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Zeng Rong

Research Direction

Power Electronic Devices and Key Equipment of DC Grid; Electromagnetic Transient of AC / DC Power System and Its Protection

Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

zengrong@tsinghua.edu.cn

010-62789626

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EDUCATION

Ph. D. Tsinghua University Sept. 1995 –July 1999 Beijing, China

Electrical Engineering

B. S. Tsinghua University Sept. 1992 –July 1995 Beijing, China

Electrical Engineering

B. S. Tsinghua University Sept. 1990 –July 1995 Beijing, China

Electrical Engineering

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Professor, Dec. 2007 – Present

Tsinghua University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Associate Professor, Dec. 2002 – Nov. 2007

Tsinghua University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Lecture, Aug. 1999 – Nov. 2002

Tsinghua University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Visiting Professor, 2012 – 2013, Stanford University

2007 – 2008, National University of Singapore (NUS)

2006, Hong Kong University

Director, 2019– Present

Power System National Key Laboratory

Chair of Dept. , 2014 – 2018

Tsinghua University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Deputy Director, Jan. 2008 – 2019

Power System National Key Laboratory

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Power Electronic Devices and Key Equipment of DC Grid

Electromagnetic Transient of AC / DC Power System and Its Protection

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

China Electric Power Science and Technology Outstanding Contribution Award,China Society of Electrical Engineering,2020

IEEE EMC Technical Achievement Award,IEEE,2018

Distinguished Yangzi Chair Professor, Ministry of Education of China, 2016

Distinguished Young Scholars, The National Science Fund of China 2013

Outstanding Young Scientist Award of Beijing (The only winner in the field of electrical engineering), 2012

Zhizhao Li*, Rong Zeng, etc. “Research on the Characteristics of Upward Leader Emerging From the Transmission Lines Influenced by AC Operation Voltage” Asia-Pacific Lightning Protection, 2013(APL2013)Best Paper Award.

Xinyu Ma, Chijie Zhuang, Rong Zeng, etc. “The effect of air pressure on evolution of gas density and temperature inside a leader channel”. 34th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP2018), Young Scientist Award

She Chen*, Rong Zeng, etc.“The Observation and 3D Modeling of Long Positive Streamers in Air”, 2013 International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH2013),Young Researcher Award.

Xuan Zhou*, Rong Zeng etc. “Upward Leader Inception Criterion Considering Gas Kinetic Process and Heat Conduction”, International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP2014), Diploma for Young Scientists.

China Energy Science and Technology Award (second prize), 2011

Beijing Education Achievement Award (first prize), 2009


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Book

[1]Zhao Biao,Zeng Rong,Song Qiang,Yu Zhanqing,Qu Lu.《Energy Internet》Chapter 6:Medium-voltage DC power distribution technology,Elsevier,2018.

[2]Liu Guanwei,Qu Lu,Zeng Rong,Gao Feng.《Energy Internet》Chapter 12:Energy Internet in China,Elsevier,2018.

[3]Jinliang He, Rong Zeng, Bo Zhang. Methodology and Technology for Power System Grounding, Willey Press, 2012.

Journal papers

[1]Wu Jinpeng, Zhuo Zengqing, Xiaohui Rong, Dai Kehua, Lebens-Higgins, Zachary Sallis, Shawn Pan, Feng Piper, Louis F. J. , Liu Gao Chuang, Yi-de Hussain, Zahid, Li Qinghao, Zeng Rong, Shen Zhi-xun, Yang Wanli. Dissociate lattice oxygen redox reactions from capacity and voltage drops of battery electrodes. Science Advances, 2020, 6(6), eaaw3871.

[2]Xu Chaoqun, Zhang Xiangyu, Yu Zhanqing, Zhao Biao, Chen Zhengyu, Zeng Rong. A Novel DC Chopper With MOV-Based Modular Solid-State Switch and Concentrated Dissipation Resistor for +/- 400 kV/1100 MW Offshore Wind VSC-HVDC System. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2020, 35(5): 4483-4488.

[3]Zhang Xiangyu, Yu Zhanqing, Zeng Rong, Huang Yulong, Zhao Biao, Chen Zhengyu, Yang Yuemin. A State-of-the-Art 500-kV Hybrid Circuit Breaker for a dc Grid: The World's Largest Capacity High-Voltage dc Circuit Breaker. IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 2020, 14(2): 15-27.

[4]Zhang Xiangyu, Yu Zhanqing, Zhao Biao, Chen Zhengyu, Lv Gang, Huang Yulong, Zeng Rong. A Novel Mixture Solid-State Switch Based on IGCT With High Capacity and IGBT With High Turn-off Ability for Hybrid DC Breakers. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2020, 67(6): 4485-4495.

[5]Liu Jiapeng, Yu Zhanqing, Wang Xiaorui, Ren Chunpin, Chen Zhengyu, Zhao Biao, Chen Fanglin, Zeng Rong. A Robust Nondestructive Test Scheme Based on Multistage Anode Voltage Detection for 4500 V Single-Cell Turn-Off Capability of Press-Packed Devices. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2021, 36(5): 4905-4909.

[6]Liu Jiapeng, Yu Zhanqing, Zhou Wenpeng, Chen Zhengyu, Ren Chunpin, Zhao Biao, Wang Fengying, Ji Weifeng, Li Meng, Zeng Rong. Ultra-Low ON-State Voltage IGCT for Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker With Single-Switching Attribute. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2021, 36(3): 3292-3303.

[7]Ma Xinyu, Zhuang Chijie, Zeng Rong, Zhou Weidong. Large-dynamic-range athermal lithium niobite on insulator/ TiO2 nanobeam electric field sensor. Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics, 2021, 54(10), Art no. 105101.

[8]Zhang Xiangyu, Yu Zhanqing, Zhao Biao, Chen Zhengyu, Lyu Gang, Huang Yulong, Zeng Rong. A Novel Mixture Solid-State Switch Based on IGCT with High Capacity and IGBT with High Turn-off Ability for Hybrid DC Breaker. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,2020,67(6):4485-4495.

[9]Xu Chaoqun,Zhang Xiangyu, Yu Zhanqing, Zhao Biao, Chen Zhengyu, Zeng Rong. A Novel DC Chopper with MOV-based Modular Solid-state Switch and Concentrated Dissipation Resistor for ±400 kV/1100 MW Offshore Wind VSC-HVDC System. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2019,35(5):4483-4488.

[10]Zhang Xiangyu, Yu Zhanqing, Chen Zhengyu, Huang Yulong, Zhao Biao, Zeng Rong. Modular Design Methodology of DC Breaker Based on Discrete Metal Oxide varistors With Series Power Electronic Devices for HVdc Application[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,2019,66(10):7653-7662.

[11]Zhang Xiangyu,Yu Zhanqing,Chen Zhengyu, Zhao Biao, Zeng Rong. Optimal Design of Diode-Bridge Bidirectional Solid-State Switch Using Standard Recovery Diodes for 500-kV High-Voltage DC Breaker. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2019,35(2): 1165-1170.

[12]Lyu Gang, Yu Zhanqing, Zhou Wenpeng, Xu Chaoqun, Chen Zhengyu, Zhao Biao, Liu Jiapeng, Zeng Rong. 6-in Dual-Gate Ring Commutated Thyristor for DC Circuit Breakers. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES,2019, 66(3):1444-1449.

[13]Zeng Rong, Zhao B, Wei T, et al. Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor-Based Modular Multilevel Converters: A Promising Solution for High-Voltage dc Applications. IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 2019, 13(2): 4-16.

[14]Gang Lyu, Chijie Zhuang, Jiapeng Liu, Biao Zhao , Rong Zeng , Xueqiang Zhang. Optimization for Cell Arrangement Design of Gate-Commutated Thyristors based on Whole Wafer Model and Tabu Search. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices , 2018, 65(11):4938-4946.

[15]Chen Zhengyu, Yu Zhanqing, Liu Xuan, Liu Jiapeng, Zeng Rong, Stray Impedance Measurement and Improvement of high power IGCT Gate Driver Units, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2019,34(7):6639-6647.

[16]Chen Zhengyu, Yu Zhanqing, Zhang Xiangyu, Wei Tianyu, Lyu Gang, Qu Lu, Huang Yulong, Zeng Rong, Analysis and Experiments for IGBT, IEGT, and IGCT in Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, 2018, 65(4), 2883-2892.

[17]Zeng Rong, Zhao Biao, Yu Zhanqing, Song Qiang, Huang Yulong, Chen Zhengyu, Liu Jiapeng, Zhou Wenpeng, Lü Gang. Development and Prospect of IGCT Power Device in DC Grid. Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering,2018,38(15): 4307-4317.

[18]Rong Zeng, Chijie Zhuang, Xuan Zhou, etc, Survey of recent progress on lightning and lightning protection research, High Voltage, 2016, 1(1): 2-10

[19]Chen She, Heijmans L C J, Zeng Rong, et al. Nanosecond to microsecond repetitively pulsed discharges in N2-O2 mixtures: Inception cloud and streamer emergence, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2015, 48(17): 175201.

[20]Rong Zeng and She Chen. The dynamic velocity of long positive streamers observed using a multi-frame ICCD camera in a 57 cm air gap. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46 (2013) 485201 (10pp)

[21]She Chen, Rong Zeng and Chijie Zhuang. The diameters of long positive streamers in atmospheric air under lightning impulse voltage. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46 (2013) 375203 (10pp)

[22]She Chen, Rong Zeng, Chijie Zhuang, Zhanqing Yu and Jinliang He. Switching Impulse Breakdown Characteristics of Large Sphere-plane Air Gaps compared with Rod-plane Air Gap. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 2013(3): 839-844.

[23]Zeng, R., Li, Z. ; Yu, Z. ; Zhuang, C. Study on the Influence of the DC Voltage on the Upward Leader Emerging From a Transmission Line. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2013, 28 (3): 1674-1681.


2019, Editor Board Member of “Electrical Engineering” Journal

2018, Chair of IET ACDC Power Transmission international conference

2016, Chair of IET ACDC Power Transmission international conference

2016-, Associate editor in chief of “High Voltage” Journal

2016-, Editor Board Member of “CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems”

2011-, Editor Board Member of “High Voltage” Journal

2011-, Member of HVDC Committee of CSEE