• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Our Research
• Research groups
• Electrical Energy and Power Systems
• Research areas
• Power System Analysis, Operation & Economics
• High Voltage & Power System Plant
• Power System Protection, Control & Communication

Research Areas

The EEPS group is involved in three main themes of research. They are:

• Power Systems
  Operation and analysis of power systems in the modern deregulared marketplace. This theme of research is heavily linked with the strong growth in the use of distributed generation in the UK. We are involved in power system optimisation, integration of dispersed generation, power system dynamics and power quality.


• High Voltage/Power System Plant
  As the home to the National Grid High Voltage Research Centre, the EEPS group is very strong in many aspects of high voltage engineering. Particular areas of competency include transformer insulation and monitoring, polymeric insulation and power system transients.


• Power System Protection & Communications
  The importance of power system protection has been highlighted by recent blackouts and efforts continue in research relating to wide area protection leveraging other modern developments such as the global positioning satelittes. Work on power system communications both within and external to substations is also undertaken.