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.

Power systems and High Voltage Engineering

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

Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation

Optimal Allocation of Inverter-Based WTGS Complying with their DSTATCOM Functionality and PEV Requirements

Publishing year: 2020 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering

An approach on lifetime estimation of distribution transformers based on degree of polymerization

Publishing year: 2020 Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering

Optimal Voltage Control Strategy for Voltage Regulators in Active Unbalanced Distribution Systems Using Multi-Agents

Publishing year: 2020 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation

A Mixed Integer Conic Model for Distribution Expansion Planning

Publishing year: 2020 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering

Improved Salp-Swarm Optimizer and Accurate Forecasting Model for Dynamic Economic Dispatch in Sustainable Power Systems

Publishing year: 2020 Sustainability

Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering

Optimal Voltage Control in Distribution Systems With Intermittent PV Using Multiobjective Grey-Wolf-Lévy Optimizer

Publishing year: 2020 IEEE Systems Journal

Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering

Three-level control strategy for minimizing voltage deviation and flicker in PV-rich distribution systems

Publishing year: 2020 International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering

Distributed load management scheme to increase PV hosting capacity in LV feeders

Publishing year: 2020 IET RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION

Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation

An economic-environmental asset planning in electric distribution networks considering carbon emission trading and demand response

Publishing year: 2020 Electric Power Systems Research

Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation

Transmission expansion planning integrated with wind farms

Publishing year: 2020 International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

More information on our research in the Research database.

Research database

Published: 7.6.2018
Updated: 14.3.2020