BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250306T162639Z UID:92185F19-6D1E-4F35-9293-5D6ECBC8CDB0 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250226T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250226T160000 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nSeminar Abstract:\n\nDriven by the growing energy demand and reduction of carbon footprints\, there is a global energy shift eviden ced by the large-scale integration of renewable energies into modern power grids. As the core of renewable generation\, grid-tied converters mainly follow the established grid and operate as controllable current sources fo r active/reactive power regulation\, known as grid-following converters. A lthough being mature and simple\, grid-following converters pose serious t hreats to the operation of power grids and impose a limitation on the rati o of renewable energy penetration\, due to the incapability of grid formul ation and inertia/damping delivery as well as poor instability in weak gri ds. Fortunately\, grid-forming converters are evolving as a solution and t he enabler of modern power grids.\n\nThis talk will unfold itself with a h istory of grid-forming converters\, with a special focus attached to the v oltage source and current source features. In parallel\, major grid-formin g techniques will be reviewed and compared. Subsequently\, our endeavors o n the modeling and control of grid-forming converters serve as the major p art of this talk\, including classifications from both AC and DC perspecti ves\, small-signal and large-signal modeling\, as well as the inner-loop v oltage control\, middle-loop power control\, and outer-loop coordination c ontrol. Finally\, this talk will point out the potential future research d irections of grid-forming converters as the form of questions.\n\nBio:\n\n Jingyang Fang (Senior Member\, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University\, Xi’an\, Chi na\, in 2013 and 2015\, respectively\, and the Ph.D. degree from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering\, Nanyang Technological University\ , Singapore\, in 2019.\n\nFrom May 2018 to August 2018\, he was a Visiting Scholar with Aalborg University. From August 2018 to August 2019\, he was a Research Fellow with Nanyang Technological University. From August 2019 to August 2021\, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Duke Universit y and TU Kaiserslautern. Since August 2021\, he has joined School of Contr ol Science and Engineering\, Shandong University as a Full Professor. His research interests include power quality control\, stability analysis and improvement\, renewable energy integration\, and digital control in more-e lectronics power systems.\n\nDr. Fang was a recipient of the Humboldt Rese arch Fellowship\, National Excellent Young Scientists (Overseas)\, three I EEE Prize Paper Awards\, one Best Presenter Award\, the IEEE JESTPE Star R eviewer Award\, and the Best Thesis Award from NTU. He was among the World 's Top 2% Highly Cited Scientists ranked by Stanford University. He is a G uest-EIC of TPEL\, an AE of JESTPE\, and a member of Sigma Xi. He has auth ored and co-authored over 100 IEEE papers with 6 ESI highly-cited papers a nd 4 licensed patents.\n\nG33\, Y3 Building\, Birmingham\, England\, Unite d Kingdom LOCATION:G33\, Y3 Building\, Birmingham\, England\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER:cxw924@student.bham.ac.uk SEQUENCE:18 SUMMARY:History\, Our Endeavours\, and Future Research of Grid-Forming Conv erters URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/469917 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui /media/display/adce5754-7806-42f8-afe8-0405d1f81d3a" alt="" width="811" he ight="456"></p>\n<p><strong>Seminar Abstract:</strong></p>\n<p>Driven by t he growing energy demand and reduction of carbon footprints\, there is a g lobal energy shift evidenced by the large-scale integration of renewable e nergies into modern power grids. As the core of renewable generation\, gri d-tied converters mainly follow the established grid and operate as contro llable current sources for active/reactive power regulation\, known as gri d-following converters. Although being mature and simple\, grid-following converters pose serious threats to the operation of power grids and impose a limitation on the ratio of renewable energy penetration\, due to the in capability of grid formulation and inertia/damping delivery as well as poo r instability in weak grids. Fortunately\, grid-forming converters are evo lving as a solution and the enabler of modern power grids.</p>\n<p>This ta lk will unfold itself with a history of grid-forming converters\, with a s pecial focus attached to the voltage source and current source features. I n parallel\, major grid-forming techniques will be reviewed and compared. Subsequently\, our endeavors on the modeling and control of grid-forming c onverters serve as the major part of this talk\, including classifications from both AC and DC perspectives\, small-signal and large-signal modeling \, as well as the inner-loop voltage control\, middle-loop power control\, and outer-loop coordination control. Finally\, this talk will point out t he potential future research directions of grid-forming converters as the form of questions.</p>\n<p><strong>Bio:</strong></p>\n<p>Jingyang Fang (Se nior Member\, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical eng ineering from Xi&rsquo\;an Jiaotong University\, Xi&rsquo\;an\, China\, in 2013 and 2015\, respectively\, and the Ph.D. degree from School of Electr ical and Electronic Engineering\, Nanyang Technological University\, Singa pore\, in 2019.</p>\n<p>From May 2018 to August 2018\, he was a Visiting S cholar with Aalborg University. From August 2018 to August 2019\, he was a Research Fellow with Nanyang Technological University. From August 2019 t o August 2021\, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Duke University and TU Kaiserslautern. Since August 2021\, he has joined School of Control Science and Engineering\, Shandong University as a Full Professor. His re search interests include power quality control\, stability analysis and im provement\, renewable energy integration\, and digital control in more-ele ctronics power systems.</p>\n<p>Dr. Fang was a recipient of the Humboldt R esearch Fellowship\, National Excellent Young Scientists (Overseas)\, thre e IEEE Prize Paper Awards\, one Best Presenter Award\, the IEEE JESTPE Sta r Reviewer Award\, and the Best Thesis Award from NTU. He was among the Wo rld's Top 2% Highly Cited Scientists ranked by Stanford University. He is a Guest-EIC of TPEL\, an AE of JESTPE\, and a member of Sigma Xi. He has a uthored and co-authored over 100 IEEE papers with 6 ESI highly-cited paper s and 4 licensed patents.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR