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Personal profile
Biography
Prof Zhongdong Wang received herBEng degree inHigh Voltage EngineeringandMSc degree in in High Voltage Technologies from Tsinghua University of Beijing China in 1991 and 1993, respectively and herPhD degree in Electrical Engineering from UMIST in 1999. She joined The University of Manchester (then UMIST) in 2000 and currently she is a Professor of High Voltage Engineering at the Electrical Energy and Power Systems Group of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester.
Her current research interests include condition monitoring techniques, thermal, electrical transient and magnetic modeling techniques fortransformers,insulation ageing mechanisms and alternative liquid insulating materials.
Qualifications
BEng (Tsinghua '91), MSc (Tsinghua '93), PhD (UMIST '99), MIET, MIEEE.
Research interests
Power Transformers, Insulating Liquids especially enviromentally-friendly alternatives to mineral oil, pre-breakdown and breakdown phenomena,thermal, electrical transient and magentic modelling, ageing and asset management.
My group
Opportunities
I welcome worldwide competent applicants to apply forPhD research studies under my supervision on the following subjects:
- Modelling Transformers
- Liquid Insulating Materials
- Ageing Mechanisms
- Comdition Monitoring Techniques
- Transformer Asset Management
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
Keywords
- Asset Management
- Insulation System
- Power Transformer
- Transient Simulation & Modelling
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Breakdown Characteristics of a Transformer Oil in Moderately-Uniform Fields under Lightning Impulse
Yu, H., Liu, Q., Wang, Z., Wilkinson, M., Krause, C., Gyore, A. & Hilker, A., 2022, 2022 IEEE 21st International Conference on Dielectric Liquids (ICDL): Sevilla, Spain May 29 – June 2, 2022. New York: IEEE Computer Society , 4 p. (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids; vol. 2022-May).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Streamer and Breakdown Characteristics of Dielectric Liquids under Impulse Waveforms with Different Tail-times
Liu, Q., Xiang, J., Wang, Z. & Lesaint, O., 17 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of Electric Field Uniformity on Breakdown Mechanisms of Dielectric Liquids under Lightning Impulse
Yu, H., Shen, S., Liu, Q. & Wang, Z., 12 Jun 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Failure Investigation and Asset Management of Combined Measuring Instrument Transformers
Tee, S. J., Liu, Q., Wang, Z., Hafid, F. & Tournet, P., 4 Mar 2021, In: High Voltage.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mach-cone Shaped Shockwave Characteristics of Gas-to-Liquids Transformer Oil under Positive Lightning Impulse
Yu, H., Liu, Q., Wang, Z., Hilker, A. & Gyore, A., 2021, Annual Report - Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP. IEEE, p. 486-489 4 p. (Annual Report - Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP; vol. 2021-December).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Prizes
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Best Paper Award, CIGRE Paris Session 2018, A2-PS1
Jarman, Paul (Recipient), Zhang, Xiang (Recipient), Daghrah, Muhammad (Recipient), Wang, Zhongdong (Recipient) & Liu, Qiang (Recipient), Aug 2018
Prize: National/international honour
Activities
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) (External organisation)
Zhongdong Wang (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
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2017 IEEE 19th International Conference on Dielectric Liquids (ICDL)
Zhongdong Wang (Chair)
2015 → 2017Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
Impacts
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Application of environmentally friendly and fire-safe transformer liquids
Zhongdong Wang (Participant) & Qiang Liu (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Policy
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Increasing renewable energy and reducing customer bills: using managed connections and flexible demand response controls in the electricity network to support decarbonisation with the minimum infrastructure investment.
Haiyu Li (Participant), Eduardo Martinez-Cesena (Participant), Jovica Milanovic (Participant), Zhongdong Wang (Participant), Luis Ochoa (Participant), Pierluigi Mancarella (Participant) & Christopher Jones (Participant)
Impact: Environmental, Economic
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Reducing usage of fossil-oil-based insulating liquids in power transformers to deliver environmental, safety, and financial benefits.
Zhongdong Wang (Participant), Qiang Liu (Participant), Bangama Senasingha H Matharage (Participant) & Paul Jarman (Participant)
Impact: Society and culture, Economic, Policy, Environmental