Biography

Mostafa Kheshti (Senior Member, IEEE) was a power system engineer at the Regional Dispatching Centre in Shiraz, Iran. He was an associate professor of power systems at Shandong University, China, from 2018-2021. He joined the University of Warwick as a Research Fellow in 2021. Currently, Dr. Kheshti is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering, University of Warwick. His research interests are the renewable energy-based ancillary services, power system modelling, control and stability.

He is a recipient of the following awards:

• Future Young Talent Scholar award, Shandong University, China, 2019
• Best Paper Award at IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, China, 2016
• 3rd prize of Best Conference paper award at IET 8th Renewable Power Generation Conference, Shanghai, China, 2019
• Outstanding International Student in China in year 2016 from Chinese Scholarship Council, 2016.

Research Interests

• Power Systems modelling, Control and Stability
• Renewable-based ancillary services
• Real-time simulation, analysis and HIL testing for renewable energy integrations and smart grids

Teaching Interests

Selected Publications

• M Heidari, L Ding, M Kheshti, “A novel dynamic inertial control of wind turbines based on event size estimation,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 155, 109656, 2024
• D Yoosefian, H Askarian-Abyaneh, M Kheshti, Q Li, V Terzija, “Fault ride through constrained protection scheme for distribution networks with DFIG-based wind parks,” Electric Power Systems Research 215, 108973, 2023
• X Wang, H Du, Z Liang, L Guo, J Gao, M Kheshti, W Liu, “Single phase to ground fault location method of overhead line based on magnetic field detection and multi-criteria fusion,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 145, 108699, 2023
• M Kheshti, S. Lin, X. Zhao, L. Ding, M. Yin, V. Terzija, “Gaussian Distribution-Based Inertial Control of Wind Turbine Generators for Fast Frequency Response in Low Inertia Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2022.
• M Kheshti, X. Zhao, T. Liang, B. Nie, Y. Ding, D. Greaves, “Liquid air energy storage for ancillary services in an integrated hybrid renewable system,” Renewable Energy, 2022
• Mostafa Kheshti, “Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires” Science, 369 (6507), pp. 1066, 2020 (related to Climate Change)
• D Yoosefian, H. Askarian-Abyaneh, M. Kheshti, Q. Li, V. Terzija, “Fault Ride Through Constrained Protection Scheme for Distribution Networks with DFIG-Based Wind Parks,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 215, 2023
• Wang, H. Du, Z. Liang, L. Guo, J. Gao, M. Kheshti, W. Liu, “Single Phase to Ground Fault Location Method of Overhead Line Based on Magnetic Field Detection and Multi-criteria Fusion” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 145, 2023
• Mostafa Kheshti, L. Ding, H. Askarian-Abyaneh, A. R. Singh, S. Zare, V. Terzija, “Improving Frequency Regulation of Wind Integrated Multi-Area Systems Using LFA-Fuzzy PID Control” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2021
• R Faraji, L. Ding, T. Rahimi, M. Kheshti, Md. R. Islam, “Soft-Switched Three-Port DC-DC Converter With Simple Auxiliary Circuit,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 66738 – 66750, 2021
• T Rahimi, L. Ding, M. Kheshti, R. Faraji, Josep M. Guerrero, G. D. Agundis-Tinajero, “Inertia Response Coordination Strategy of Wind Generators and Hybrid Energy Storage and Operation Cost-based Multi-objective Optimizing of Frequency Control Parameters,” IEEE Access, 2021
• R Faraji, L. Ding, M. Kheshti, T. Rahimi, “Application of Soft-Switching Cell with Inherent Redundancy Properties for Enhancing the Reliability of Boost-based DC-DC Converters” IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, 2021
• X Wang, X.Wei, J. Gao, G. Song, M. Kheshti, L. Guo, “High-impedance Fault Detection Method based on Stochastic Resonance for a Distribution Network with Strong Background Noise” IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, 2021

• M Kheshti, L Ding, W Bao, M Yin, Q Wu, V Terzija, “Toward Intelligent Inertial Frequency Participation of Wind Farms for the Grid Frequency Control” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 16, no.1, pp. 6772-6786, 2020
• W Bao, L. Ding, Z. Liu, G. Zhu, Mostafa Kheshti, Qiuwei Wu, Vladimir Terzija, “Analytically Derived Fixed Termination Time for Stepwise Inertial Control of Wind Turbines Part I: Analytical Derivation” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 121, 2020
• Y Guo, W. Bao, L. Ding, Z. Liu, Mostafa Kheshti, Qiuwei Wu, Vladimir Terzija, “Analytically Derived Fixed Termination Time for Stepwise Inertial Control of Wind Turbines Part II: Application Strategy” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol.121, 2020
• Rahimi, L. Ding, R. Faraji, Mostafa Kheshti, Josep Pou, “Performance Improvement of a Three-Phase Interleaved DC-DC Converter without Requiring Anti-Saturation Control for Post-Fault Conditions” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2020
• Mostafa Kheshti, al., “Active Power Support of Wind Turbines for Grid Frequency Events Using a Reliable Power Reference Scheme” vol. 139, pp. 1241-1254, Renewable Energy, August 2019
• Xuecong Li, Lei Ding, Guofang Zhu, Mostafa Kheshti, “Transient Instability Detection Method Based on Multisource Trajectory Information” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, vol. 113, pp.897905, 2019
• Wang, J. Gao, X. Wei, G. Song, L, Wu, J. Liu, Z. Zeng, Mostafa Kheshti, “High Impedance Fault Detection Method Based on Variational Mode Decomposition and Teager-Kaiser Energy Operators for Distribution Network” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 10, no.6, 2019
• Wang, G. Song, J. Gao, X. Wei, Y. Wei, Mostafa Kheshti, Z. Hu, Z. Zhang, “High Impedance Fault Detection Method Based on Improved Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition for DC distribution network” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, vol. 107, pp. 538-556, May 2019
• Mostafa Kheshti, Lei Ding, SC. Ma, Z. Bing, “Double weighted particle swarm optimization to non-convex wind penetrated emission/economic dispatch and multiple fuel option systems” Renewable Energy, vol. 125, pp. 10211037, September 2018
• Mostafa Kheshti, X. Kang, Jiangtao Li, P. Regulski, Vladimir Terzija, “Lightning flash algorithm for solving nonconvex combined emission economic dispatch with generator constraints” IET Generation Transmission & Distribution, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 104-116, 2018
• S. Tekpeti, X. Kang, Mostafa Kheshti, “Modeling and Fault Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic-Grid Connected Systems Under Solar Radiation Fluctuation Consideration” International Transactions on Electrical Energy systems, 2018
• Wang, J. Gao, X. Wei, Z. Zeng, Y. Wei, Mostafa Kheshti, “Single Line to Ground Fault Detection in a Noneffectively Grounded Distribution Network” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2018
• Mostafa Kheshti, Xiaoning Kang, “Optimal Overcurrent Relay Coordination in Distribution Network Based on Lightning Flash Algorithm” Engineering Computations, vol. 35, no. 3, 2018
• Mostafa Kheshti, X. Kang, Zh. H. Bie, Z. Jiao, X. Wang, “An effective Lightning Flash Algorithm solution to large scale non-convex economic dispatch with valve-point and multiple fuel options on generation units” Energy, vol. 129, pp. 1-15, June 2017
• Song, Ch. Wang, T. Wang, Mostafa Kheshti, X. Kang “A Phase Selection Method for Wind Power Integration System Using Phase Voltage Waveform Correlation” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 740-748, 2017
• Mostafa Kheshti, X. Kang, Z. Jiao, “An innovative fast coordination method to bypass the time consumption of optimization algorithms in relay protection coordination” Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology, vol.12, no. 2, pp. 612-620, 2017

• Mostafa Kheshti, X. Kang, Y. Jiarula “Smooth integration of Gansu wind farm into the grid using the stator flux oriented vector method and fuzzy logic control” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, vol. 42, no. 12, pp. 5059-5069, 2017
• Kang, Carl E. K. Nuworklo, B. S. Tekpeti, Mostafa Kheshti, “Protection of Micro-grid Systems: A Comprehensive Survey” IET: The Journal of Engineering, 2017
• Mostafa Kheshti, X. Kang, GB Song, Z. Jiao “Modeling and Fault Analysis of Doubly Fed Induction Generators for Gansu Wind Farm Application” Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 52-64, 2015

Projects and Grants

• Lead Participant: National Grid ESO, Transient Stability Assessment of GB Power System based on Real-Time Phasor-EMT Simulations-2023-2024
• Principal Investigator of “Hardware Development for Artificial Intelligence-based ancillary service provision of wind integrated power systems”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Jan 2021-Dec 2022
• Principal Investigator of “Optimum Frequency Participation of Wind Farms Using Artificial Intelligence”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Jan 2019-Dec 2020
• Principal Investigator of “Development of Cost effective solution to provide fast active power support from large-scale wind farms” Innovation project of Shandong province, China Jan 2019-Dec 2020
• Principal Investigator of Shandong University Future Young Talent Scholar award, Shandong University, August 2019-Oct 2021
• Principal Investigator of “Intelligent control of wind farms for grid frequency stability” China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Jan 2019-Dec 2019