Professor Wah Hoon Siew
Honorary Research Professor
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
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Prize And Awards
- Visiting Professor
- Recipient
- 1/10/2014
- CIGRE Technical Committee Award 2014
- Recipient
- 2014
- A proposed external lightning protection system for wind turbine blades - aerodynamic properties.
- Recipient
- 28/6/2013
- Visiting Professor
- Recipient
- 1/6/2007
- Non-Executive Director
- Recipient
- 1/1/2006
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Publications
- Self-healing of electrical damage in microphase separated polyurethane elastomers with robust dielectric strength utilizing dynamic hydrogen bonding networks
- Tan Tian, Siew Wah Hoon, Han Lu, Given Martin, McKendry Christina, Liggat John, Li Qi, He Jinliang
- ACS Applied Polymer Materials Vol 5, pp. 7132-7143 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c01155
- Propagation of acoustic pulse due to PD in polymeric insulating material
- Samad A, Siew WH, Given MJ, Timoshkin I, Liggat J
- INSUCON 2023 International Electrical Insulation Conference (INSUCON), pp. 185-189 (2023)
- Study on the breakdown characteristics of multiple-reignition secondary arcs on EHV/UHV transmission lines
- Li Runchang, Liu Hongshun, Lou Xiaoxuan, Song Ping, Hou Weihong, Dai Shiqiang, Shi Yuchao, Jin Gongyu, Siew Wah Hoon, Li Qingmin
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Vol 51, pp. 1164-1172 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2023.3252799
- The generation and migration of bubbles in oil-pressboard insulation needle-plate system
- Wu Hongbin, Liu Hongshun, Xue Zhitong, Yang Jingjing, Li Qingquan, He Dongxin, Siew Wah Hoon
- IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Vol 29, pp. 2110-2121 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tdei.2022.3210486
- The investigation of conduction current characteristics of segmented PU elastomers
- Tan Tian, Siew Wah, Given Martin, Mckendry Christina, Liggat John, He Jinliang
- International Conference on High Voltage Engineering (2022)
- The influence of octaphenyl POSS addition on the electro-aging characteristics of polypropylene
- Lin Xiaosi, Lin Chuanjie, Siew Wah Hoon, Liggat John, Given Martin, He Jinliang
- International Conference on High Voltage Engineering (2022)
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Teaching
I have taught electromagnetics at level 3 of a 4 level degree programme.
I have also taught power systems electromagnetic compatibility at level 5 of a 5-year degree programme and at MSc level.
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Research Interests
- Electromagnetic Compatibility with emphasis on transients emissions and immunity arising from switching; lightning; electromagnetic pulse; electrostatic discharges; and system harmonics.
- Lightning Protection for aircraft and grounded structures, including wind turbines and large solar photovoltaic systems.
- Cable diagnostics including partial discharge and cable fault location.
- Wireless Sensor Network
- Photovoltaic
Professional Activities
- Shandong University, School of Electrical Engineering
- Visiting researcher
- 6/2021
- JOINT 2021 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY, SIGNAL & POWER INTEGRITY AND EMC EUROPE
- Organiser
- 2021
- BRITISH COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP GRANTS
- Organiser
- 2019
- External examiner of PhD thesis on Realistic Lightning Exposure System for Optimized Wind Turbine Reliability by Stephan Vogel of Technical University of Denmark
- Examiner
- 7/6/2018
- UNITEN
- Visiting lecturer
- 21/5/2018
- TNB Research
- Visiting lecturer
- 21/5/2018
Projects
- Damage mechanism of lightning induced arc discharge on wind turbine blade material and development of lightning proof blade with optimised electrical and mechanical design
- Siew, Wah Hoon (Principal Investigator) Pietro, Raul (Co-investigator) Li, Qingmin (Co-investigator)
- This collaborative project between UK and China focuses on the development of innovative technology to protect wind turbine blades from extreme weather conditions, specifically lightning strikes and problems caused due to ice formation (icing). Lightning protection systems for wind turbines have evolved and have been improved upon since wind turbine generators have been considered to be a viable system for renewable energy generation in the 1990s. Lightning damage to turbine blades has reduced over the years in general but damage to turbine blades due to lightning still occur. In addition, wind farms are beginning to be constructed in areas where ice formation on turbine blades is common. In such conditions, ice prevention systems exist but their performance is not ideal. This project aims to develop a turbine blade that is "lightning proof" where the lightning protection system is integrated with the novel ice prevention system to form an integrated blade design with much higher reliability and efficacy when operational.
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2018
- Life extension of MV cables through system voltage reduction
- Siew, Wah Hoon (Co-investigator) Stewart, Brian (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2018
- Assessment of lightning protection for Gaia-Wind rotor
- Siew, Wah Hoon (Principal Investigator)
- Develop design solution that will provide an acceptable level of lightning protection to the rotor and route lightning safely to earth. Build and test prototypes.
- 08-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2016
- Hubnet: Research Leadership and Networking for Energy Networks (Extension)
- McArthur, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Catterson, Victoria (Co-investigator) Siew, Wah Hoon (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2018
- Lightning protection of wind turbines
- Siew, Wah Hoon (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2020
- Partial discharge in HVDC cables
- Siew, Wah Hoon (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2020
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Contact
Professor
Wah Hoon
Siew
Honorary Research Professor
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: wh.siew@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2890