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Dr Jin Yang

Jin Yang Photo
Jin Yang Photo

Phone number
+44 (0)121 204 3539

Email
 j.yang8@aston.ac.uk

Room number
NW 415

Teaching activity
Foundation degree in Power Systems

Profile
Lecturer with research interests in renewable power generation systems, power system transient analysis and protection, active distribution systems and distributed generations, power system simulation and power economics.

Qualifications & Education 

  • MSc & BEng in Electrical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, 2006 & 2003

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, 2011

 Employment 

  • 2006 - 2007, Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, North China Electric Power University

Teaching activity
Foundation degree program and ME3P01 Sustainable and Renewable Technologies, BEng (Hons) Professional Engineering (Power Systems)

Research interests

  • Renewable power generation systems: including fault analysis, simulation and protection schemes
  • Active distribution systems: including Smart Grid infrastructure, distribution network planning, and distributed generations.
  • Power system and renewable power economics

PhD Supervision
Available to supervise PhD students

Membership of Professional Bodies
MIEEE

Selected publications

Refereed Journal Papers:

  • J. Yang, J. E. Fletcher, and J. O’Reilly, “Short-circuit and ground fault analysis and location in VSC based dc network cables,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, invitation from the 2010 ISIE conference for special section publication, accepted for publication and online, Jul. 2011, in press.
  • J. Yang, J. E. Fletcher, and J. O’Reilly, “Multi-terminal DC wind farm collection grid internal fault analysis and protection design,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 2308-2318, Oct. 2010.
  • J. Yang, J. E. Fletcher, and J. O’Reilly, “A series-dynamic-resistor-based converter protection scheme for doubly-fed induction generator during various fault conditions,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 422-432, Jun. 2010.
  • J. Yang, J. O’Reilly, and J. E. Fletcher, “Reliability enhancement of offshore wind farms by redundancy analysis,” Journal of Automation of Electric Power Systems, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 84-91, Feb. 2010.

Refereed Conference Papers:

  • J. Yang, J. E. Fletcher, and J. O’Reilly, “Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator based Wind Power Generation System Fault Protection Schemes,” the 1st IET Renewable Power Generation Conference, IET RPG 2011, Edinburgh, UK, 5-8 Sep. 2011.
  • J. Yang, J. E. Fletcher, and J. O’Reilly, “Protection scheme design for meshed VSC-HVDC transmission systems for large-scale wind farms,” the 9th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, IET ACDC 2010, London, UK, 20-21 Oct. 2010.
  • J. Yang, Y. Gao, and J. O’Reilly, “Permanent magnet synchronous generator converter protection analysis during DC wind farm open-circuit fault condition,” The 9th IEEE Annual Electrical Power and Energy Conference 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 22-23 Oct. 2009.
  • J. Yang, J. O’Reilly, and J. E. Fletcher, “Protection scheme switch-timing for doubly-fed induction generator during fault conditions,” IEEE PowerTech 2009, Bucharest, Romania, 28 Jun. – 2 Jul. 2009.
  • J. Yang, D. G. Dorrell, and J. E. Fletcher, “A new converter protection scheme for doubly-fed induction generators during disturbances,” The 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Orlando, Florida, USA, 10-13 Nov. 2008.