Emeritus Professor Dr. Ooi Boon Teck
Contact Info
| Qualification |
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| Organization | McGill University |
| Email address / URL | boon-teck.ooi@mcgill.ca |
| UTAR Contact Person | I.r Dr. Lim Boon Han (UTAR profile) |
Employment
- 2012: Emeritus Professor McGill University
- 1986 - 2011: Professor McGill University
- 1976 - 1986: Associate Professor McGill University
- 1970 - 1976: Associate Professor McGill University
- Sep 1969 - May 1970: Sessional Assistant Sir George Williams University
Teaching & Administration
- Retired
- Teaching
- Circuit Analysis
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
- Introduction to Computers
- Electric Power (service course)
- Electromechanical Energy Conversion I
- Electromechanical Energy Conversion II
- Electric Machine Dynamics
- Continuum Electromechanics
- Inverters and Choppers Circuits
- Flexible AC Transmission System
- Power Laboratory I
Chairman
- Departmental Curriculum Committee (1980-1988)
Interests
Teaching Interests
- Electric machinery
- Power Electronics
- Power Systems
- Stability
Research Interests
Electric Machinery
- Linear Induction Motor
- Homopolar Linear Motor
- Electric machine transients
- Electric Machine stability
- Synchronous generators
- Doubly-Fed Induction Generators
- Thyristor family of converters
- Line Commutated Converters (LCC)
- IGBT family of converters
- Voltage-Source Converters (VSCs)
- Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC)
- Variable Speed Motor Drives
- High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)
- Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS)
- Wind turbine generators
- Wind Farms
- Small signal stability analysis
- Eigenfunction analysis
- Power system stabilizers (PSS)
- Mini-grid with Stand-Alone Capability
- Interaction of mini-grid with macro-grid
Funded Research Projects
- Current Research
- Grant: Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Title: High Voltage Power Electronics for Integrating Micro-Grids to Conventional Power Grid. 2016-2021 (Canadian $220,000)
- Contract
- Power Quality Compensator: EPRI (USA) $279,000, 1993-1996
- Multi-terminal HVDC Light: ABB (Sweden) $200,000, 1882-2002
- NSERC I2I Grant (personal)
- Decoupled P-Q controller for doubly-fed induction machine. $105,204 2006-2007
- Personal NSERC Grant
- Discovery NSERC (5 year) $230,000 2006-2011
- Discovery NSERC (5 year) $140,000 2011-2016
- Discovery NSERC (5 year) $220,000 2016-2021
- Team Grants with Prof. Galiana and Prof. Joos
- Flexible AC Transmission Systems, $293025, 1994-1997
- Penetration—Key to a Sustained Wind Energy Industry, $396,000 2004-2007
- Design and Operation of Trans-Canadian Power Grids: An Integrated Approach, $479,000 2008-2010
Publications
According to Google Scholar, there are 6459 citations of the publications which are in three areas
(1) Power Systems
(2) Power Electronics (3) Renewable Energy Technologies.
The publications are in 141 journal publications of IEEE Transactions or IET Proceedings. Below are samples of the papers ranked by Google Scholar.
(1) Power Systems
(2) Power Electronics (3) Renewable Energy Technologies.
The publications are in 141 journal publications of IEEE Transactions or IET Proceedings. Below are samples of the papers ranked by Google Scholar.
| Title | Cited By | Year |
| Indirect current control of a unity power factor sinusoidal current boost type three-phase rectifier JW Dixon, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on industrial electronics 35 (4), 508-515 | 365 | 1988 |
| The potential of distributed generation to provide ancillary services G Joos, BT Ooi, D McGillis, FD Galiana, R Marceau Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2000. IEEE 3, 1762-1767 | 315 | 2000 |
| Locating and isolating DC faults in multi-terminal DC systems Tang, BT Ooi IEEE transactions on power delivery 22 (3), 1877-1884 | 274 | 2007 |
| Optimal acquisition and aggregation of offshore wind power by multiterminal voltage-source HVDC W Lu, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 18 (1), 201-206 | 250 | 2003 |
| A three-phase controlled-current PWM converter with leading power factor BT Ooi, JC Salmon, JW Dixon, AB Kulkarni IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 1 (IA-23), 78-84 | 221 | 1987 |
| Assessment and control of the impact of FACTS devices on power system performance FD Galiana, K Almeida, M Toussaint, J Griffin, D Atanackovic, BT Ooi, ... IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 11 (4), 1931-1936 | 208 | 1996 |
| Strategies to smooth wind power fluctuations of wind turbine generator C Luo, H Banakar, B Shen, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 22 (2), 341-349 | 207 | 2007 |
| Kinetic energy of wind-turbine generators for system frequency support PK Keung, P Li, H Banakar, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 1 (24), 279-287 | 206 | 2009 |
| Frequency deviation of thermal power plants due to wind farms C Luo, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 21 (3), 708-716 | 167 | 2006 |
| Impacts of wind power minute-to-minute variations on power system operation H Banakar, C Luo, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 23 (1), 150-160 | 159 | 2008 |
| A single-phase controlled-current PWM rectifier O Stihi, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 3 (4), 453-459 | 154 | 1988 |
| Protection of VSC-multi-terminal HVDC against DC faults L Tang, BT Ooi Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2002. pesc 02. 2002 IEEE 33rd ... | 141 | 2002 |
| Voltage angle lock loop control of the boost type PWM converter for HVDC application BT Ooi, X Wang IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (Institute of Electrical and ... | 138 | 1990 |
| Sensorless maximum power point tracking of wind by DFIG using rotor position phase lock loop (PLL) B Shen, B Mwinyiwiwa, Y Zhang, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 24 (4), 942-951 | 130 | 2009 |
| An integrated AC drive system using a controlled-current PWM rectifier/inverter link BT Ooi, JW Dixon, AB Kulkarni, M Nishimoto 1986 17th Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 494-501 | 125 | 1986 |
| Regulating and equalizing DC capacitance voltages in multilevel STATCOM Y Chen, B Mwinyiwiwa, Z Wolanski, BT Ooi IEEE Transactions on power Delivery 12 (2), 901-907 | 120 | 1997 |
| Multi-terminal LVDC system for optimal acquisition of power in wind-farm using induction generators W Lu, BT Ooi Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2001. PESC. 2001 IEEE 32nd Annual ... | 116 | 2001 |
| Boost-type PWM HVDC transmission system BT Ooi, X Wang IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 6 (4), 1557-1563 | 115 | 1991 |
| Estimation of wind penetration as limited by frequency deviation C Luo, HG Far, H Banakar, PK Keung, BT Ooi IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENERGY CONVERSION EC 22 (3), 783 | 112 | 2007 |
Funded Research Projects
- IEEE Life Fellow
- Emeritus Professor, McGill University
- Visiting Professor, UMPEDAC, University of Malaya
- Visiting Professor, Nanyang University of Technology
- Visiting Professor UTAR
- Fellow IEEE 1, January 2003, for contributions to high power converters
- Patents - U.S. Patent 4,941,079, July 10, 1990, of B.T. Ooi, "Pulse Width Modulation Power Transmission System", licensed by multinational equipment manufacturer US Patent, 8,476,871, B2 July 2, 2013 of B.T.Ooi, Baike Shen and Victor Low, on "Method and System for Controlling a Doubly-Fed Induction Machine".
- Ford Motor Company International Fellowship (1965-66)
The Ross Medal (joint recipient) awarded by the Engineering Institute of Canada 1978.