I was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1985. I joined the electrical energy systems laboratory (EESLab) of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 2013, where I obtained my PhD degree in electrical engineering in 2018. Later on, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague between 2018 and 2019. I was a research and development engineer at the Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC) within the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow between 2019 and 2023. Now, I'm a DSO system modelling engineer at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) in Perth, UK. My research interests include condition monitoring and failure detection of power components, protection of power systems and components, fault location in distribution networks, analysis of power system transients, smart grids, and renewable energy resources.
Position: DSO System Modelling Engineer
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks was founded in 2000 and is one of two energy companies in the UK to be involved both in electricity transmission and distribution. The company forms part of the SSE plc group.
Company's website: https://www.ssen.co.uk/
Position: Research and Development Engineer
PNDC is a whole energy systems research, test and demonstration facility founded in 2013 with a focus on the de-risking and acceleration of novel electricity, heat and transport systems.
Company's website: https://pndc.co.uk/
Position: Postdoc Researcher
Research and Testing: Condition monitoring and failure detection of high-voltage components such as circuit breakers and on-load tap-changer (OLTCs), and power transformers.
Position: Laboratory Specialist
Research and Testing: Condition monitoring and maintenance of power transformers, on-load tap-changers (OLTCs) and circuit breakers; Power system protection; EMC, transient, LVD, telecom, and low frequency tests; Modelling and simulation of power systems and components; Protection, control and management of micro grids and smart grids; Integration of renewable energy resources into the power system. Embedded systems design and programming.
Laboratory website: http://www.eeslab.itu.edu.tr/
Position: Lecturer
Courses: Power System Analysis, Overhead & Underground Distribution Networks, Electrical Installations, Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, Lighting Systems.
Position: Senior Electrical Engineer
Founded in 1981, Iran Industrial Design Co. (IID) renders all design, consulting and construction services required for the development and realization of complex industrial and mineral projects.
Company's website: http://www.iid-co.com/?lang=en
Research area: Condition monitoring and failure detection of high-voltage components such as circuit breakers and on-load tap-changer (OLTCs), and power transformers
Thesis title: Arc-Based Modeling, Condition Monitoring and Failure Detection of On-Load Tap-Changers.
Thesis defense was unanimously approved by the jury members.
Thesis title: Fault Location in Distribution Networks Using Wavelet Analysis.
Thesis defended with top grade.
Thesis title: Designing a Wireless Data Transceiver on a Minimum System.
Thesis defended with top grade.
I am running a project on condition monitoring and failure detection of Circuit Breakers (CBs) and On-Load Tap-Changers (OLTCs) following the completion of my PhD. degree at the electrical energy systems laboratory.
What We Do ?
Here, at the electrical energy systems laboratory, we have been working on
new ideas regarding the On-Load Tap-Changer (OLTC) condition monitoring since 2013.
We are well aware of several solutions already presented and produced all around
the world. Up to the present, several parameters have been utilized to assess the
operating condition of OLTCs with different levels of accuracy and reliability.
We have off-line methods as well as on-line methods considering the condition-based
maintenance strategies. However, it is expected that the OLTC condition monitoring
will move from on-line centralized to real-time distributed approach in the near
future in the frame of smart grids. There is also a high demand of more accurate
and reliable measurement and data processing techniques. Our activity will cover
the local monitoring unit as well as the central control system developments based
on new ideas with respect to the requirements of real-time distributed measurements
considering smart grid strategies.
ITU EESLab Website: http://www.eeslab.itu.edu.tr/
What We Deliver ?
Our main target is to deliver our solution for the OLTC condition monitoring both in hardware and software levels in the near future.
1. Pitambar Jankee, Charles Trevor Gaunt, Michel Malengret, Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Behnam Feizifar, Zhiwang Feng, Graeme Burt,
“Challenges, Solutions and Lessons Learnt from Testing Power System Performance with a General Power Theory-Controlled Converter”,
8th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID), Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct. 16-18, pp. 1-6, eGrid 2023.
2. Behnam Feizifar, Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Federico Coffele, Colin Scoble, Calum Jardine, “Assessment of Low Frequency Demand
Disconnection Impact on Network Operability”, The PAC World Conference, Glasgow, UK, Jun. 26-29, pp. 1-14, PAC World 2023.
3. David Fellner, Thomas Strasser, Wolfgang Kastner, Behnam Feizifar, Ibrahim Abdulhadi, “An Operational Data-Driven Malfunction
Detection Framework for Enhanced Power Distribution System Monitoring – The DeMaDs Approach”,
27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution, Rome, Italy, Jun. 12-15, pp. 70-74, CIRED 2023.
4. David Fellner, Thomas Strasser, Wolfgang Kastner, Behnam Feizifar, Ibrahim Abdulhadi, “A Data Driven Transformer Level
Misconfiguration Detection in Power Distribution Grids”, IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC),
Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 9-12, pp. 1840-1847, SMC 2022.
5. Behnam Feizifar, Zdeněk Müller, Omer Usta, “A New Algorithm for Detecting Failure to Clear Mode of Circuit Breakers
Using Fundamental Frequency Component of Voltage Signals”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 794-801, April 2020.
6. Behnam Feizifar, Zdeněk Müller, Ghaeth Fandi, Omer Usta, “A Collective Condition Monitoring Algorithm for On-Load Tap-Changers”,
IEEE Int. Conf. on Environment & Electrical Eng., Genoa, Italy, Jun. 11-14, EEEIC 2019.
7. Behnam Feizifar, Omer Usta, “A new failure protection algorithm for circuit breakers using the power loss of switching arc incidents”,
Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 1982-1997, May 2019.
8. Behnam Feizifar, Omer Usta, “A New Arc-Based Model and Condition Monitoring Algorithm for On-Load Tap-Changers”,
Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 167, pp. 58-70, Feb. 2019.
9. Behnam Feizifar, Omer Usta, “Failure Detection of On-Load Tap-Changers Using a New Power-Based Algorithm”,
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 6967-6976, Feb. 2019.
10. Behnam Feizifar, Omer Usta, “A Novel Arcing Power-Based Algorithm for Condition Monitoring of Electrical Wear of
Circuit Breaker Contacts”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 1060-1068, Jun. 2019.
11. Sadra Mousavi, Behnam Feizifar, Emel Onal, “A Wide-Range Model for Surge Arresters: Verification Analysis”,
Energy Procedia, Vol. 141, pp. 460-464, Dec. 2017.
12. Behnam Feizifar, Omer Usta, “Condition Monitoring of Circuit Breakers Using Arc Models and Failure Detection
Algorithm”, IEEE Int. Conf. on Smart Grid and Cities, Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 19-21, ICSG 2017.
13. Behnam Feizifar, Omer Usta, “Condition Monitoring of Circuit Breakers: Current Status and Future Trends”,
IEEE Int. Conf. on Environment & Electrical Eng., Milan, Italy, Jun. 6-9, EEEIC 2017.
14. Behnam Feizifar, Omer Usta, Mahmoud Reza Haghifam, “Impact of Distributed Generation on Transient-Based Fault
Location Techniques in Distribution Networks”, IEEJ Transaction on Electrical and Electronic Eng., The Institute
of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 2015.
15. Hamed Hasanvand, Bashir Bakhshideh Zad, Babak Mozafari, and Behnam Feizifar, “Damping of Low Frequency
Oscillations Using a SVC Based Supplementary Controller”, IEEJ Transaction on Electrical and Electronic Eng.,
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Vol. 8, No. 6, Nov. 2013.
16. Hamed Hasanvand, Soodabeh Soleymani, Behnam Feizifar, Bashir Bakhshideh Zad, “Application of S-transform
for fault location in combined overhead line and cable distribution networks”, The Modares Journal of
Electrical Eng., Vol. 12, No. 2, 2012.
17. Hamed Hasanvand, Soodabeh Soleymani, Behnam Feizifar, Bashir Bakhshideh Zad, “Fault Location In Distribution
Networks Using S-transform”, Journal of Electrical Eng., Vol. 14, No. 1, 2014.
18. Behnam Feizifar, Mahmoud Reza Haghifam, Soodabeh Soleymani, and Amirsam Jamilazari, “Fault Location in
Combined Overhead Line and Underground Cable Distribution Networks Using Fault Transient Based Mother Wavelets”,
IEEE Int. Conf. on Environment & Electrical Eng., Wroclaw, Poland, May 5-8, EEEIC 2013.
19. Behnam Feizifar, Mahmoud Reza Haghifam, Soodabeh Soleymani, and Amirsam Jamilazari, “Impact of Capacitor
Banks on Fault Location Methods Based on Fault Transient Signal Analysis in Distribution Networks”,
IEEE Int. Conf. on Environment & Electrical Eng., Venice, Italy, May 18-25, EEEIC 2012.
20. Behnam Feizifar, Mahmoud Reza Haghifam, Soodabeh Soleymani, “Application of Continuous Wavelet Transform
for Fault Location in Combined Overhead Line and Cable Distribution Networks”, IEEE Int. Conf. on Electrical &
Electronics Eng., Bursa, Turkey, Dec.01-04, ELECO 2011.
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