10/2016, Graduated on 22/07/21.
6. Khadijat JOSE: Mitigating the effect of low inertia and low short-circuit level in HVDC-rich AC grids, PhD student, Start Date: 01/01/2015, Graduated on 01/06/2019.
7. Tibin JOSEPH: Control of DC grids to improve stability of AC grids, PhD student, Start Date: 01/11/2013. (PhD Graduated on 08/03/18).
8. Gen LI: Integrated AC/DC transmission system simulation, PhD student, Start Date: 01/10/2013. (PhD Graduated on 21/02/18).
9. Rui ZHENG: Thyristor controlled series compensation. PhD student, Start Date: 01/10/2013. (PhD Graduated on 07/02/18).
10. Jorge GONCALVES: Operation of DC grids with various types of voltage source converters, PhD student, Start Date: 01/10/2013. (PhD Graduated on 05/12/17).
11. Manal HUSSAIN: Integration of wind power to the AC transmission system, PhD student, Start Date: 01/02/2014. (PhD Graduated on 05/12/17).
12. Chuanyue LI: Interconnection of LCC-HVDC using DC/DC converters, PhD student, Start Date: 01/10/2013. (PhD Graduated on 15/11/17).
13. Rui DANTAS: Discriminating protection in DC grids, PhD student, Start Date: 01/04/2014. (PhD Graduated on 07/11/17).
14. Senthooran BALASUBRAMANIAM: Flexible Power Flow Control in Meshed HVDC Grid. Start Date: 01/10/2012. (PhD Graduated on 12/06/17).
15. Marc CHEAH: Optimal wind power transfer through DC grid, Start Date: 01/10/2013. (PhD Graduated on 22/05/17).
16. WANG, Sheng, Modelling and control of VSC-HVDC transmission system. Start Date: 01/10/2011. (PhD Graduated on 21/11/16).
17. ADEUYI, Oluwole Daniel: Design and control of offshore Supergrid. Start Date: 01/10/2012. (PhD Graduated on 29/02/16).
18. EWAIS, FARGHALY Ahmed, Investigation of SSR damping through wind turbine control, PhD student, Start Date: 01/07/2009, (PhD Graduated on 20/06/14)
19. WHITBY, Benjamin: Renewable energy, smart grids and controllable demand. Start Date: 01/04/2010. (PhD, Graduated on 06/12/2013)
20. LICARI, John, Control of a 1MW variable speed wind turbine, Start Date: 01/10/2010. (PhD, Graduated on 20/04/2013)
21. LIVERMORE, Luke, Integration of Large Offshore Wind farms, Start Date: 01/10/2009. (PhD, Graduated on 07/12/2012)
22. ZHOU, Shu, “Modelling and Control of Multi-Terminal HVDC Networks for Offshore Wind Power Generation”, MPhil, Graduated on 31/10/2011.
23. Xiaotian WANG: Coordinated control of FACTS devices. MPhil, Start Date: 01/10/2013, Graduated on 01/06/2017.
24. Ye-Obong Udoakah: Electric vehicles to grid (V2G) and energy storage, PhD student, start date: 01/10/2018
25. Ali S A Garada: Electric vehicles and charging strategies, PhD student, start date: 01/10/2018
26. Mohammed Turki E Alruwaili Start Date: 01/10/2018
27. Saad Awad Hamad Al-Qahtani Start Date: 01/04/2019
28. Yu Dong: Cyber security and its impact on distribution networks, Start Date: 01/10/2020
29. Vageesh Mohan: Protection of DC distribution networks, Start Date: 01/10/2021.
30. Krzysztof Jakubiak: Wireless EV charging technologies, Start Date: 01/10/2020