Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation

Power systems and High Voltage Engineering

The focus areas of research in power systems and high voltage engineering are distribution networks, their system solutions and reliability engineering, power system components´ load capacity and ageing, control and monitoring systems including computer applications, automation and communication solutions, end use analysis and power quality.

The strategic focus areas of teaching and research are:

Loading, aging, diagnostics and condition monitoring of components such as lines, transformers, switchgear, generators.
New methods for power system fault indication and location, especially utilization of fast phenomena like traveling waves, transients and partial discharges.
Power system technology, reliability engineering, optimal planning.
ICT-applications in power systems. Automation systems, measurements, communication, Smart Grids.
Energy efficiency, electric vehicle charging systems, integration of distributed energy resources.

Research is performed in close collaboration with the electrical industry, utilities and authorities.

The group is led by Professor Matti Lehtonen.

Group members

Optimal Harmonic Mitigation in Distribution Systems with Inverter Based Distributed Generation

Ahmed S. Abbas, Ragab A. El-Sehiemy, Adel Abou El-Ela, Eman Salah Ali, Karar Mahmoud, Matti Lehtonen, Mohamed M. F. Darwish 2021 APPLIED SCIENCES

Reliable Solar Irradiance Forecasting Approach Based on Choquet Integral and Deep LSTMs

Mohamed Abdel-Nasser, Karar Mahmoud, Matti Lehtonen 2021 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

An Efficient Fuzzy-Logic Based Variable-Step Incremental Conductance MPPT Method for Grid-connected PV Systems

Mahmoud N. Ali, Karar Mahmoud, M. Lehtonen, Mohamed M. F. Darwish 2021 IEEE Access

“Maximizing Hosting Capacity of Uncertain Photovoltaics by Coordinated Management of OLTC, VAr Sources and Stochastic EVs”

Abdelfatah Ali, Karar Mahmoud, Matti Lehtonen 2021 International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Promising MPPT Methods Combining Metaheuristic, Fuzzy-Logic and ANN Techniques for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic

Mahmoud N. Ali, Karar Mahmoud, Matti Lehtonen, Mohamed M. F. Darwish 2021 Sensors

A new two-layer model for energy management in the smart distribution network containing flexi-renewable virtual power plant

Saeed Abrisham Foroushan Asl, Leila Bagherzadeh, Sasan Pirouzi, Mohammadali Norouzi, Matti Lehtonen 2021 Electric Power Systems Research

Multi-step island formation and repair dispatch reinforced by mutual assistance after natural disasters

Mahdi Bahrami, Mehdi Vakilian, Hossein Farzin, Matti Lehtonen 2021 International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Assessment of an Improved Three-Diode against Modified Two-Diode Patterns of MCS Solar Cells Associated with Soft Parameter Estimation Paradigms

Ahmed S. Bayoumi, Ragab A. El-Sehiemy, Karar Mahmoud, Matti Lehtonen, Mohamed M. F. Darwish 2021 APPLIED SCIENCES

Security-Constrained generation and transmission expansion planning based on optimal bidding in the energy and reserve markets

Anoosh Dini, Alireza Azarhooshang, Sasan Pirouzi, Mohammadali Norouzi, Matti Lehtonen 2021 Electric Power Systems Research

Earth fault distance estimation using travelling waves provided with triacs-based reclosing in distribution networks

Nagy I. Elkalashy, Hazem K. Eldeeb, Tamer A. Kawady, Naser G. Tarhuni, Matti Lehtonen, Abdel-Maksoud I. Taalab, Mahmoud A. Elsadd 2021 IET RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION

More information on our research in the Research database.

Research database

Published: 7.6.2018
Updated: 14.3.2020

Power systems and High Voltage Engineering

The strategic focus areas of teaching and research are:

Group members

Matti Lehtonen

Robert Millar

Verner Puvi

Arslan Bashir

Mahdi Pourakbari Kasmaei

Sajjad Fattaheian Dehkordi

Mehdi Tavakkoli

Karar Mahmoud Badawy Mostafa

Mohamed Magdy Fawzy Darwish

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