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Lennart Harnefors

Lennart Harnefors

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
64
Citations
19969
World Ranking
1269
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE PELS Modeling and Control Technical Achievement Award For contributions to Control and Dynamic Analysis of Power Electronic Systems.
  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to control and dynamic analysis of power electronic systems

Overview

Lennart Harnefors is affiliated with ABB in Sweden and has researched extensively in the field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and Energy Engineering and Power Technology. Their body of work includes 92 publications predominantly in these main fields.

The scientist's key research topics cover Microgrid Control and Optimization, HVDC Systems and Fault Protection, Advanced DC-DC Converters, Islanding Detection in Power Systems, Power Systems and Renewable Energy, Electric Motor Design and Analysis, and Sensorless Control of Electric Motors.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lennart Harnefors include Xiongfei Wang, Marko Hinkkanen, Mikko Routimo, Jarno Kukkola, and Lauri Tiitinen.

Their research has been published in several prominent venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

Selected recent papers by Lennart Harnefors include:

  • A Universal Controller for Grid-Connected Voltage-Source Converters, 2020, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • Grid-Synchronization Stability of Converter-Based Resources-An Overview, 2020, IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications (coauthored by Xiongfei Wang)
  • Control Interaction Modeling and Analysis of Grid-Forming Battery Energy Storage System for Offshore Wind Power Plant, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (coauthored by Fangzhou Zhao)
  • Rethinking Current Controller Design for PLL-Synchronized VSCs in Weak Grids, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (coauthored by Hong Gong)
  • Passivity-Based Analysis and Performance Enhancement of a Vector Controlled VSC Connected to a Weak AC Grid, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (coauthored by Adedotun J. Agbemuko)

Lennart Harnefors has received awards acknowledging contributions to power electronic systems, including the IEEE PELS Modeling and Control Technical Achievement Award in 2020, for work in control and dynamic analysis of these systems. Additionally, they were named IEEE Fellow in 2017 with a citation for contributions in the same area.

Best Publications

  • Power-Synchronization Control of Grid-Connected Voltage-Source Converters

    Lidong Zhang;Lennart Harnefors;Hans-Peter Nee

  • Input-Admittance Calculation and Shaping for Controlled Voltage-Source Converters

    L. Harnefors;M. Bongiorno;S. Lundberg

  • Unified Impedance Model of Grid-Connected Voltage-Source Converters

    Xiongfei Wang;Lennart Harnefors;Frede Blaabjerg

  • Design, Control, and Application of Modular Multilevel Converters for HVDC Transmission Systems

    Kamran Sharifabadi;Lennart Harnefors;Hans-Peter Nee;Staffan Norrga

  • Dynamic Analysis of Modular Multilevel Converters

    L. Harnefors;A. Antonopoulos;S. Norrga;L. Angquist

  • Model-based current control of AC machines using the internal model control method

    L. Harnefors;H.-P. Nee

  • Grid-Synchronization Stability of Converter-Based Resources - An Overview

    Xiongfei Wang;Mads Graungaard Taul;Heng Wu;Yicheng Liao

  • Passivity-Based Stability Assessment of Grid-Connected VSCs—An Overview

    Lennart Harnefors;Xiongfei Wang;Alejandro G. Yepes;Frede Blaabjerg

  • Interconnection of Two Very Weak AC Systems by VSC-HVDC Links Using Power-Synchronization Control

    Lidong Zhang;Lennart Harnefors;Hans-Peter Nee

  • Modeling of Three-Phase Dynamic Systems Using Complex Transfer Functions and Transfer Matrices

    L. Harnefors

  • VSC-HVDC Transmission with Cascaded Two-Level Converters

    Bjorn Jacobson;Patrik Karlsson;Gunnar Asplund;Lennart Harnefors

  • Passivity-Based Controller Design of Grid-Connected VSCs for Prevention of Electrical Resonance Instability

    Lennart Harnefors;Alejandro G. Yepes;Ana Vidal;Jesus Doval-Gandoy

  • A general algorithm for speed and position estimation of AC motors

    L. Harnefors;H.-P. Nee

  • Modular Multilevel Converter AC Motor Drives With Constant Torque From Zero to Nominal Speed

    Antonios Antonopoulos;Lennart Angquist;Staffan Norrga;Kalle Ilves

  • On Energy Storage Requirements in Modular Multilevel Converters

    Kalle Ilves;Staffan Norrga;Lennart Harnefors;Hans-Peter Nee

  • Evaluation of current control methods for wind turbines using doubly-fed induction machines

    A. Petersson;L. Harnefors;T. Thiringer

  • Modeling and Control of VSC-HVDC Links Connected to Island Systems

    Lidong Zhang;L Harnefors;H.-P Nee

  • Torque-maximizing field-weakening control: design, analysis, and parameter selection

    L. Harnefors;K. Pietilainen;L. Gertmar

  • Analysis and Operation of Modular Multilevel Converters With Phase-Shifted Carrier PWM

    Kalle Ilves;Lennart Harnefors;Staffan Norrga;Hans-Peter Nee

  • Frequency-domain passivity-based current controller design

    Lennart Harnefors;Lidong Zhang;Massimo Bongiorno

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Nee
Hans-Peter Nee Royal Institute of Technology
Staffan Norrga
Staffan Norrga Royal Institute of Technology
Marko Hinkkanen
Marko Hinkkanen Aalto University
Xiongfei Wang
Xiongfei Wang Royal Institute of Technology
Alejandro G. Yepes
Alejandro G. Yepes Universidade de Vigo
Frede Blaabjerg
Frede Blaabjerg Aalborg University
Jesus Doval-Gandoy
Jesus Doval-Gandoy Universidade de Vigo
Remus Teodorescu
Remus Teodorescu Aalborg University
Torbjörn Thiringer
Torbjörn Thiringer Chalmers University of Technology
Mehrdad Ghandhari
Mehrdad Ghandhari Royal Institute of Technology

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