Major breakthrough
无交流滤波器柔性传统直流输电系统
Y. Xue, X. P. Zhang and C. Yang, “AC Filterless Flexible LCC HVDC with Reduced Voltage Rating of Controllable Capacitors,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-1.


Y. Xue, X.-P. Zhang, “Reactive Power and AC Voltage Control of LCC HVDC System with Controllable Capacitors,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 753-764, Jan. 2017.
10.1109/TPWRS.2016.2557342

Most popular article (Ranks 1st from Jan 2017 to Sept 2017 except that it ranks 2nd in May 2017)



Most popular article (Ranks 1st from Jan 2017 to Sept 2017 except that it ranks 2nd in May 2017)
Z. Yan, X.-P. Zhang, “General Energy Filters for Power Smoothing, Tracking and Processing using Energy Storage,” IEEE Access, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-1, Aug. 2017.
10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2737547

Proposed the concept of Energy Quality for Sustainable Energy Development



Proposed the concept of Energy Quality for Sustainable Energy Development
X. Zhao, Z. Yan, X.-P. Zhang, “A Wind-Wave Farm System With Self-Energy Storage and Smoothed Power Output,” IEEE Access, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 8634-8642, Nov. 2016.
10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2631505

Proposed the integration scheme between wind and wave farm



Proposed the integration scheme between wind and wave farm
H. Fu, X.-P. Zhang, “Market Equilibrium in Active Distribution System With μVPPs: A Coevolutionary Approach,” IEEE Access, vol. 5, no. , pp. 8194-8204, Apr. 2017.
10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2691316

Proposed the concept of VPPs in Distribution System Operator Framework



Proposed the concept of VPPs in Distribution System Operator Framework
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