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Email: yihua.hu@york.ac.uk
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Research Area: renewable generation (photovoltaic, wind), power electronics converters & control, electric transportation, smart energy system for robotics and non-destructive test technology.
Areas of Expertise: Power electronics and motor drive, non-destructive testing
Yihua Hu received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in power electronics and drives in 2011, both at China University of Mining and Technology. Between 2011 and 2013, he was with the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Between 2013 and 2015, he worked as a Research Associate at the power electronics and motor drive group, the University of Strathclyde. Between 2016 and 2019, he was a Lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool (UoL). He is the group head of electrical engineering at the University of York, and the Fellow of IET. He was awarded the Royal Society Industry Fellowship and EPSRC Power Electronics Centre Impact Acceleration Fellowship in 2020 and 2017 respectively. He has published 120 journal papers in IEEE Transactions journals (top journals in electrical engineering). According to Google Scholar, since 2017, citations are over 5700, with an h-index of 46. He is the author of 15 patents and serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Scientific Reports and IET Renewable Power Generation. His research interests include renewable generation, electric vehicles, smart energy conversion systems and non-destructive test technology. His research output was a finalist for the Technology transfer category of the IET Innovation Awards 2019. He and his student span out a company (Qingdao Guanxin, Ltd) and attracted „10million venture capital investment. His supervised PhD student was awarded IET Postgraduate Award 2021.
Google Scholar
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ResearchGate
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Selected Journal Articles/Book Chapters/Patent (* correspondence)
2020
1. C. Gong, Y. Hu*, K. Ni, J. Liu and J. Gao, "SM Load Torque Observer-Based FCS-MPDSC With Single Prediction Horizon for High Dynamics of Surface-Mounted PMSM," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 20-24, Jan. 2020.
3. J. Lu, Y. Hu, J. Liu, K. Ni, and H. Wen, "Detrimental Effect Elimination of Current Sensor Accuracy Uncertainty for High-Precision Position Sensorless Control of IPMSM Drives," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. (Accepted)
4. J. Lu, Y. Hu, J. Liu, and Z. Wang, "All Current Sensors Survivable IPMSM Drive with Reconfigurable Inverter," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. (Accepted)
6. X. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Xu, M. Cheng, M. Cheng and Y. Hu, "Optimization of Torque Tracking Performance for Direct Torque Controlled PMSM Drives With Composite Torque Regulator," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. (Accepted)
7. H. Shi, H. Wen, Y. Hu, Y. Yang, and Y. Wang, âEfficiency Optimization of DC Solid-State Transformer for Photovoltaic Power Systems,â in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 3583-3595, May 2020.
8. K. Shi, X. Yin, L. Jiang, Y. Liu, Y. Hu, and H. Wen, âPerturbation Estimation Based Nonlinear Adaptive Power Decoupling Control for DFIG Wind Turbine,â in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 319-333, Jan. 2020.
9. Q. Bu, H. Wen, J. Wen, Y. Hu, and Y. Du, âTransient DC Bias Elimination of Dual Active Bridge DC-DC Converter with Improved Triple-Phase-Shift Control,â in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. (Accepted)
10. S. Song, G. Chen, Y. Liu, Y. Hu, K. Ni and Y. Wang, âA Three-Switch-Based Single-Input Dual-Output Converter with Simultaneous Boost & Buck Voltage Conversion,â in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. (Accepted)
11. Y. Liu, G. Chen, Y. Hu, L. Huang and X. Qing, âMagnetic Coupling Branch Based Dual-Input/Output DC-DC Converters with Improved Cross-Regulation and Soft-Switching Operation,â in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. (Accepted)
12. Z. Wang, X. Wang, X. Yang, C. Wen, Y. Gong, and Y. Hu, âMitigation of DC-Link Current Ripple for Dual Three-Phase Flux-Adjustable Hybrid PMAC Drives Using Collaborative Switching Strategy,â in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. (Accepted)
2019
1. X. Li, H. Wen, Y. Zhu, L. Jiang, Y. Hu and W. Xiao, "A Novel Sensorless Photovoltaic Power Reserve Control With Simple Real-Time MPP Estimation," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 7521-7531, Aug. 2019.
2. X. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Xu, M. Cheng, W. Wang and Y. Hu, "Comprehensive Diagnosis and Tolerance Strategies for Electrical Faults and Sensor Faults in Dual Three-Phase PMSM Drives," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 6669-6684, July 2019.
3. G. Chen, Z. Jin, Y. Liu, Y. Hu, J. Zhang and X. Qing, "Programmable Topology Derivation of Integrated Three-Port DC-DC Converters with Reduced Switches for Low-Cost Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 6649-6660, Sept. 2019.
4. J. Lu, Y. Hu, J. Liu, "Analysis and Compensation of Sampling Errors in TPFS IPMSM Drives With Single Current Sensor," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 3852-3855, May 2019.
7. C. Gan, Q. Sun, J. Wu, C. Shi and Y. Hu, "A Universal Two-Sensor Current Detection Scheme for Current Control of Multiphase Switched Reluctance Motors with Multiphase Excitation," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 1526-1539, Feb. 2019.
15. C. Gong, Y. Hu*, G. Chen, H. Wen, Z. Wang and K. Ni âA DC-Bus Capacitor Discharge Strategy for PMSM Drive System with Large Inertia and Small System Safe Current in EVs,â in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 4709 - 4718, Aug. 2019.
20. C. Gong, Y. Hu*, C. Gan, G. Chen and A. Mohammed, "Modelling, Analysis and Attenuation of Uncontrolled Generation for IPMSM based Electric Vehicles in Emergency," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. doi: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2926049
21. C. Gong, Y. Hu*, H. Wen, G. Chen, W. Li and J. Gao, "Reliable Winding-based DC-Bus Capacitor Discharge Technique Over Full-Speed Range for IPMSM Drive in Electric Vehicles Without Position Sensor," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. doi: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2946550
22. C. Gong, Y. Hu*, J. Gao, Y. Wang and L. Yan, "An Improved Delay-Suppressed Sliding Mode Observer for Sensorless Vector-Controlled PMSM," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. doi: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2952824
23. C. Gong, Y. Hu*, M. Ma, L. Yan and J. Liu, "Accurate FCS Model Predictive Current Control Technique for Surface-mounted PMSMs at Low Control Frequency," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2019.2953787
24. C. Gan, Y. Chen, R. Qu, Z. Yu, W. Kong and Y. Hu, "An Overview of Fault-Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerance Techniques for Switched Reluctance Machine Systems," in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 174822-174838, Nov. 2019.
25. M. Zheng, H. Wen, H. Shi, Y. Hu, Y. Yang, and Y. Wang, âOpen-Circuit Fault Diagnosis of Dual Active Bridge DC-DC Converter With Extended-Phase-Shift Control,â in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 23752-23765, Feb. 2019.
26. G. Chen, L. Mo, Y. Liu, X. Qing, and Y. Hu, âComputer-Aided Identification of Equivalent Power Electronics Converters,â in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 9374-9378, Oct. 2019.
2018
1. H. Shi, H. Wen, Y. Hu and L. Jiang, "Reactive power Minimization in Bidirectional DC-DC converters Using A Unified-Phasor-Based Particles Swarm Optimization," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 10990 â 11006, Dec. 2018.
5. G. Chen, H. Peng, R. Zeng, Y. Hu and K. Ni, "A Fundamental Frequency Sorting Algorithm for Capacitor Voltage Balance of Modular Multilevel Converter with Low Frequency Carrier-Phase-Shift Modulation," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1595-1604, Sep. 2018.
7. Qingguo Sun, Jianhua Wu, Chun Gan, Yihua Hu, A New Phase Current Reconstruction Scheme for Four-Phase SRM Drives Using Improved Converter Topology Without Voltage Penalty, " in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 133-144, Jan. 2018.
8. K. Ni, W. Li, Y. Liu, D. Yu and Y. Hu, "Phase Current Reconstruction for the Grid-Side Converter with Four-Switch Three-Phase Topology in a DFIG-WT," in IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 39287-39297, July 2018.
9. Chun. Gan, Qinguo Sun, Nan Jin, Leon M. Tolbert, Zhibing Lin, Yihua Hu, Jianhua Wu, "Cost-Effective Current Measurement Technique for Four-Phase SRM Control by Split Dual Bus Line without Pulse Injection and Voltage Penalty," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 4553-4564, June 2018.
10. Z. Wang, X. Wang, M. Cheng and Y. Hu, "Comprehensive Investigation on Remedial Operation of Switch Faults for Dual Three-phase PMSM Drives Fed by T-3L Inverters," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 4574-4587, June 2018.
11. C. Gan, J. Wu, M. Shen, W. Kong, Y. Hu and W. Cao, "Investigation of Short Permanent Magnet and Stator Flux Bridge Effects on Cogging Torque Mitigation in FSPM Machines," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 845-855, June 2018.
14. C. Gan, J. Wu, Q. Sun, W. Kong, H. Li and Y. Hu, "A Review on Machine Topologies and Control Techniques for Low-Noise Switched Reluctance Motors in Electric Vehicle Applications," in IEEE Access. , vol. 6, pp. 31430-31443, May 2018.
16. J. Lu, Y. Hu, X. Zhang, Z. Wang, J. Liu and C. Gan, "High frequency voltage injection sensorless control technique for IPMSMs fed by a three-phase four-switch inverter with a single current sensor," in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 758-768, April 2018.
17. Xingshuo Li, Huiqing Wen, Yihua Hu, Lin Jiang, Weidong Xiao, "Modified Beta Algorithm for GMPPT and Partial Shading Detection in Photovoltaic Systems" IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 2172-2186, March 2018.
18. Z. Wang; X. Wang; J. Cao; M. Cheng; Y. Hu, "Direct Torque Control of T-NPC Inverters Fed Double-Stator-Winding PMSM Drives With SVM," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics , vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 1541-1553, Feb. 2018.
2017
1. G. Chu, H. Wen, L. Jiang, Y. Hu and X. Li, "Bidirectional flyback based isolated-port submodule differential power processing optimizer for photovoltaic applications," Solar Energy, Volume 158, Pages 929-940, Dec. 2017.
7. G. Chen; Y. Deng; L. Chen; Y. Hu; L. Jiang; X. He; Y. Wang, "A Family of Zero-Voltage-Switching Magnetic Coupling Non-isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converters," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 6223-6233, Aug. 2017.
8. G. Chen; Y. Deng; K. Wang; Y. Hu; L. Jiang; H. Wen; X. He, "Topology Derivation and Analysis of Integrated Multiple Output Isolated DC-DC Converters With Stacked Configuration for Low-Cost Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 2207-2218, Aug. 2017.
10. Guipeng Chen, Yan Deng, Yihua Hu, Lin Jiang, âIntegrated Multiple Output Synchronous Buck Converter for Electric Vehicle Power Supply,â IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 5752-5761, July 2017.
14. Chun Gan, Jianhua Wu, Ning Wang, Yihua Hu, Wenping Cao, and Shiyou Yang, âIndependent current control of dual parallel SRM drive using a public current sensor,â IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics. vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 392-401, Feb. 2017.
16. Lesiba Mokgonyana, Jiangfeng Zhang, Hailong Li, Yihua Hu, âOptimal location and capacity planning for distributed generation with independent power production and self-generation,â Applied Energy, Volume 188, Pages 140â150, Feb. 2017.
2016
Hengyang Luo, Huiqing Wen, Xingshuo Li, Lin Jiang, Yihua Hu, âSynchronous Buck Converter based Low-Cost and High-Efficiency Sub-Module DMPPT PV System under Partial Shading Conditions, â Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 126, PP. 473â487, Oct. 2016.
3. Bin Gao, Yunze He, Wai Lok Woo, Gui Yun Tian, Jia Liu, and Yihua Hu, âMulti-dimensional Tensor-based Inductive Thermography with Multiple Physical Fields for Offshore Wind Turbine Gear Inspectionâ IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 6305-6315, Oct. 2016.
6. Guipeng Chen, Yan Deng, Yong Tao, Xiangning He, Yousheng Wang and Yihua Hu, âTopology Derivation and Generalized Analysis of Zero-Voltage-Switching Synchronous DC-DC Converters with Coupled Inductors,â IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 4805-4815, Aug. 2016.
15. Chun Gan, Jianhua Wu, Shiyou Yang, Yihua Hu, Wenping Cao, âFault diagnosis scheme for open-circuit faults in switched reluctance motor drives using FFT algorithm with bus current detectionâ IET Power Electronics. vol. 9, no. 1, 20 â30, Feb. 2016.
2015
12. Bing Ji, Wenping Cao, Xueguan Song, Yihua Hu, Volker Pickert, âMultiobjective Design Optimization of IGBT Power Modules Considering Power Cycling and Thermal Cyclingâ IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. vol. 30, no. 5, 2493â 2504, May. 2015.
13. Bing Ji; Wenping Cao, Pickert Volker, Xueguan Song, Yihua Hu, Pierce Gareth, âIn-Situ Diagnostics and Prognostics of Solder Fatigue in IGBT Modules for Electric Vehicle Drives,â IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. vol. 30, no. 3, 1291 â1543, Mar. 2015.
2014
9. Zhiyuan Zou, Yihua Hu*, Bin Gao, W.L.Woo and Xinyu Zhao âStudy of the Gradual Change Phenomenon in the Infrared Image When Monitoring Photovoltaic Arrayâ Journal of Applied Physics, vol.115(4), 2014.
2012
2011
2010
Book chapters
1. "Control circuits in power electronics: practical issues in design and implementation".
Chapter name: âMixed FPGA-DSP controllers for DC-DC converters in renewable energy applicationsâ, April, 2015.
2. "Renewable Energy", ISBN 978-953-51-4249-2, âTheoretical Analysis and Implementation of Photovoltaic Fault Diagnosisâ, Sep. 2015. I am also Co-editor of this book.
3. "New Applications of Electric Drives", ISBN 978-953-51-4603-2. âFault Diagnosis of Switched Reluctance Motors in Electrified Vehicle Applicationsâ July, 2015.
Research Funding/Projects
1) EPSRC, EP/W006308/1, Closed Loop Digitalised Data Analytics and Analysis Platform (DAAP) for Intelligent Design and Manufacturing of Power Electronic Modules, 1/2/2022~30/5/2024, (ÂŁ336k) PI.
2) Royal Society, IEC\NSFC\201119 - International Exchanges 2020 Cost Share (NSFC), âReluctance Motor Drive and Bi-directional Charging and Discharging Integrated System for Electric Vehiclesâ, 1/05/2021~1/05/2023, (ÂŁ12k) PI.
3) Royal Society Industry Fellowship (INF\R1\201021), âLF-OCT based Quality Inspection for Power Electronics Module Manufacturing Lineâ, 1/05/2020~1/05/2024, (ÂŁ116k) PI.
4) Royal Academy of Engineering: Transforming Systems through Partnership (China), â Electromagnetic Health of Electric Powertrain for Aged Electric Vehiclesâ, 1/04/2020~1/04/2022, (ÂŁ80k) PI at York.
5) Royal Academy of Engineering: Transforming Systems through Partnership (South Africa), â South Africa energy infrastructure planning for rural urbanisation based on optimal peer-to-peer energy sharing â 1/04/2020~1/04/2022, (ÂŁ80k) PI at York,
6) EPSRC IAA Awards, â Line-field Optical Coherence Tomography Based Assessment for High Temperature Silicone Gel in Developing SiC Power Moduleâ (ÂŁ15k) PI.
7) EPSRC Centre for Power Electronics and EPSRC Challenge Network in Automotive Power Electronics: Knowledge Exchange Awards, â Line-field Optical Coherence Tomography Based Assessment for High Temperature Silicone Gel in Developing SiC Power Moduleâ (ÂŁ90k) PI.
8) Newton Advanced Fellowship (NAF\R1\191153), âArtificial Intelligence Supported Safe Operation and Health Prediction for Electric Vehicle Motorsâ, 1/03/2019~1/03/2022, ÂŁ111k (PI).
9) EPSRC Power Electronics Centre Impact Acceleration Fellowship, â Line-field Optical Coherence Tomography Based Quality Inspection System for IGBT Modules Manufacturing/Developingâ, ÂŁ45k. (PI)
10) EPSRC Power Electronics Centre (1067464), â Battery Integrated Power Electronics for EV drive train, Bipedââ, ÂŁ90k. (PI at Liverpool)
11) HYOSUNG CORPORATION POWER & INDUST SYSTEMS (KOREA)âDevelopment of Simulation Model for High Voltage Gas-blast Circuit Breakers using SF6 Alternative Gases and Performance Optimisation Studyâ, ÂŁ180k. (Co-PI)
12) EPSRC Power Electronics Centre, âMulti-physics sensor fusion for power electronic converter prognosticsâ RGS 127925, ÂŁ90k. (PI at Liverpool)
13) eFutures Sandpit Award: Portable and Low-cost Mass Based Sensing of Hydrocarbons, ÂŁ7.5k. (Co-PI)
14) Royal Academy of Engineering, Industry Academia Partnership Programme - 17/18 - IAPP1\100015, â Design and maintenance optimisation for large-scale PV arraysâ ÂŁ75k. (PI)
15) Royal Society's ÂŁ15K Research Grants 2017 R1, RG160685, âHybrid bridge arm based fault tolerance solid state transformer (SST) â15/08/2017~15/08/2018, ÂŁ14.6k. (PI)
16) SANTANDER TRAVEL GRANT, visit Southeast University, ÂŁ1k. (PI)
17) Consultancy project. âPhotovoltaic Array Soiling Managementâ June. 2017~ August. 2018,ÂŁ33.3k. (PI)
18) ERIGrid Transnational Access,ïŒERIGrid Reference 01.005-2016ïŒ âFault-Tolerant Operation of a Permanent Magnetic Generator-based Wind Turbine with Four-Switch Three-Phase Convertersâ June. 2017. (PI)
19) UoL-NTHU joint Ph.D scholarship, âIntegrated multi-port converter for switched reluctance motor based plug-in hybrid electrical vehicles,â Sep. 2017-Sep, 2021, ÂŁ71.1k. (PI)
20) State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources(Grant No. LAPS17022) âPV array fault diagnosis based on Thermal-Electrical modelâ, Jan. 2017-Dec. 2018, RMB 50,000. (PI)
21) Researcher Exchange funding, EPSRC National Centre for Power Electronics, âAdvanced control of multilevel multiphase drives for high-power high-reliability applicationsâ, host university, ÂŁ6K. (PI)
22) Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory, Graduate project, âLaboratory Simulation Application for a Reduced Carbon Footprintâ Nov. 2016-Nov. 2020. ÂŁ66k. (PI)
23) ETP Knowledge Exchange Network âBattery deterioration modeling and testâ Nov,2015-Feb,2016, ÂŁ12,480. (PI)
24) National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC), âResearch on the management of PV module in scale PV array system under efficient working conditionâ, Project number: 51207138, Jan. 2013-Dec. 2015, RMB 250,000. (PI)
25) The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission Open Funding, âTri-port convert for Hybrid Electrical Vehicleâ, Project number: SKLMT-KFKT-201618, Jan. 2017-Dec. 2018, RMB 80,000. (PI)
26) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, âResearch on the multi-local maximum power points tracking of Photovoltaic (PV) system based on string current informationâ, Project number: 2012M511363, Jan. 2012-Dec. 2013, RMB 50,000. (PI)
27) Postgraduate students research funding of Jiangsu Province, âResearch on Photovoltaic Maximum Power Tracking Systemâ Project number: CX09B_114Z, RMB 20,000, Apr. 2010-Jan. 2011. (PI)
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