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Updated in 1/2019.
Associate Professor Department
of EECS, University of Tennessee - Knoxville Tel:
865-974-3982 (O) Email: kaisun(at)utk.edu Address: Min H. Kao Building, #612, 1520 Middle
Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-2250 (CV, GoogleScholar,
ResearchGate) PhD openings are available for Fall 2019. Latest News 10/2018: Denis Osipov passed his PhD
defense. Congrats to Dr. Osipov. 8/2018: Wenyun Ju passed his PhD defense.
Congrats to Dr. Ju. Resources Test Cases Library on
Forced/Sustained Power System Oscillations IEEE PES Task Force on Oscillation
Source Location Teaching ECE 325 (Electric
Energy System Components): Fall 16, Fall 15, Fall 18 ECE 421
(Electric Energy Systems): Fall 17, Fall 14, Fall 13 ECE 422 (Power System Operations & Planning):
Spring 15, Spring 14, Spring 19 ECE
521 (Power Systems Analysis I): Fall 13 ECE 522 (Power Systems
Analysis II): Spring 18, Spring 17, Spring 14, Spring 13 ECE 620
(Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electrical Energy Transmission Networks): Fall
17, Fall 16 Research Highlights
Publications Patents P1. Fei Wang, Leon M. Tolbert, Yiwei Ma, Kevin
Tomsovic, Kai Sun, Shuoting Zhang,
Jingxin Wang, Power Electronics
Converter Based Reconfigurable Grid Emulation Platform, US Patent
Application, No. 16/165,547, October 2018. P2. Chengxi Liu, Kai Sun, Bin Wang, Xin Xu, Voltage
Stability Assessment, Control and Probabilistic Power Flow Based on
Multi-Dimensional Holomorphic Embedding Techniques, US Patent
Application, No. 62/697,907, July 2018. P3. Nan Duan, Kai Sun, Transient
Stability Simulation and Operation of Power Systems, US Patent Application, No. 14/956,076,
Dec 2015 (link) P4. Kai
Sun,
Qiang Zhou, Application of Phase-Locked
Loop (PLL) in Oscillation Monitoring for Interconnected Power Systems, US
Patent, No. 13/280,458, April 2013 (link) P5. Kai
Sun,
Kyeon Hur, Pei Zhang, Application of
Phasor Measurement Units (PMU) for Controlled System Separation, US
Patent No. 8/606,422, Dec, 2013 (Taiwan Patent No. I426677, Feb, 2014) (link) P6. Qianchuan Zhao, Kai Sun, Da-Zhong Zheng, Jin Ma, Qiang Lu, Solution to Preventing Power Systems from Collapse in Case of
Catastrophe, Chinese Patent No. 03122884, May, 2003 (link) Books
and Chapters B1.
Kai Sun, Yunhe Hou, Wei Sun, Junjian Qi, Power System Control under Cascading
Failures: Understanding, Mitigation and System Restoration, Wiley-IEEE
Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-119-28202-0. B2.
Kai Sun, “Measurement-based Voltage Stability
Assessment Techniques,” Standard
Handbook for Electrical Engineers (17th edition), McGraw-Hill,
2018. ISBN: 978-1-259-64258-6. B3. Kai
Sun, Fengkai Hu, “Measurement-based Voltage Stability
Monitoring for Load Areas,” Application
of Smart Grid Technologies: case studies in saving electricity in different
parts of the world, Elsevier, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-128-03128-5. B4.
Kai Sun, “WAMS Based Controlled System Separation to Mitigate Cascading
Failures in Smart Grid,” Smart Grid
Control: Opportunities and Research Challenges, Springer, 2018. ISBN:
978-3-319-98310-3.
Accepted J1.
Jae-Kyeong Kim, Jin Ma, Kai Sun, Jaegul Lee, Jeonghoon Shin,
Yonghak Kim, Kyeon Hur, “A Computationally Efficient Method
for Bounding Impacts of Multiple Uncertain Parameters in Dynamic Load Models,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, in press (IEEExplore) J2.
Rui Yao, Kai Sun, Di Shi, Xiaohu Zhang, “Voltage Stability Analysis of Power Systems with Induction
Motors Based on Holomorphic Embedding,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, in
press (IEEExplore;
PDF). J3.
Bin Wang, Nan Duan, Kai Sun, “A
Time-Power Series Based Semi-Analytical Approach for Power System Simulation,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, in press (IEEExplore; PDF). J4.
Weihong Huang, Kai Sun, “Optimization
of SVC settings to improve post-fault voltage recovery and angular stability,” Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean
Energy, in press (Springer). J5.
Rui Yao, Kai Sun, “Towards
Simulation and Risk Assessment of Weather-Related Outages,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, in
press (IEEExplore;
PDF). J6.
Yongli Zhu, Chengxi Liu, Kai Sun, Di Shi, Zhiwei Wang, “Optimization of Battery Energy Storage to Improve Power
System Oscillation Damping,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, in press (IEEExplore; PDF). J7.
Guoqiang Zu Jun Xiao, Kai Sun, “Mathematical
Base and Deduction of Security Region for Distribution Systems with DER,” IEEE Transactions
on Smart Grid, in press (IEEExplore) 2018 J8.
Chengxi Liu, Bin Wang, Kai Sun, “Fast
Power System Dynamic Simulation Using Continued Fractions,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, No. 1, pp.
62687-62698, 2018 (IEEExplore;
PDF). J9.
Chengxi Liu, Kai Sun, Bin Wang, Wenyun Ju, “Probabilistic Power Flow Analysis Using Multi-Dimensional
Holomorphic Embedding and Generalized Cumulants,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 7132-7142,
November 2018 (IEEExplore;
PDF). J10.
Denis Osipov, Kai Sun, “Adaptive
Nonlinear Model Reduction for Fast Power System Simulation,”
IEEE Transactions on Power
Systems, vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 6746-6754, November 2018 (IEEExplore; PDF). J11.
Lei Ding, Yichen Guo, Peter
Wall, Kai Sun, Vladimir Terzija, “Identifying the Timing of Controlled Islanding Using a
Controlling UEP based Method,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, No. 6, pp.
5913-5922, November 2018 (IEEExplore). J12.
Wenyun Ju, Kai Sun, Rui Yao, “Simulation
of Cascading Outages Using a Power Flow Model Considering Frequency,” IEEE Access,
vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 37784-37795, 2018 (IEEExplore). J13. Rui Yao, Kai Sun, Feng Liu, Shengwei Mei, “Efficient
Simulation of Temperature Evolution of Overhead Transmission Lines Based on
Analytical Solution and NWP,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 33, No. 4, pp.
1576-1588, August 2018 (PDF; IEEExplore). J14. Rui Yao, Kai Sun, Feng Liu, Shengwei Mei, “Management
of Cascading Outage Risk Based on Risk Gradient and Markovian Tree Search,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol. 33, No. 4, pp 4050-4060, July 2018 (PDF; IEEExplore). J15. Chengxi Liu, Bin Wang, Fengkai
Hu, Kai Sun, Claus Leth Bak, “Online Voltage Stability Assessment for Load Areas Based
on the Holomorphic Embedding Method,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,
vol. 33, No. 4, pp 3720-3734, July 2018 (PDF; IEEExplore). J16. Daham Min, Seog-joo Kim,
Sangsoo Seo, Young-Hwan Moon, Kai Sun,
Joe H. Chow, Kyeon Hur, “Computing Safety Margins of
a Generation Rejection Scheme: A Framework for Online Implementation,” IEEE Transactions
on Smart Grid, vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 2337-2346, May 2018 (IEEExplore). J17.
Miao Fan, Kai
Sun, Derek Lane, Wei Gu, Zhengshuo Li, Fang Zhang, “A Novel
Generation Rescheduling Algorithm to Improve Power System Reliability with
High Renewable Energy Penetration,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, No. 3, pp.
3349-3357, May 2018 (PDF; IEEExplore). J18. Junjian Qi, Jianhui Wang, Kai Sun, “Efficient
Estimation of Component Interactions for Cascading Failure Analysis by EM
Algorithm,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 3153-3161, May 2018. (IEEExplore). J19.
Chongqing Kang, Zhe Chen, Ming Zhang, Oriol
Gomis-Bellmunt, Mike Barnes, Jie Yan, Weihao Hu, Kai Sun, “Guest Editorial for the Special Section on
Enabling Very High Penetration Renewable Energy Integration Into Future Power
Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,
vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 3223-3226, May 2018 (IEEExplore) J20. Guoqiang Zu,
Jun Xiao, Kai Sun, “Distribution
Network Reconfiguration Comprehensively Considering N-1 Security and Network
Loss,” IET Generation, Transmission &
Distribution, vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 1721-1728, April 2018 (IEEExplore). J21. Tao Ding, Kai Sun, Can Huang, Zhaohong Bie, Fangxing Li, “Mixed
Integer Linear Programming-based Splitting Strategies for Power System
Islanding Operation Considering Network Connectivity,” IEEE
Systems Journal,
vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 350-359, March 2018 (IEEExplore) J22. Bin Wang, Kai Sun, Wei Kang, “Nonlinear Modal
Decoupling of Multi-Oscillator Systems with Applications to Power Systems,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 9201-9217,
2018 (PDF; IEEExplore). J23. Amir Golshani, Wei Sun, Kai Sun, “An
advanced power system partitioning method for fast and reliable restoration:
towards a self-healing power grid,” IET
Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 42-52, 2018 (IEEExplore). J24. Junjian Qi, Kai Sun, Jianhui Wang, Hui Liu, “Dynamic State Estimation for Multi-Machine Power System by
Unscented Kalman Filter with Enhanced Numerical Stability,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol.
9, No. 2, pp. 1184-1196, March 2018 (PDF; IEEExplore) J25. Yongli Zhu, Chengxi Liu, Bin
Wang, Kai Sun, “Damping
Control for a Target Oscillation Mode Using Battery Energy Storage,” Journal of Modern
Power Systems and Clean Energy, February 2018 (SpringerLink). J26. Bin Wang, Chengxi Liu, Kai Sun, “Multi-Stage
Holomorphic Embedding Method for Calculating the Power-Voltage Curve,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1127-1129, January 2018 (PDF; IEEExplore) 2017 J27. Chengxi Liu, Bin Wang, Xin Xu,
Kai Sun, Di Shi, Claus Leth Bak, “A Multi-Dimensional Holomorphic Embedding Method to Solve
AC Power Flows,” IEEE
Access, vol. 5, pp. 25270-25285, 2017 (PDF; IEEExplore) J28. Weihong Huang, Kai Sun, Junjian Qi, Jiaxin Ning, “Optimal Allocation of Dynamic Var Sources Using the
Voronoi Diagram Method Integrating Linear Programing,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,
vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 4644 – 4655, Nov. 2017 (PDF; IEEExplore). J29. Rui Yao, Shaowei Huang, Kai Sun, Feng Liu, Xuemin Zhang,
Shengwei Mei, Wei Wei, Lijie Ding, “Risk Assessment
of Multi-timescale Cascading Outages based on Markovian Tree Search,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 2887 - 2900, July 2017 (PDF; IEEExplore) J30. Wenyun Ju, Kai Sun, Junjian Qi, “Multi-Layer Interaction Graph for Analysis and Mitigation
of Cascading Outages,” IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 239-249, June 2017
(PDF; IEEExplore). J31. Tao Ding, Kai Sun, Qingrun Yang, Abdul Wahab Khan, Zhaohong Bie, “Mixed Integer Second Order Cone Relaxation with Dynamic
Simulation for Proper Power System Islanding Operations,” IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected
Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol. 7, No. 2, pp.295-306, June 2017 (IEEExplore). J32. Hongbin Sun, Qinglai Guo,
Marija D. Ilić, Qiuwei Wu, Kai Sun, Pengwei Du, “Guest Editorial for
the Special Issue: Smart Grid Voltage Control,” IET Generation,
Transmission & Distribution, vol. 11, No. 15, pp. 3655-3656, 2017 J33. Weihong Huang, Kai Sun, Junjian Qi, Jiaxin Ning, “Optimization of Dynamic Reactive Power Sources Using Mesh
Adaptive Direct Search,” IET
Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 11, No. 15, pp. 3675-3682, 2017 (PDF; IEEExplore) J34. Fengkai Hu, Kai Sun, Di Shi, Zhiwei Wang, “Measurement-based Voltage Stability Assessment for Load
Areas Addressing n-1 Contingencies,” IET Generation, Transmission &
Distribution, vol. 11, No. 15, pp. 3731-3738, 2017 (PDF; IEEExplore). J35. Junjian Qi, Wenyun Ju, Kai Sun, “Estimating
the Propagation of Interdependent Cascading Outages with Multi-Type Branching
Processes,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 1212-1223, March 2017
(PDF;
IEEExplore) J36. Bin Wang, Kai Sun, “Location Methods of Oscillation
Sources in Power Systems: A Survey,” Journal
of Modern Power Systems and Clear Energy, vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 151-159,
2017 (PDF; SpringerLink) J37. Bin Wang, Xiaowen Su, Kai Sun, “Properties
of the Frequency-Amplitude Curve,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,
vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 826-827, January 2017 (PDF; IEEExplore)
J38. Nan Duan, Kai Sun, “Power System Simulation Using
the Multistage Adomian Decomposition Method,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,” vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 430-441, January 2017 (PDF; IEEExplore) J39. Junjian Qi, Weihong Huang, Kai Sun, Wei Kang, “Optimal
Placement of Dynamic Var Sources by Using Empirical Controllability
Covariance,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 240-249, January 2017
(PDF; IEEExplore) J40. Huimin Gao, Xiaogao Xie,
Jianmin Zhang, Chenxi Wu, Kai Sun,
“Second-order oscillation mode study of hydropower
system based on linear elastic model and modal series method,” International
Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol. 27, No. 1, January 2017
(DOI: 10.1002/etep.2233). (link) 2016 J41. Bin Wang, Kai Sun, “Formulation and
Characterization of Power System Electromechanical Oscillations,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 5082-5093, November 2016 (PDF;
IEEExplore) J42. Feifei Bai, Yong Liu, Yilu
Liu, Kai Sun, Navin Bhatt, Alberto
Del Rosso, Evangelos Farantatos and Xiaoru Wang, “A
measurement-based approach for power system instability early warning,” Protection and
Control of Modern Power Systems, 2016, DOI: 10.1186/s41601-016-0014-0 (link). J43. Kai Sun, Junjian Qi, Wei Kang, “Power System Observability and Dynamic
State Estimation for Stability Monitoring Using Synchrophasor Measurements,” Control Engineering
Practice, vol. 53, pp. 160-172, August 2016 (PDF;
link) J44. Fengkai Hu, Kai Sun, Alberto Del Rosso, Evangelos
Farantatos, Navin Bhatt, “Measurement-Based Real-Time
Voltage Stability Monitoring for
Load Areas,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 2787-2798, July 2016 (PDF;
IEEExplore) J45. Rui Yao, Shaowei Huang, Kai Sun, Feng Liu, Xuemin Zhang, Shengwei
Mei, “A Multi-timescale Quasi-Dynamic Model for
Simulation of Cascading Outages,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 31,
No. 4, pp. 3189-3201, July 2016 (PDF;
IEEExplore) J46. Feifei Bai, Lin Zhu, Yilu Liu,
Xiaoru Wang, Kai Sun, Yiwei Ma,
Mahendra Patel, Evangelos Farantatos, and Navin Bhatt, “Design
and Implementation of a Measurement-based Adaptive Wide-Area Damping Controller
Considering Time Delays,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 130, pp. 1-9, January 2016
(PDF) 2015 J47. Feifei Bai, Yong Liu, Yilu
Liu, Kai Sun, Navin Bhatt, Alberto
Del Rosso, Evangelos Farantatos, Xiaoru Wang, “Measurement-Based
Correlation Approach for Power System Dynamic Response Estimation,” IET Generation, Transmission
& Distribution, vol.
9, No. 12, pp. 1474-1484, September 2015 (PDF;
IEEExplore) J48. Yong Liu, Kai Sun, Yilu Liu, “A Measurement-based Power System Model for
Dynamic Response Estimation and Instability Warning,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol.
124, pp. 1-9, 2015 (PDF) J49. Junjian Qi, Kai Sun, Wei Kang, “Optimal
PMU Placement for Power System Dynamic State Estimation by Using Empirical
Observability Gramian,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 30, pp. 2041-2054, July
2015 (PDF; IEEExplore) J50. Junjian Qi, Kai Sun, Shengwei Mei, “An Interaction Model for Simulation and Mitigation of
Cascading Failures,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 804-819,
March 2015 (PDF; IEEExplore) 2014 and before J51. Chengxi Liu, Kai Sun, Zakir Hussain Rather, Zhe
Chen, Claus Leth Bak, Paul Thøgersen, Per Lund, “A
Systematic Approach for Dynamic Security Assessment and the Corresponding
Preventive Control Scheme Based on Decision Trees,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,
vol. 29, No. 2, pp 717-730, March 2014 (PDF;
IEEExplore) J52. Kai Sun, Qiang Zhou, Yilu Liu, “A Phase Locked
Loop-based Approach to Real-time Modal Analysis on Synchrophasor
Measurements,” IEEE
Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 260-269, Jan. 2014 (PDF; IEEExplore)
J53. Kai Sun, Kyeon Hur, Pei Zhang, “A New Unified
Scheme for Controlled Power System Separation Using Synchronized Phasor
Measurements,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 1544-1554, Aug. 2011 (IEEExplore) J54. Chong Wang, Vijay Vittal, Kai Sun, “OBDD-Based
Sectionalizing Strategies for Parallel Power System Restoration,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 1426-1433, Aug. 2011 (IEEExplore) J55. Yunhe Hou, Chen-Ching Liu, Kai Sun, Pei Zhang, Shanshan Liu,
Dean Mizumura, “Computation of Milestones for
Decision Support during System Restoration,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,
vol. 26 , No. 3, pp. 1399-1409, Aug. 2011 (IEEExplore) J56. Kai Sun, Stephen T. Lee, Pei Zhang, “An
Adaptive Power System Equivalent for Real-time Estimation of Stability Margin
using Phase-Plane Trajectories,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 26, pp. 915-923, May
2011. (IEEExplore) J57. Ruisheng Diao, Kai Sun, Vijay Vittal, Robert J. O’Keefe, Michael R. Richardson, Navin Bhatt, Dwayne
Stradford, Sanjoy K. Sarawgi, “Decision Tree-Based
Online Voltage Security Assessment Using PMU Measurements,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,
vol. 24, pp.832-839, May 2009. (IEEExplore) J58. Kai Sun, Siddharth Likhate, Vijay Vittal, V. Sharma Kolluri, Sujit
Mandal, “An Online Dynamic Security Assessment Scheme
using Phasor Measurements and Decision Trees,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,
vol. 22, pp. 1935-1943, Nov 2007. (IEEExplore) J59. Ming Jin, Tarlochan S. Sidhu, Kai Sun, “A
New System Splitting Scheme Based on the Unified Stability Control Framework,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol. 22, pp.433-441, Feb 2007. (IEEExplore)
J60. Kai Sun, Da-Zhong Zheng, Qiang Lu, “Searching
for Feasible Splitting Strategies of Controlled System Islanding,” IEE Proceedings
Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol.153, pp.89-98, Jan 2006.
(IEEExplore) J61. Kai Sun, Da-Zhong Zheng, Qiang Lu, “A
Simulation Study of OBDD-based Proper Splitting Strategies for Power Systems
under Consideration of Transient Stability,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vo.l.20,
pp.389-399, Feb 2005. (IEEExplore) J62. Qianchuan Zhao, Kai Sun, Da-Zhong Zheng, Jin Ma,
Qiang Lu, “A Study of System Splitting Strategies for
Island Operation of Power System: A Two-phase Method Based on OBDDs,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol.18, pp.1556-1565, Nov 2003. (IEEExplore) J63. Kai Sun, Da-Zhong Zheng, Qiang Lu, “Splitting Strategies for
Islanding Operation of Large-scale Power Systems Using OBDD-based Methods,” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol.18, pp. 912-923, May 2003. (IEEExplore) J64. Kai Sun, Qianchuan Zhao, Da-Zhong Zheng, “A
Hybrid Control for Autonomous Systems of Electric Power Supply (in Chinese),” Journal of Control
Theory and Applications, vol. 19, pp. 23-28, Feb 2002. (LINK) Magazine Articles J65. K. Sun, “Coherency Theory - An Excellent
Reference on the Subject: Book Review of Power System Coherency and Model
Reduction,” IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, vol. 12, No.
1, pp. 102-104, Jan 2014 Conference
Papers 2018 C1.
Mirka Mandich, Tianwei Xia, Kai
Sun, “Optimal PMU Placement Using Stochastic Methods,” Accepted by 2019
IEEE PES General Meeting. C2.
Xin Xu, Chengxi Liu, Kai
Sun, “A Holomorphic Embedding Method to Solve Unstable
Equilibrium Points of Power Systems,” 2018 IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, FL, Dec 17-19, 2018. C3.
Nan Duan, Weihong Huang, Kai
Sun, Xiaochuan Luo, Qiang Zhang, “Multiple-shaft
Turbine Model Reduction by Fractional-order Modeling,”
2018 IEEE PES General Meeting C4.
Nan Duan, Srdjan Simunovic, Aleksandar Dimitrovski, Kai Sun, “Improving
the Convergence Rate of Parareal-in-time Power System Simulation using the
Krylov Subspace,” 2018 IEEE PES General Meeting C5.
Denis Osipov, Nan Duan, Aleksandar Dimitrovski, Srikanth Allu,
Srdjan Simunovic, Kai Sun, “Adaptive Model Reduction for Parareal in Time Method for
Transient Stability Simulations,” 2018 IEEE PES
General Meeting C6.
Q. Shi, Y. Xu, Y. Sun, W. Feng, F. Li, K. Sun, “Analytical Approach to Estimating
the Probability of Transient Stability under Stochastic Disturbances,” 2018 IEEE PES General Meeting C7.
Yongli Zhu, Chengxi Liu, Kai
Sun, “Image Embedding of PMU Data for Deep
Learning towards Transient Disturbance Classification,”
IEEE the 2nd International Conference on Energy Internet, Beijing, China, May
21-25, 2018 C8.
Bin Wang, Yichen Zhang, Kai
Sun, Kevin Tomsovic, “Quantifying the Synthetic
Inertia and Load-Damping Effect of a Converter-Interfaced Power Source,” EnergyCon 2018, Limassol, Cyprus, June 3-7, 2018. C9.
Nan Duan, Aleksandar Dimitrovski, Srdjan Simunovic, Kai Sun, Junjian Qi, Jianhui Wang, “Embedding Spatial Decomposition in Parareal in Time Power
System Simulation,” IEEE ISGT 2018, Feb. 19-22, 2018
in Washington, DC 2017 C10. Wenyun Ju, Bin Wang, Kai Sun, “Can
Nonlinear Electromechanical Oscillation be Analyzed Using an Equivalent SMIB
System?” 2017 IEEE
PES General Meeting C11.
Y.
Wang, H. Pulgar-Painemal, K. Sun, “Online analysis of voltage security in a microgrid using
convolutional neural networks,” 2017 IEEE PES General
Meeting. C12.
I.R.
Cabrera, Bin Wang, Kai Sun, “A
Method to Locate the Source of Forced Oscillations Based on Linearized Model
and System Measurements,” 2017 IEEE PES General
Meeting. C13.
Chengxi Liu, Bin Wang, Kai Sun, “Fast
Power System Simulation Using Semi-Analytical Solutions Based on Pade
Approximants,” 2017 IEEE PES General Meeting. C14.
Eric Abreut, Bin Wang, Kai Sun, “Semi-Analytical
Fault-on Trajectory Simulation and Its Application in Direct Methods,” 2017 IEEE PES General Meeting. C15. Yongli Zhu, Bin Wang, Kai Sun, “Damping
Control for Power Systems Using Energy Storage,” 29th
Chinese Control and Decision Conference, May 28-30, 2017, Chongqing, China. 2016 C16.
N. Duan, A. Dimitrovski, S.
Simunovic, K. Sun, “Applying Reduced Generator Models in the Coarse Solver of
Parareal in Time Parallel Power System Simulation,” IEEE
PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe) Conference,
October 9-12, 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia. C17. J. Qi, K. Sun, W. Kang, “Adaptive Optimal PMU
Placement Based on Empirical Observability Gramian,”
IFAC Symposium on Non-Linear Control Systems (NOLCOS), August 23-25, 2016,
Monterey, CA. C18.
A. C. Teron, A. Bartlett, N.
Duan, K. Sun, “Estimating
the Nonlinear Oscillation Frequency of a Power System Using the Harmonic
Balanced Method,” IEEE PES General Meeting, July
17-21, 2016, Boston, MA. C19. D. Osipov, F. Hu, K. Sun, “Voltage
Stability Margin Estimation for a Load Area Using a Three-Bus Equivalent,” IEEE PES General Meeting, July 17-21, 2016, Boston, MA C20. F. Hu, L. Yang, J. Wang, Y.
Ma, K. Sun, L.M. Tolbert, F. Wang,
“Measurement-based Voltage Stability Assessment and
Control on CURENT Hardware Test Bed System,” IEEE PES
General Meeting, July 17-21, 2016, Boston, MA C21. S. Maslennikov, B. Wang, Q.
Zhang, F. Ma, X. Luo, K. Sun, E. Litvinov, “A Test
Cases Library for Methods Locating the Sources of Sustained Oscillations,” IEEE PES General Meeting, July 17-21, 2016, Boston, MA 2015 C22. Y. Tong, J. Sun, K. Sun, P. Li, “Outsourcing
Power System Simulations,” IEEE GLOBECOM, San Diego,
CA, Dec 6-10, 2015 C23. Y. Tong, J. Sun, K. Sun, “Privacy-preserving
spectral estimation in smart grid,” IEEE
SmartGridComm Symposium, Miami, FL, Nov 2-5, 2015 C24. F. Bai, H. Liu, L. Zhu, Y. Liu,
K. Sun, X. Wang, M. Patel, E.
Farantatos, “A Measurement-based Control Input-output
Signal Selection Approach to Damp Inter-area Oscillations,”
2015 APPEEC C25. T. Ding, K. Sun, F. Li, H. Sun, X. Zhang, “Graph
Theory Based Splitting Strategies for Power System Islanding Operation,” 2015 IEEE PES General Meeting C26. G. Gurrala, A. Dimitrovski, P.
Sreekanth, S. Simunovic, M. Starke, K.
Sun, “Application of Adomian Decomposition for
Multi-Machine Power System Simulation,” 2015 IEEE PES
General Meeting C27. N. Duan, B. Wang, K. Sun, “Analysis
of Power System Oscillation Frequency Using Differential Groebner Basis and
the Harmonic Balance Method,” 2015 IEEE PES General
Meeting (PDF) C28. Y. Zhu, R. Azim, H. A. Saleem,
K. Sun, D. Shi, R. Sharma, “Microgrid Security Assessment and Islanding Control by
Support Vector Machine,” IEEE PES General Meeting(PDF) C29. B. Wang, K. Sun, X. Su, “An Oscillation Decoupling
Based Direct Method for Power System Transient Stability Analysis,” 2015 IEEE PES General Meeting (PDF) C30. W. Ju, J. Qi, K. Sun, “Simulation
and Analysis of Cascading Failures on an NPCC Power System Test Bed,” 2015 IEEE PES General Meeting (PDF) C31. E. Farantatos, A. Del Rosso,
N. Bhatt, K. Sun, Y. Liu, L. Min,
C. Jing, J. Ning, M. Parashar, “A Hybrid Framework for Online Dynamic
Security Assessment Combining High Performance Computing and Synchrophasor
Measurements,” 2015 IEEE
PES General Meeting C32. M. Nakmali, D. Osipov, K. Sun, “A
New Hybrid Approach to Thevenin Equivalent Estimation for Voltage Stability
Monitoring,” 2015 IEEE PES General Meeting (PDF) C33. W. Huang, K. Sun, J. Qi, Y. Xu, “Voronoi Diagram
Based Optimization of Dynamic Reactive Power Sources,”
2015 IEEE PES General Meeting (PDF) C34. N. Duan, K. Sun, “Application of the Adomian Decomposition
Method for Semi-Analytic Solutions of Power System Differential Algebraic
Equations,” Powertech 2015, Eindhoven (PDF) C35. R. Azim, K. Sun, F. Li, Y. Zhu, H. A. Saleem, D. Shi, R. Sharma, “A Comparative Analysis of Intelligent Classifiers for
Passive Islanding Detection in Microgrids,” Powertech
2015, Eindhoven (PDF). C36. R. Azim, Y. Zhu, H. A. Saleem,
K. Sun, F. Li, D. Shi, R. Sharma, “A
Decision Tree Based Approach for Microgrid Islanding Detection,” 2015 IEEE ISGT Conference in DC (PDF). 2014 and before C37. A.D. Rosso, E. Farantatos, N.
Bhatt, K. Sun, Y. Liu, C. Jing, J.
Ning, “Hybrid Simulation/Measurement-Based Framework
for Online Dynamic Security Assessment,” CIGRE,
Houston, TX, 2014 C38. K. Sun, W. Kang, “Observability and Estimation
Methods Using Synchrophasor,” The 19th IFAC World
Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 2014 (PDF) C39. F. Bai, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, K. Sun, et al, “Methods
to Establish Input-Output Relationship for System Identification-Based
Models,” 2014 IEEE PES General Meeting, National
Harbor, MD (PDF) C40. Y. Lei, Y. Liu, G. Kou, B.
Wang, C. Liu, K. Sun, Y. Liu, K.
Tomsovic, J. Chow, “A Study on Wind Frequency Control
under High Wind Penetration on an NPCC System Model,”
2014 IEEE PES General Meeting, National Harbor, MD (PDF) C41. B. Trento, B. Wang, K. Sun, and L. M. Tolbert, “Integration of Phase-Locked Loop Based Real-time
Oscillation Tracking in Grid Synchronized Systems,”
2014 IEEE PES General Meeting, National Harbor, MD (PDF) C42. F. Hu, K. Sun, A. D. Rosso, E. Farantatos, N. Bhatt, “An
Adaptive Three-bus Power System Equivalent for Estimating Voltage Stability
Margin from Synchronized Phasor Measurements,” 2014
IEEE PES General Meeting, National Harbor, MD (PDF) C43. L. E. Bernal, F. Hu, K. Sun, E. Farantatos, “Identification and Wide-area Visualization of the Centers
of Oscillation for a Large-scale Power System,” 2014
IEEE PES General Meeting, National Harbor, MD (PDF) C44. B. Wang, K. Sun, A. D. Rosso, E. Farantatos, N. Bhatt, “A
Study on Fluctuations in Electromechanical Oscillation Frequencies of Power
Systems,” 2014 IEEE PES General Meeting, National
Harbor, MD (PDF) C45. W. Huang, K. Sun, J. Qi, Y. Xu, “A New Approach to
Optimization of Dynamic Reactive Power Sources Addressing FIDVR Issues,” 2014 IEEE PES General Meeting, National Harbor, MD (PDF) C46. F. Bai, Y. Liu, K. Sun, et al, “Input
Signals Selection for Measurement-Based Power System ARX Dynamic Model
Response Estimation,” 2014 IEEE PES T&D
Conference, Chicago, IL, US, 2014 (PDF) C47. C. Li, Y. Liu, K. Sun, et al., “Measurement
Based Power System Dynamics Prediction with Multivariate AutoRegressive
Model,” 2014 IEEE PES T&D Conference, Chicago,
IL, US, 2014 (PDF) C48. K. Sun, F. Hu, N. Bhatt, “A New Approach for
Real-Time Voltage Stability Monitoring Using PMUs,” 2014
IEEE ISGT Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (PDF) C49. G Wang, CC Liu, N Bhatt, E.
Farantatos, K. Sun, “Observability for PMU-based monitoring of nonlinear power
system dynamics,” 2013 IREP Symposium - Bulk Power
System Dynamics and Control-IX, Aug. 25-30, 2013, Rethymnon, Greece (PDF) C50. K. Sun, X. Luo, J. Wong, “Early Warning of
Wide-Area Angular Stability Problems Using Synchrophasors,” IEEE
PES General Meeting, 23-26 July 2012, San Diego, 2012 (LINK) C51. Y. Liu, K. Sun Y. Liu, “Measurement-based Power
System Dynamic Model for Response Estimation,” IEEE
PES General Meeting, 23-26 July 2012, San Diego, 2012 (LINK) C52. F. Galvan, A. Abur, K.
Sun, V. Venkatasubramanian, “Implementation of
Synchrophasor Monitoring at Entergy: Tools, Training and Tribulations,” IEEE PES General Meeting, 23-26 July 2012, San Diego,
2012 (LINK) C53. G. Zhang, K. Sun, H. Chen, R. Carroll, Y. Liu, “Application
of Synchrophasor Measurements for Improving Operator Situational Awareness,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Detroit, MI,
24-29 July 2011 (LINK) C54. K. Sun, P. Zhang, N.S.B.N. Yusuf, “Predicting
Post-contingency Stability Margin Using Synchrophasors,”
IEEE PES General Meeting, 25-29 July 2010, Minneapolis, 2010 (LINK) C55. Y. Hou; C.-C. Liu; P. Zhang; K. Sun, “Constructing
power system restoration strategies,” IEEE
International Conference ELECO 2009. Page(s): I-8 - I-13, 2009 (LINK) C56. R. Diao, V. Vittal, K. Sun, S. Kolluri, S. Mandal, F.
Galvan, “Decision Tree Assisted Controlled Islanding
for Preventing Cascading Events,” IEEE PES Power
Systems Conference & Exposition, Seattle, March 15-18, 2009 (LINK) C57. N. Bhatt, et al, “Assessing vulnerability to cascading outages,” IEEE PES Power Systems Conference & Exposition,
Seattle, March 15-18, 2009 (LINK) C58. IEEE PES CAMS Task Force on
Understanding, Prediction, Mitigation and Restoration of Cascading Failures, “Vulnerability Assessment for Cascading Failures in
Electric Power Systems,” IEEE PES Power Systems Conference
& Exposition, Seattle, March 15-18, 2009 (LINK) C59. IEEE PES CAMS Task Force on
Understanding, Prediction, Mitigation and Restoration of Cascading Failures, “Initial review of methods for cascading failure analysis
in electric power transmission systems,” IEEE PES
General Meeting, Pittsburgh, July 20-24, 2008 (LINK) C60. K. Sun, S. Lee, “Power System Security Pattern
Recognition Based on Phase Space Visualization,” IEEE
Int. Conf. on Electric Utility Deregulation and Restructuring and Power
Technologies (DRPT 2008), Nanjing, April 6-9, 2008 (LINK) C61. K. Sun, T. S. Sidhu, M. Jin, “Online
Pre-Analysis and Real-Time Matching for Controlled Splitting of Large-Scale
Power Networks,” IEEE Intl. Conf. Future Power
Systems, Amsterdam, Nov 16-18, 2005 (LINK) C62. M. Jin, T. S. Sidhu, K. Sun, “A
New System Splitting Scheme Based on the Identification of Controlling Group,” IEEE Intl. Conf. Future Power Systems, Amsterdam, Nov.
16-18, 2005 (LINK).
C63. K. Sun, Q. Zhao, D. Zheng, J. Ma, Q. Lu, “A
Two-phase Method Based on OBDD for Searching for Splitting Strategies of
Large-scale Power Systems,” IEEE Intl. Conf. PowerCon
2002, Kunming, Oct. 13-17, 2002 (LINK) Published
EPRI Technical Reports T1. N. Bhatt (PM), E. Farantatos,
A. Del Rosso, K. Sun, F. Hu,
“Real-Time Reactive Power Management and Voltage Control: Hybrid Voltage
Stability Assessment (HVSA),” EPRI Product ID: 3002002868, 2014 T2. K. Sun, F. Hu, N. Bhatt, E. Farantatos, A. Del Rosso (PM), “Hybrid
Voltage Stability Assessment (HVSA): Integration of Simulation-Based and
Measurement-Based Approaches in Real-Time Operation,” EPRI Product ID:
3002001313, 2013. T3. W. Kang, K. Sun (PM), “Detection of Instability Using Synchrophasors: A
Theoretical Investigation on Observability with Synchrophasor Networks,” EPRI
Product ID: 3002002061, 2013 T4. A. Del Rosso (PM), K. Sun, Y. Liu, G. Zhang, H. Chen,
“Demonstration of a Novel Synchrophasor-based Situational Awareness System:
Wide Area Power System Visualization, On-line Event Replay and Early Warning
of Grid Problems,” EPRI, Palo Alto, CA: 2013. DOE-DE-OE0000128 (LINK, PDF) T5. C. Liu, G. Wang, Y. Liu, K. Sun, N. Bhatt (PM), E. Farantatos,
“Comprehensive Stability Analysis Using Synchrophasors,” EPRI Product ID:
1024264, 2012 T6. E. Farantatos, K. Sun (PM), A. Del Rosso (PM), “A
Hybrid Framework for Voltage Security Assessment Integrating Simulation- and
Measurement-Based Approaches,” EPRI Product ID: 1024260, 2012 T7. K. Sun (PM), C. Liu, T. Yong, “Visualization of Comprehensive
Operating Boundary and Margin Information for Situational Awareness:
Methodologies and Functional Requirements,” EPRI Product ID: 1021924, 2011 T8. K. Sun (PM), Y. Wang, “Program on Technology Innovation: Online Power
System Stability Assessment Using Real-time Measurements - Estimating
Stability Margin from Measured Dynamic Trajectories,” EPRI Product ID:
1022397, 2010 T9. C. Liu, K. Sun (PM), “Indication of Potential Cascading Outages Using
Measurement Data,” EPRI Product ID: 1020051, 2010 T10. K. Sun (PM), G. Zhang, “Preventing, Controlling and Mitigating Power
System Separation: Developing an Early Warning and Decision Support Tool,”
EPRI Product ID: 1020057, 2010 T11. C. Liu, Y. Hou, K. Sun (PM), S. Liu, “Prototyping a
Decision Support Tool for Evaluation of System Restoration Strategy Options,”
EPRI Product ID: 1017799, 2009 T12. K. Sun (PM), K. Hur, “Application of Phasor Measurement Units for
Controlled System Separation,” EPRI Product ID: 1017800, 2009 T13. K. Sun, K. Hur (PM), “Phasor Measurement Unit-Based Out-of-Step
Protection Scheme,” EPRI Product ID: 1020377, 2009 T14. K. Sun, P. Zhang (PM), L. Min, “Measurement-based Voltage Stability
Monitoring and Control for Load Centers,” EPRI Product ID: 1017798, 2009 T15. K. Sun, P. Zhang (PM), “Controlled System Separation,” EPRI Product
ID: 1015993, 2008 T16. P. Zhang (PM), K. Sun, “Effective Use of Distributed
Phasor Measurement Units and
Disturbance Monitoring Devices for Wide-Area Monitoring, Load Modeling and
Voltage Instability Load Shedding,” EPRI Product ID: 1018432, 2008 Awards
and Honors 2016 CRSTT Most Valuable Players Award by North American
Synchrophasor Initiative (NASPI) 2016 NSF
CAREER Award (abstract) 2016 Professional
Promise in Research Award by the College of Engineering, University of
Tennessee - Knoxville. 2016 Sigma
Xi member 2015 Best
Conference Papers Award by IEEE PES General Meeting 2014 Best
Conference Papers Award by IEEE PES General Meeting 2013 IEEE
senior member 2009 EPRI
Chauncey Award 2008 EPRI
Technology Innovation Excellence Award 2006 “Best 100 Ph.D.
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