Mehdi Gholipour

 

Associate Professor,
Dept. of Electrical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering,

 University of Isfahan,
Isfahan, Iran

 

Email: e.gholipour@eng.ui.ac.ir &
          
egholipour@yahoo.com

Tel: +98 31 3793-7005

 

 

EDUCATION

Ø  Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (power systems)                                                  

Green Lab., University Of Nancy I, France

Thesis : Improvement of Transient Stability Using FACTS devices

Ø  M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (power systems)                                                   

University of Tehran, Iran

Thesis : Optimal operation of power system in contingency situation

Ø  B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (power)                                                  

Isfahan University of Technology, Iran  

Research area

·         FACTS and custom power Devices

·         Power system Transients

·         Power system stability

·         Distribution systems

Taught courses

Ø  The postgraduate (Ph.D. and M.Sc.)

·         Transient states in power system

·         FACTS devices

·         Reactive power control

·         Power system operation

Ø  The undergraduate (B.Sc.)

·         Power system analysis I & II

·         Electrical Installation

·         Electric circuits I & II

·         Electrical measurement

Languages

·         Persian (native)

·         English

·         French

 

Industrial activities & projects

 

· Improving the performance of a grid-connected inverter during an asymmetrical fault and unbalanced grid voltage, mobarakeh steel company, 2024

 

· Preparation of software for analyzing incidents in Digsilent software to strengthen the mental operations of control centers, planning and operating the network in dealing with critical network conditions. Esfahan Regional Electric Company  (EREC), 2020- 2023

 

·  Coordination of tap changer and capacitor bank in order to control the network voltage, Esfahan Regional Electric Company  (EREC), 2021

 

 

·     Improvement of Low-Voltage Ride-Through capability in Micro-Grids, Esfahan Province Electricity Distribution Company (EPEDC),2020 

·         Reactive power management and optimal placement of DGs in university of Isfahan, 2019

·     Reactive power sharing in islanded microgrids with inverter-based sources, Esfahan Province Electricity Distribution Company (EPEDC),2020 

 

·         Design and implementation of symmetrical components indicator, Isfahan Higher Education & Research Institute, 2008-2009.

·         Design and implementation of a digital synchronscope , Isfahan Higher Education & Research Institute, 2004-2005

·         Design and implementation of monitoring and control of Heat-treatment furnaces, Mobarekeh Steel company, 2000-2001

·         Design, implementation and test of distribution system of a submarine, ministry of defense, 1990-2000

 

publications

Ø  Books

·         M. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, “Electrical Installation and Lighting Engineering”, University of Isfahan, Iran, (1st Edition: 2016, 2nd Edition: 2023)

Ø  English Journal articles

1-      E. Gholipour, S. Saadate, “Improving of transient stability of power system using UPFC”, IEEE Transaction on Power Delivery, No. 20, April 2005, pp. 1677-1682.

2-      S. Karimi, P. Pour, S. Saadate, E. Gholipour, “FPGA – based fully digital controller for three-phase shunt active filters”, Int. Journal of Electronic, No. 8, August 2008, pp. 805- 818.

3-      E. Gholipiur, Gh. Eisazadeh, “Design of a new adaptive optimal wide area IPFC damping controller in Iran transmission network”, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy System, May 2013, pp. 529-539.

4-      J. Modarresi, M. Fallah, E. Gholipour, M. Tavakoli Bina, “Improving the SRF method to compensate low-order harmonics under non-sinusoidal network voltages”, Turkish Journal of electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Nov. 2013.

5-      B. Arandian, R. Hooshmand, E. Gholipour, “Decreasing activity cost of a distribution system company by reconfiguration and power generation control of DGs based on shuffled frog leaping algorithm” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy System, October 2014, pp. 48-55.

6-      E. Gholipour, S.M Nosratabadi, “A New Coordination Strategy of SSSC and PSS Controllers in Power System Using SOA Algorithm Based on Pareto Method” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy System, May 2015, pp. 462-471.

7-      E. Jamshidpour, Ph. Pour, E. Gholipour, Sh. Saadate, “Single-Switch DC–DC Converter With Fault-Tolerant Capability Under Open- and Short-Circuit Switch Failures”, IEEE Transaction on Power Electronic, vol. 30, May 2015, pp. 2703-2712.

8-      S.M. Nosratabadi, E. Gholipour, “Power system harmonic reduction and voltage control using DFIG converters as an active filter”, TURKISH JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCES, accepted (2015)

9-      GH. Isazadeh, A. Khodabakhshian, E. Gholipour, “New intelligent controlled islanding scheme in large interconnected power systems”, IET Generation Transmission Distribution ,2015, Vol. 9, Issue 16, pp. 2686-2696.

10-  S.M. Nosratabadi, R. Hooshmand, E. Gholipour, “Stochastic profit based scheduling of industrial virtual power plant using the best demand response strategy”, Applied energy (Elsevier), Vol.164, 2016, pp.590-606.

11-  S.M. Nosratabadi, R. Hooshmand, E. Gholipour, “A new simultaneous placement of distributed generation and demand response resources to determine virtual power plant”, International transactions on electrical energy systems, 2016, (on lone).

12-  J. Modarresi, E. Gholipour, and A. Khodabakhshian, "A comprehensive review of the voltage stability indices". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, 63, pp.1-12.

13-  J. Modarresi, M. Fallah, E. Gholipour, and M.T. BINA, "Improving the SRF method to compensate low-order harmonics under non sinusoidal network voltages", Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences,2016, 24(2), pp.412-426.

14-  M. Basiri-Kejani, and E. Gholipour, "Two-level procedure based on HICAGA to determine optimal number, locations and operating points of SVCs in Isfahan–Khuzestan power system to maximize load ability and minimize losses", TVD and SVC installation cost. IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2016, 10(16), pp.4158-4168.

15-  G. Isazadeh, A. Khodabakhshian, and E. Gholipour, "Optimal design of convertible static compensator supplementary damping controller to avoid wide area uncontrolled islanding". IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2016, 10(10), pp.2336-2350.

16-  S.M. Nosratabadi and E. Gholipour, "Power system harmonic reduction and voltage control using DFIG converters as an active filter", Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 2016, 24(4), pp.3105-3122.

17-  D. Rezaei, E. Gholipour, and R. Hooshmand, "Power angle control-based method for interline unified power quality conditioner and multi-converter unified power quality conditioner under unbalanced and distorted load conditions". Electric Power Components and Systems, 2016, 44(15), pp.1721-1734.

18-  S.M. Nosratabadi, R. Hooshmand, and E. Gholipour, "A comprehensive review on microgrid and virtual power plant concepts employed for distributed energy resources scheduling in power systems", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017, vol. 67, pp.341-363.

19-  M.H. Andishgar, E. Gholipour, and R. Hooshmand, "An overview of control approaches of inverter-based microgrids in islanding mode of operation", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017, 80, pp.1043-1060.

20-  M. Basiri-Kejani, and E. Gholipour, "Holomorphic embedding load-flow modeling of  thyristor-based FACTS controllers", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2017, 32(6), pp.4871-4879.

21-  S.M. Nosratabadi, R. Hooshmand, E. Gholipour, and S. Rahimi, "Modeling and simulation of long term stochastic assessment in industrial microgrids proficiency considering renewable resources and load growth", Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2017, 75, pp.77-95.

22-  J. Modarresi, E. Gholipour, and A. Khodabakhshian, 2017. "A new under voltage load shedding method to reduce active power curtailment", International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2017, 27(4), p.e2291.

23-  G. Isazadeh, A. Khodabakhshian, and E. Gholipour, "A new intelligent wide area controlled islanding detection method in interconnected power systems", International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2017, 27(7), p.e2329.

24-  R. Hooshmand, S.M. Nosratabadi, and E. Gholipour, "Event-based scheduling of industrial technical virtual power plant considering wind and market prices stochastic behaviors-A case study in Iran". Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 172, pp.1748-1764.

25-  J. Modarresi, E. Gholipour, and A. Khodabakhshian, "New adaptive and centralized under-voltage load shedding to prevent short-term voltage instability". IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 12(11), 2018, pp.2530-2538.

26-  M.H. Andishgar, E. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, "Voltage quality enhancement in islanded microgrids with multi-voltage quality requirements at different buses". IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 12(9), 2018, pp.2173-2180.

27-  J. Modarresi, M. Fallah, E. Gholipour, and M. Abarzadeh, "Performance improvement of shunt active power filter by a new wavelet-based low-pass filter: Theory and implementation", Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 40(1), 2018, pp.111-121.

28-  O. Abdoli, E. Gholipour, and R. Hooshmand, 2018. "A New Approach to Compensating Voltage Unbalance by UPQC-Based PAC". Electric Power Components and Systems,2018, 46(16-17), pp.1769-1781.

29-  M.H. Andishgar, E. Gholipour, and R. Hooshmand, "Improved secondary control for optimal total harmonic distortion compensation of parallel connected DGs in islanded microgrids", IET Smart Grid, 2019, 2(1), pp.115-122.

30-  E. Akbari, R. Hooshmand, M. Gholipour, and M. Parastegari, "Stochastic programming-based optimal bidding of compressed air energy storage with wind and thermal generation units in energy and reserve markets", Energy, 2019, 171, pp.535-546.

31-  S. Malek, “Robust scheme for voltage regulation and power sharing among DERs in DC microgrids”, IET Renewable Power Generation, 2020, pp. 1-11

32-  M.H. Andishgar, M. Gholipour, and R. Hooshmand, "Improved secondary control for optimal unbalance compensation in islanded microgrids with parallel DGs", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems,2020, 116, p.105535.

33-  S.m. Hashemian, A. Khodabakhshian, M. Gholipour et all. “Approach for prediction of cold loads considering electric vehicles during power system restoration”, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2020, vol 14, pp. 5249-5260

34-  P. Ghaebi Panah, R. Hooshmand, M. Gholipour. "  A techno-economic analysis: Urban reconfigurable microgrids participating in short-term regulating power markets", Sustainable Cities and Society,

59, 2020, pp. 1-11

35-  P. Ghaebi Panah, R. Hooshmand, M. Gholipour. "Urban microgrid ancillary service provision using plugin electric vehicle and waste-to-energy CHP", Journal of Energy Storage, 29, 2020, pp. 1-11

36-  S.m. Hashemian, S.n. Hashemian, M. Gholipour, "Unsynchronized parameter free fault location scheme for hybrid transmission line", Electric Power Systems Research, 2021, vol 192, 106982

37-  O. Abdoli, M. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, "Improving synchronization stability of grid connected converters by virtual impedance", IET Generation Transmission and Distribution, Vol 15, No. 7, Apr. 2021, pp 1136-1143

38-  P. Ghaebi Panah, R. Hooshmand, M. Gholipour, et all. "A Cost-Effective Disturbance Governance

Framework for Low-Inertia Autonomous Microgrids", Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments,

48, 2021, pp. 1-11

39-  E. Akbari, R. Hooshmand, M. Gholipour, and M. Parastegari, " Natural gas unavailability, price uncertainty, and emission reduction policy in stochastic programming-based optimal bidding of compressed air energy storage and wind units", IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021, 15, pp.58-72.

40-  O. Abdoli, M. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, "A novel method for synchronization stability enhancement of grid connected converters based on equal area criterion", International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 139, 2022, pp. 1-11.

41-  D. Rezaei, M. Gholipour, F. Parvaresh, "A novel traveling wave arrival time detection method in power system", IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution,16, 2022, pp.1151-1165.

42-  D. Rezaei, M. Gholipour, F. Parvaresh, " A single-ended traveling-wave-based fault location for a hybrid transmission line using detected arrival times and TWs polarity", Electric Power Systems Research, 2022, vol 210, pp. 1-13.

43-  D. Rezaei, M. Gholipour, F. Parvaresh, " A new traveling wave detection method for fault location based on two sequential sliding windows and curve fitting", IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution,16, 2022, pp.3333-3348.

44-  M. Malekpour, A. Kiomarsi, M. Gholipour, "Analytical system frequency response model with virtual synchronous wind turbines", IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Sep. 2021, pp. 2618-2631

45-  M. I. Ibrahin, M. Edrisi, M. Gholipour, H. H. Alhelou, "A Novel Frequency Regulation in Islanded Microgrid using Sliding Mode Control with Disturbance Observers considering Storages and EVs", Computers and Electrical Engineering, 105, 2023, pp. 1-12.

 

46- M. Haghshenas, R. Hooshmand, M. Gholipour, “A Novel Cost-Based Optimization Model for Electric Power Distribution Systems Resilience Improvement under Dust Storm”, International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, vol. 44, 2024

47- M. I. Ibraheem, M. Edrisi, H. H.  Alhelou, M. Gholipour, A. Al-Hinai “A Sophisticated Slide Mode Controller of Microgrid System Load Frequency Control Under False Data Injection Attack and Actuator Time Delay”, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATION, vol 60, issue 2, 2024, pp. 2117 – 2126.

48- S. Shabani, M. Gholipour, M. Niroomand, “Improving the performance of grid-connected inverters during asymmetrical faults and unbalanced grid voltages”, IET Generation Transmission and Distribution, DOI: 10.1049/gtd2.13258, 2024, pp. 3097-3107

49- M. I. Ibraheem, M. Edrisi, H. H.  Alhelou, M. Gholipour “Fractional order slide mode droop control for simultaneous voltage and frequency regulation of AC microgrid”, IET Renewable Power Generation, DOI: 10.1049/rpg2.13067, 2024, pp. 2629-2640.

50- M. Haghighat, H. Dehghani tafti, M.Gholipour, et all. “Distributed Power Reserve Control in Grid-Connected Cascaded H-Bridge Converter-Based Photovoltaic Systems” IEEE Access, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3496518

51- M. Basiri kejani, M. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, “stealthy FDI attack to maximize load shedding considering voltage sensitivity analysis” Electric Power System Research, vol. 241, 2025, pp. 1-9.

 

 

 

Ø  Persian Journal articles

1-      B. Arandian, R. A. Hooshmand, E. Gholipour, “reconfiguration of distribution systems in electricity market in presense of DGs” Iranian Journal of electrical &computer engineering, Vol. 34, 2014.

2-      Y. Rezaei, A. Khodabakhshian, M. Moazami, E. Gholipiur, “Optimal placement of UPFC in Isfahan- Khozestan network to improve transient stability using APSO algorithm, Computational Intelligence in electrical Engineering”, 2012.

3-      E. Gholipour, M. Basiri, “Power system stability improvement by SSSC, using Iperialist Competitive Algorithm”, Computational Intelligence in electrical Engineering”, 2012.

4-      D. Rezaei, E. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, “Optimal operation of UPQC in order to simultaneous voltage unbalance and load reactive power compensation”, Jounalof electrical engineering (TJEE), Vol. 45, No. 3, 2015.

5-      J. Modaresi, E. Gholipour, M.H. Nsiri,”Determining the optimum Tilt angle for solar panels in IRAN”, Iranian Journal of energy, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2015

6-      M. Bornapour, E. Gholipour, M.R. Esmaili, “Optimal placement of STATCOM for voltage control using partitioning methods and fuzzy adaptive modified particle swarm optimization algorithm”, Computational intelligence in electrical engineering, Accepted, 2016

7-      D. Roshandoust, R. Hooshmand, E. Gholipour, S.M. Nosratabadi "designing of a novel energy management system for CHP-based industrial microgrids including generation scheduling and demand response", Tabriz Journal of Electrical Engineering, fall 2016 , volume 46 , number 3 (77); page(s) 197 to 209.

8-      S. Hasanvand, A. Khodabakhshian, E. Gholipour, M. Moazami, " a 0new combined corrective actions approach for enhancing Isfahan-Khuzestan power system stability by using OPA mode" computational intelligence in electrical engineering (intelligent systems in electrical engineering)   fall 2016 , volume 7 , number 3; page(s) 115 to 129.

9-      J. Modarresi, E. Gholipour, A. Khodabakhshian, " A new method for  under voltage load shedding using voltage sensitivity and loads reactive power", Iranian journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), winter 2017 , volume 14 , number 4; page(s) 262 to 270.

10-  Sh. Meidavodi, E. Gholipour, S.M. Madani, " reactive power planning using optimal placement and control of DSTATCOM in DG integrated industrial system", Computational Intelligence in Electrical Engineering, fall 2017 , volume 8 , number 3 ; page(s) 59 to 73.

11-  O. Abdoli, M. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, “Transient stability improvement of un Inverter connected to network in LVRT condition”  IJECE, vol. 19, No. 2, Jul. 2021

12-   M. Mokhtari, M. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, A. Maerefat, " Voltage and reactive power control in distribution networks in coordination capacitor and OLTC using fuzzy logic", computational intelligence in electrical engineering, volume 13 , number 4, 2023,  page(s)  44 to 60.

13-  M. Haghshenas, R. Hooshmand, M. Gholipour, "Simultaneous Hardening Planning of Lines and Substations for Resilience Enhancement of Electric Power Distribution System against Dust Storms", Iranian Electric Industry Journal of Quality and Productivity, volume 11 , number 3, page(s)  48 to 61.

14-  M. Haghshenas, R. Hooshmand, M. Gholipour, " Stochastic programming to improve the resilience of Electrical distribution systems against severe dust storms", Iranian journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), summer 2022 , volume 20 , number 2, pages 108 to 120.

15-   

 

Ø  English conference papers

1-      E. Gholipour, H. Masaeli, Sh. Saadate, “Increasing the permissive Opening Time of Circuit Breakers by Using UPFC”, International Conference on renewable Energies and Power Quality, (ICREPQ'05), 2015, Zaragoza, Spain.

2-      A. Gillard, S. Karimi, Ph. Pour, S. Saadate, E. Gholipour, “A fault tolerant converter topology for wind energy conversion system with doubly fed induction generator”, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, 2007, Aalborg, Denmark.

3-      S. Karimi, Ph. Pour, S. Saadate, E. Gholipour, “Current sensors and power switches fault detection and compensation for shunt active power filters”, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2007, Vigo, Spain.

4-      E. Gholipour, Gh. Eisazadeh, A. Khodabakhshian, F. Eghtedarnia, “Application of Fault Current Limiter in Iran transmission Network: Switching Study and Stability Analysis”, 8th International Conference on Technical and Physical Problems of Power Engineering, 2012, Fredrikstad, Norway.

5-      E. Jamshidpour, M. Shahbazi, S. Saadate, Ph. Pour, E. Gholipour, “FPGA based fault detection and fault tolerance operation in DC-DC Converters”, International symposium on power electronics, electrical derives, automation and motion, 2014, Italy.

6-      E. Jamshidpour, M. Shahbazi, P. Pour, E. Gholipour, S. Saadate, “Fault tolerant operation of single-ended non-isolated DC-DC converters under open and short-circuit switch faults”, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, 2013, Lille, France.

7-      M. Zafari, E. Gholipour, S.M. Madani, “Improving transient stability of power system using SSSC and SMES simultaneously”, 2015. Tehran, Iran.

8-      Sh. Meidavodi, E. Gholipour, “Improving the TRV in presence of inductive FCL”, national conference on technology, energy, and data on electrical & computer engineering, .Kermanshah, 2014

9-      Mohammadi, S.M. Madani, E. Gholipour, "Harmonics Analysis of High Impedance Fault Current", International conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2017, Tehran, Iran

10-  Talebi, M. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, "Reactive Power Sharing and Control in Islanded Microgrids in Existence of Inverter Based sources", the 7th National Conference and the First International Conference on Renewable Energy and Scatter generation of Iran, 2019, Tehran, Iran

 

Ø  Persian conference papers

 

1-      D. Rezaei, E. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, “Optimal operation of UPQC, in order to compensate load reactive power and voltage fluctuations simultaneously”, 19th conference on distribution systems,2014, Tehran, Iran.

2-      D. Rezaei, E. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, “M.C. UPQC control using PAC method”, 29th international power system conference (PSC), 2014, Tehran, Iran.

3-      M. Zafari, E. Gholipour, S.M. Madani, “Active fault current limiter and comparison of its performance with SFCL”, 9th conference on power system protection and control, 2014, Tehran, Iran.

4-      H. Ramezani, E. Gholipour, A. Khodabakhshian, M. Kazemi, “Application of wavelet for fault type location using one side transmission information”, 30th PSC, Tehran, 2015.

5-      Kazemi, A. Kiomarsi, E. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, "measuring the power for electric arc furnace with three phase imbalancies and harmonics using wavelet transform" the 30th International Power System Conference,2015.

6-      Sh. Meidavodi, E. Gholipour, S.M. Madani, "optimal placement of capacitor in DG integrated industrial system ", third national conference and first international conference of  practical researches in electrical, Mechanic and Mechatronic engineering, 2016, Karaj, Iran.

7-      Aghamohammadi, and E. Gholipour, "optimal placement of DGs using GIS systems" 21st   National Conference of  Electrical Power Distribution Networks, 2017, Semnan, Iran.

8-      O. Abdoli, E. Gholipour, R. Hooshmand, "Improving power quality of distribution systems with UPQC based on PAC and sliding mode control", 22nd   National Conference of  Electrical Power Distribution Networks, 2017, Semnan, Iran.

9-      Sh. Meidavodi, E. Gholipour, S.M. Madani, "reactive power planning by optimal placement of capacitor and DSTATCOM in DG integrated industrial system", 25th Iranian conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE2017), 2017.