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Portrait of Dr. Wei

Dr. Qiang Wei

Title

Assistant Professor

Campus

Thunder Bay

Office

AT 5012

Phone

(807) 343-8010 ext. 8751

Email

qwei@lakeheadu.ca

Academic Qualifications

Toronto Metropolitan University (former Ryerson University), Canada

PhD

Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

M.Sc.

Henan University of Science and Technology, China

B.Sc.

Research Interests

  • High Power Converters
  • Renewable Energy Conversion Systems
  • Medium Voltage Drives
  • Electric Vehicles

Recent Publications

Q. Wei, L. Xing, D. Xu, B. Wu and N. R. Zargari, "Modulation Schemes for Medium-Voltage PWM Current Source Converter-Based Drives: An Overview,"

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1152-1161, June 2019.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu, N. R. Zargari, "A Further Study on PWM Current Source Converter Based Wind Energy Conversion System Considering the DC-Link Voltage,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 5378-5387, June 2019.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu, N. R. Zargari, "A New Configuration Using Current Source Converters in Low-Voltage Turbine-Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems,"

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 919-929, Jun. 2018.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu and N. R. Zargari, "An Optimized Strategy for PWM Current Source Converter-Based Wind Conversion System with Reduced Cost and Improved Efficiency,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.33, no.2, pp. 1202-1210, Feb. 2018.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu and N. R. Zargari, "Bipolar Operation Investigation of Current Source Converter Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 1294-1302, Feb. 2018.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu and N. R. Zargari, "Minimization of Filter Capacitor for Medium-Voltage Current-Source Converters Based on Natural Sampling SVM,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 473-481, Jan. 2018.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu, N. R. Zargari, "Power Balancing Investigation of Grid-Side Series-Connected Current Source Inverters in Wind Energy Conversion Systems,"

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 9451-9460, Dec. 2017.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu and N. R. Zargari, "Natural Sampling SVM Based Method for Common-Mode Voltage Reduction in Medium-Voltage Current Source Rectifier,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 7553-7560, Oct. 2017.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu and N. R. Zargari, "A Medium-Frequency Transformer-Based Wind Energy Conversion System Used for Current-Source Converter-Based Offshore Wind Farm,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 248-259, Jan. 2017.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu and N. R. Zargari, "Model Predictive Control of Capacitor Voltage Balancing for Cascaded Modular DC–DC Converters,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 752-761, Jan. 2017.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu and N. R. Zargari, "Optimal Space Vector Sequence Investigation Based on Natural Sampling SVM for Medium-Voltage Current-Source Converter,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 176-185, Jan. 2017.

Q. Wei, B. Wu, D. Xu and N. R. Zargari, "A Natural-Sampling-Based SVM Scheme for Current Source Converter with Superior Low-Order Harmonics Performance,"

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 6144-6154, Sept. 2016.

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