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Boon-Teck Ooi

Boon-Teck Ooi

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
12853
World Ranking
2059
National Ranking
102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to high power converters.

Overview

Boon-Teck Ooi is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, primarily focusing on electrical and electronic engineering.

Their research work spans several subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, energy engineering and power technology, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

Areas of study and main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Power System Optimization and Stability
  • HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
  • High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems
  • Wind Turbine Control Systems
  • Real-time Simulation and Control Systems
  • Power Systems and Renewable Energy
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization

Some of the recent papers authored in collaboration with frequent coauthors are as follows:

  • Estimation of Inertia for Synchronous and Non-Synchronous Generators Based on Ambient Measurements, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • WAMS-Based Model-Free Wide-Area Damping Control by Voltage Source Converters, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Online purely data-driven estimation of inertia and center-of-inertia frequency for power systems with VSC-interfaced energy sources, 2021, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
  • A Matrix Construction Based Capacitor Voltage Measuring Scheme for Modular Multilevel Converter With Reduced Voltage Sensors, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • Online Model-Free Estimation of the Dynamic System Model for a Power System With Renewables in Ambient Conditions, 2020, IEEE Access

Frequent collaborators of Boon-Teck Ooi include:

  • Jinpeng Guo
  • Xiaozhe Wang
  • Ilias Zenelis
  • Haiyu Wang
  • Shunfeng Yang

These works have been published in key venues related to power systems and power electronics such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Access
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Boon-Teck Ooi was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2003 for contributions to high power converters.

Best Publications

  • Locating and Isolating DC Faults in Multi-Terminal DC Systems

    Lianxiang Tang;Boon-Teck Ooi

  • Indirect current control of a unity power factor sinusoidal current boost type three-phase rectifier

    J.W. Dixon;Boon-Teck Ooi

  • The potential of distributed generation to provide ancillary services

    G. Joos;B.T. Ooi;D. McGillis;F.D. Galiana

  • Kinetic Energy of Wind-Turbine Generators for System Frequency Support

    Ping-Kwan Keung;Pei Li;H. Banakar;Boon Teck Ooi

  • Optimal acquisition and aggregation of offshore wind power by multiterminal voltage-source HVDC

    Weixing Lu;Boon-Teck Ooi

  • An integrated AC drive system using a controlled-current PWM rectifier/inverter link

    B.T. Ooi;J.W. Dixon;A.B. Kulkarni;M. Nishimoto

  • Strategies to Smooth Wind Power Fluctuations of Wind Turbine Generator

    Changling Luo;H. Banakar;Baike Shen;Boon-Teck Ooi

  • Assessment and control of the impact of FACTS devices on power system performance

    F.D. Galiana;K. Almeida;M. Toussaint;J. Griffin

  • A Three-Phase Controlled-Current PWM Converter with Leading Power Factor

    Boon Teck Ooi;John C. Salmon;Juan W. Dixon;Ashok B. Kulkarni

  • Impacts of Wind Power Minute-to-Minute Variations on Power System Operation

    H. Banakar;Changling Luo;Boon Teck Ooi

  • Sensorless Maximum Power Point Tracking of Wind by DFIG Using Rotor Position Phase Lock Loop (PLL)

    Baike Shen;B. Mwinyiwiwa;Yongzheng Zhang;Boon-Teck Ooi

  • Frequency deviation of thermal power plants due to wind farms

    Changling Luo;Boon-Teck Ooi

  • Protection of VSC-multi-terminal HVDC against DC faults

    Lianxiang Tang;Boon-Teck Ooi

  • Voltage angle lock loop control of the boost type PWM converter for HVDC application

    B.T. Ooi;X. Wang

  • A single-phase controlled-current PWM rectifier

    O. Stihi;Boon-Teck Ooi

  • Application of Enhanced Phase-Locked Loop System to the Computation of Synchrophasors

    M Karimi-Ghartemani;Boon-Teck Ooi;A Bakhshai

  • Boost-type PWM HVDC transmission system

    B.-T. Ooi;X. Wang

  • Developing DC Transmission Networks Using DC Transformers

    Dragan Jovcic;Boon Teck Ooi

  • Mid-point siting of FACTS devices in transmission lines

    B.T. Ooi;M. Kazerani;R. Marceau;Z. Wolanski

  • Premium quality power park based on multi-terminal HVDC

    Weixing Lu;Boon-Teck Ooi

Frequent Co-Authors

Mehrdad Kazerani
Mehrdad Kazerani University of Waterloo
Juan Dixon
Juan Dixon Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Geza Joos
Geza Joos McGill University
Nasrudin Abd Rahim
Nasrudin Abd Rahim University of Malaya
Louis-A. Dessaint
Louis-A. Dessaint École de Technologie Supérieure
Ambrish Chandra
Ambrish Chandra École de Technologie Supérieure
Dragan Jovcic
Dragan Jovcic University of Aberdeen
Hew Wooi Ping
Hew Wooi Ping University of Malaya
Alireza Bakhshai
Alireza Bakhshai Queen's University
Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani
Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani Mississippi State University

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