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Weijia Yuan is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom and has a research focus combining engineering and physics. Their work spans the areas of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics, with primary emphasis on the physics of superconductivity and its applications.

Their research contributions are distributed across topics including:

  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Superconducting Materials and Applications
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
  • Frequency Control in Power Systems
  • Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
  • High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems

Weijia Yuan has published multiple papers in prominent venues, focusing on superconducting technologies for electric aircraft propulsion and related electrical systems. Recent papers include:

  • Fully superconducting machine for electric aircraft propulsion: study of AC loss for HTS stator, 2020, Superconductor Science and Technology
  • No-Insulation High-Temperature Superconductor Winding Technique for Electrical Aircraft Propulsion, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • Challenges for developing high temperature superconducting ring magnets for rotating electric machine applications in future electric aircrafts, 2020, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
  • Prediction of Nonsinusoidal AC Loss of Superconducting Tapes Using Artificial Intelligence-Based Models, 2020, IEEE Access
  • Insulation Materials and Systems for Superconducting Powertrain Devices in Future Cryo-Electrified Aircraft: Part I-Material Challenges and Specifications, and Device-Level Application, 2022, IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

They frequently collaborate with several researchers, including:

  • Min Zhang
  • Abdelrahman Elwakeel
  • Rafael Peña-Alzola
  • Mohammad Yazdani-Asrami
  • Hengpei Liao

In terms of publication venues, Weijia Yuan often contributes to journals and conference proceedings such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  • Superconductor Science and Technology
  • IEEE Access
  • iEnergy
  • IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Overall, Weijia Yuan's research portfolio covers 92 publications broadly categorized under engineering, with 41 focusing on physics and astronomy. Their work on superconductivity, especially in applications for electrical systems and future electric aircraft propulsion, integrates material science, applied engineering, and power system control topics.

Best Publications

  • Computation of Losses in HTS Under the Action of Varying Magnetic Fields and Currents

    Francesco Grilli;Enric Pardo;Antti Stenvall;Doan N. Nguyen

  • An efficient 3D finite element method model based on the T–A formulation for superconducting coated conductors

    Huiming Zhang;Min Zhang;Weijia Yuan

  • Design/test of a hybrid energy storage system for primary frequency control using a dynamic droop method in an isolated microgrid power system

    Jianwei Li;Rui Xiong;Qingqing Yang;Fei Liang

  • A finite element model for simulating second generation high temperature superconducting coils/stacks with large number of turns

    Fei Liang;Sriharsha Venuturumilli;Huiming Zhang;Min Zhang

  • Analysis of battery lifetime extension in a SMES-battery hybrid energy storage system using a novel battery lifetime model

    Jianwei Li;Anthony M. Gee;Min Zhang;Weijia Yuan

  • Study of the magnetization loss of CORC® cables using a 3D T-A formulation

    Yawei Wang;Min Zhang;Francesco Grilli;Zixuan Zhu;Zixuan Zhu

  • Study of second generation, high-temperature superconducting coils: Determination of critical current

    Min Zhang;Jae-Ho Kim;Sastry Pamidi;Michal Chudy

  • An improved FEM model for computing transport AC loss in coils made of RABiTS YBCO coated conductors for electric machines

    Mark D Ainslie;Victor M Rodriguez-Zermeno;Zhiyong Hong;Weijia Yuan

  • Design and test of a new droop control algorithm for a SMES/battery hybrid energy storage system

    Jianwei Li;Qingqing Yang;Francis Robinson;Fei Liang

  • Design and application of superconducting fault current limiter in a multiterminal HVDC system

    Qingqing Yang;Simon Le Blond;Fei Liang;Weijia Yuan

  • A Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage-Emulator/Battery Supported Dynamic Voltage Restorer

    Anthony M. Gee;Francis Robinson;Weijia Yuan

  • SMES/Battery Hybrid Energy Storage System for Electric Buses

    Jianwei Li;Min Zhang;Qingqing Yang;Zhenyu Zhang

  • Stability Improvement of DC Power Systems in an All-Electric Ship Using Hybrid SMES/Battery

    Hamoud Alafnan;Min Zhang;Weijia Yuan;Jiahui Zhu

  • A model for calculating the AC losses of second-generation high temperature superconductor pancake coils

    Weijia Yuan;A M Campbell;T A Coombs

  • Quench behavior of high-temperature superconductor (RE)Ba2Cu3Ox CORC cable

    Yawei Wang;Jinxing Zheng;Zixuan Zhu;Zixuan Zhu;Min Zhang

  • Fault Ride-Through Enhancement of PMSG Wind Turbines With DC Microgrids Using Resistive-Type SFCL

    Doaa M. Yehia;Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour;Weijia Yuan

  • SMES-Battery Energy Storage System for Conditioning Outputs From Direct Drive Linear Wave Energy Converters

    Zanxiang Nie;Xi Xiao;Qing Kang;R. Aggarwal

  • Fully superconducting machine for electric aircraft propulsion: study of AC loss for HTS stator

    Fangjing Weng;Min Zhang;Tian Lan;Yawei Wang

  • Analysis of a new design of the hybrid energy storage system used in the residential m-CHP systems

    Jianwei Li;Xudong Wang;Zhenyu Zhang;Simon Le Blond

  • Ramping turn-to-turn loss and magnetization loss of a No-Insulation (RE)Ba2Cu3Ox high temperature superconductor pancake coil

    Yawei Wang;Yawei Wang;Yawei Wang;H Song;H Song;Weijia Yuan;Z Jin

  • Design and Test of a Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) Coil

    Weijia Yuan;W Xian;M Ainslie;Z Hong

  • Design and real-time test of a hybrid energy storage system in the microgrid with the benefit of improving the battery lifetime

    Jianwei Li;Jianwei Li;Rui Xiong;Hao Mu;Bertrand Cornélusse

  • Total AC loss study of 2G HTS coils for fully HTS machine applications

    Min Zhang;Weijia Yuan;Jozef Kvitkovic;Sastry Pamidi;Sastry Pamidi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Coombs
Tim Coombs University of Cambridge
Jianwei Li
Jianwei Li Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour
Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology
Francesco Grilli
Francesco Grilli Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Chenghong Gu
Chenghong Gu University of Bath
Stuart Galloway
Stuart Galloway University of Strathclyde
Michael Steurer
Michael Steurer Florida State University
Rui Xiong
Rui Xiong Beijing Institute of Technology
Raj Aggarwal
Raj Aggarwal University of Bath
Jin Zhu
Jin Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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