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D-Index
62
Citations
12386
World Ranking
1479
National Ranking
609

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - IEEE Nikola Tesla Award “For contributions to design and control of efficient electric machines for wind power generation and electrified vehicles.”
  • 2004 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the design, analysis, and control of doubly excited brushless reluctance machines.

Overview

Longya Xu is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research work is concentrated in the field of Engineering, with a major focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering along with significant contributions to Control and Systems Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their primary research topics include:

  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

Longya Xu has published extensively, with frequent contributions to key venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • International Journal of Control

Recent published papers include:

  • "7-kV 1-MVA SiC-Based Modular Multilevel Converter Prototype for Medium-Voltage Electric Machine Drives," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "Computationally Efficient Model Predictive Control With Fixed Switching Frequency of Five-Level ANPC Converters," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • "Capacitor Voltage Ripple Estimation and Optimal Sizing of Modular Multi-Level Converters for Variable-Speed Drives," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "Model Predictive Current Control With Low Complexity for Single-Phase Four-Level Hybrid-Clamped Converters," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • "Sliding mode control of photovoltaic based power generation systems for microgrid applications," 2020, International Journal of Control

Longya Xu has collaborated with several co-authors throughout their career. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • Jianyu Pan
  • Xiangxue Zhu
  • Ziwei Ke
  • Xiujie Li
  • Muneer Al Sabbagh

The scientist has received recognition through awards such as the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award in 2018, acknowledging contributions to the design and control of efficient electric machines for wind power generation and electrified vehicles. Additionally, Longya Xu was named an IEEE Fellow in 2004 for work on the design, analysis, and control of doubly excited brushless reluctance machines.

Best Publications

  • Torque and reactive power control of a doubly-fed induction machine by position sensorless scheme

    Longya Xu;Wei Cheng

  • Sliding-Mode Sensorless Control of Direct-Drive PM Synchronous Motors for Washing Machine Applications

    Song Chi;Zheng Zhang;Longya Xu

  • A flexible active and reactive power control strategy for a variable speed constant frequency generating system

    Yifan Tang;Longya Xu

  • Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of $Z$ Source Converter—Derivation of AC Small Signal Model and Design-Oriented Analysis

    Jingbo Liu;Jiangang Hu;Longya Xu

  • Vector control of a synchronous reluctance motor including saturation and iron loss

    L. Xu;X. Xu;T.A. Lipo;D.W. Novotny

  • Design and finite-element analysis of an outer-rotor permanent-magnet generator for directly coupled wind turbines

    J. Chen;C.V. Nayar;L. Xu

  • Sensorless field orientation control of induction machines based on a mutual MRAS scheme

    L. Zhen;L. Xu

  • Sliding-mode MRAS speed estimators for sensorless vector control of induction Machine

    M. Comanescu;L. Xu

  • Low-Cost Ferrite PM-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Electric Vehicles

    Haiwei Cai;Bo Guan;Longya Xu

  • Fuzzy logic enhanced speed control of an indirect field oriented induction machine drive

    B. Heber;Longya Xu;Yifan Tang

  • An improved flux observer based on PLL frequency estimator for sensorless vector control of induction motors

    M. Comanescu;L. Xu

  • A new control method of permanent magnet generator for maximum power tracking in wind turbine application

    R. Esmaili;L. Xu;D.K. Nichols

  • An optimal design of a grid connected hybrid wind/photovoltaic/fuel cell system for distributed energy production

    D. Das;R. Esmaili;L. Xu;D. Nichols

  • Dead-Time Compensation of Inverters Considering Snubber and Parasitic Capacitance

    Zhendong Zhang;Longya Xu

  • Parameter and performance comparison of doubly fed brushless machine with cage and reluctance rotors

    Fengxiang Wang;Fengge Zhang;Longya Xu

  • Strategies of fault tolerant operation for three-level PWM inverters

    Shengming Li;Longya Xu

  • Transient model of a doubly excited reluctance motor

    L. Xu;F. Liang;T.A. Lipo

  • d-q ANALYSIS OF A VARIABLE SPEED DOUBLY AC EXCITED RELUCTANCE MOTOR

    Feng Liang;Longya Xu;T. A. Lipo

  • Design and implementation of a new sliding-mode observer for speed-sensorless control of induction machine

    A. Derdiyok;M.K. Guven;H. Rehman;N. Inanc

  • Fuzzy logic application for intelligent control of a variable speed drive

    Yifan Tang;Longya Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin Wang
Jin Wang The Ohio State University
Vadim I. Utkin
Vadim I. Utkin The Ohio State University
Ming Cheng
Ming Cheng Southeast University
Thomas A. Lipo
Thomas A. Lipo University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wei Hua
Wei Hua Southeast University
Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz
Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz Ain Shams University
Frede Blaabjerg
Frede Blaabjerg Aalborg University
Weinong Fu
Weinong Fu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Huiqing Wen
Huiqing Wen Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Donald W. Novotny
Donald W. Novotny University of Wisconsin–Madison

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