PhD supervision
Interested in supervising students studying;
- AI applications in power systems
- Integration of renewables into power systems
- Real time digital simulation of power systems
- Optimisation of building energy usage
Dr Simon Le Blond
BSc PhD
Profile
Dr Simon Le Blond is a lecturer in power and energy systems at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Simon holds a BSc (Hons) Physics from the University of Southampton. He completed his PhD in power system protection at the University of Bath in 2011.
He worked as a research engineer for Toshiba Research Europe Ltd before joining the University of Bath as a lecturer in 2012.
Research
Simon's research interests include power system protection, power system modelling and simulation, integration of renewable generation, smart grids and building energy management.
His research focuses mainly on the application of artificial intelligence to these areas.
Simon's PhD involved real time digital simulation of power systems at high frame rates. This was to investigate the effect of modern wind farms on power quality, specifically their influence on novel, transient-based system protection.
This led to the development of a robust adaptive autoreclosing algorithm for overhead transmission lines using artificial neural networks. This algorithm was demonstrated in real time using a bespoke, dedicated relay prototyping platform and Bath's real time digital simulator.
While at Toshiba, Simon worked on a smart metering project, using ICT for energy monitoring in social housing. This led to an interest in future building energy management and infrastructure.
Publications
Book Sections
Le Blond, S. P. and Aggarwal, R. K., 2010. Design of adaptive autoreclosure schemes for 132kV network with high penetration of wind: Part 1 - Real time modeling. In: 2010 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition: Smart Solutions for a Changing World. IEEE Computer Society.
Le Blond, S. and Aggarwal, R., 2010. A review of artificial intelligence techniques as applied to adaptive autoreclosure, with particular reference to deployment with wind generation. In: Proceedings of the 44th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2009. IEEE Computer Society, pp. 855-859. (Proceedings of the Universities Power Engineering Conference)
Le Blond, S. P., Aggarwal, R. K., Abdulhadi, I. F. and Burtf, G. M., 2010. Impact of DFIG windfarms and instrument transformers on transient based protection. In: 10th IET International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection, DPSP 2010 - Managing the Change. Vol. 2010. Institution of Engineering and Technology. (IET Conference Publications)
Articles
Le Blond, S. P. and Aggarwal, R. K., 2012. Design of adaptive autoreclosure schemes for 132 kV with high penetration of wind - Part I: Real-time modelling. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 27 (3), pp. 1055-1062.
Le Blond, S. P. and Aggarwal, R. K., 2012. Design of adaptive autoreclosure schemes for 132 kV with high penetration of wind - Part II: Real-time development and testing. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 27 (3), pp. 1063-1070.
Conference or Workshop Items
Le Blond, S., Holt, A. and White, P., 2012. 3eHouses: A Smart Metering Pilot in UK Living Labs. In: IEEE PES ISGT: Innovation in Smart Grid Technologies Europe 2012, 2012-10-14 - 2012-10-17, Berlin.
Aggarwal, R.K., Le Blond, S., Beaumont, P., Baber, G., Kawano, F. and Miura, S., 2012. High frequency fault location technique for transmission lines based on artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms using current signals only. In: 11th International Conference on Developments in Power Systems Protection, 2012, DPSP 2012, 2012-04-22 - 2012-04-25, Birmingham.
Le Blond, S. P., Lewis, T. and Sooriyabandara, M., 2011. Towards an integrated approach to building energy efficiency: Drivers and enablers. In: 2nd IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) International Conference and Exhibition on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT Europe), 2011-12-05 - 2011-12-07, Manchester, England.
Le Blond, S. P. and Aggarwal, R. A., 2009. Impact of wind farms on electro-magnetic transients on 132kV network, with particular reference to fault detection. In: The 20th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution: CIRED 2009, 2009-06-08 - 2009-06-11, Prague.
Thesis
Le Blond, S., 2011. Intelligent autoreclosing for systems of high penetration of wind generation with real time modelling, development and deployment. Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Bath.
