Institute of Electrical Power Engineering

 Division

 Electrical Power Networks

 Title, name, surname

 Irena Wasiak, PhD, DSc

 Associate professor

Prof. Irena Wasiak graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Lodz University of Technology (LUT) with specialisation in electrical power engineering. In 1988 she  received her Ph.D.  and in 2007 D.Sc. degrees. From 2009 she is the professor at the LUT.

Area of interest of prof. Wasiak encompasses: quality of supply, integration of distributed energy resources in the power system, modelling and simulation of electrical network operation. The scientific achievements includes 3 chapters in monographs published by Wiley&Sons, over 120 papers regarding power quality, electromagnetic disturbances compensation, modelling od power system equipment, integration of distributed generation in power systems and optimisation of microgrids operation. She is the reviewer of domestic and international conferences and periodicals.

Prof. Wasiak was the leader of LUT team participating in UE projects DISPOWER, DERlab, DERRI concerning the integration of distributed energy resources in power system. In 2000-2011 she was also the leader of three and the main executor of two national projects dedicated the quality of supply and optimization of operation of electrical power microgrids.

Prof. I. Wasiak was awarded the international certificate of Power Quality Specialist by Leonardo Power Quality Initiative. She is the member of IET (The Institution of Engineering & Technology), SEP,  PTETiS, supporting member of the Electotechnical Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences, deputy editor of periodical “Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation – Journal”, member of Power Quality Committee of SEP, co-chairmen of International Conference on  „Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation”.

1. Electrical Energy Efficiency. Technologies and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012. Chapt. 5: Cziker A., Hanzelka Z., Wasiak I., Power Quality Phenomena and Indicators, Chapt. 6: Wasiak I., Hanzelka Z., On Site Generation and Microgrids

2. Handbook of Power Quality, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2008, Chapt. 6. Wasiak I.: Voltage and Current Unbalance

3. Wasiak I., Pawełek R., Mieński R., Gburczyk P.: Using Energy Storage for Energy Management and Load Compensation in LV Microgrids. IEEE 15th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, Hong Kong, 17 – 20 June, 2012, s. 904-908

4. Wasiak I., Pawelek R.: Energy Management and Control in Low Voltage Microgrids. 5th International conference on Liberalization and Modernization of Power Systems: Smart Technologies for Joint Operation of Power Grid, Irkutsk, Russia, 6-10 August, 2012

5. Pawełek R., Wasiak I.: Assessment of power quality in the point of connection of wind power plant in power system. Electrical Review, nr 2, 2012, s. 82-85, in Polish

6. Wasiak I.: The concept of smart electrical power microgrids. Electrical Review, Nr 06, 2011, s. 35-41, in Polish

7. Wasiak I., Pawełek R., Mieński R.: Storage systems in microgrids. XV Int. Conference on Current Problems in Electrical Power Engineering, Jurata, June 2011. t. II, s. 159-166

8. Gburczyk P., Wasiak I., Mieński R., Pawełek R.: Energy Management System as a Mean for the Integration of Distributed Energy Sources with Low Voltage Network. 11th IEEE International Conference Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation, Lisbon (Portugal), 17-19 October 2011

9. Hanzelka Z., Wasiak I.: Grid Inverter Ancillary Services. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (IEEE PES GM 2010), Minneapolis, USA, July 25-29

10. Pawełek R., Wasiak I., Gburczyk P., Mieński R.: Study on Operation of Energy Storage in Electrical Power Microgrid – Modeling and Simulation. IEEE 14th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, Bergamo, Italy, September 26 – 29, 2010

11. Wasiak I., Hanzelka Z.: Integration of Distributed Energy Sources with Electrical Power Grid. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences, vol. 57, No 4, 2009

12. Wasiak I., Thoma M., Foote C., Mienski R., Pawelek R, Gburczyk P., Burt G: A Power-Quality Management Algorithm for Low-Voltage Grids With Distributed Resources. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 23, No. 2, April 2008, pp. 1055- 1062

13. Wasiak I., Mieński R., Pawełek R., Gburczyk P.: Application of DSTATCOM compensators for mitigation of power quality disturbances in low voltage grid with distributed generation. 9th International Conference on Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation, Barcelona (Spain), 9-11 October 2007

14. Wasiak I.: Power quality control in electrical distribution networks using semiconductor shunt compensators. Technical University of Lodz, 2006 (DSc dissertation, in Polish)

15. Mieński R., Pawełek R., Wasiak I.: Shunt compensation for power quality improvement using a STATCOM controller: modeling and simulation. IEE Proceedings - Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 151, No.2, March 2004

16. Wasiak I., Mieński R., Pawełek R., Gburczyk P.: Power Quality Control in the Low Voltage Network with Distributed Generation. Conference on The European Electricity Market EEM-04. Challenge of the Unification, Łódź, 20 – 22.09.2004

17. Wasiak I., Mienski R., Pawelek R., Gburczyk P., Espie P., Burt G.M.: Improving Electrical Power Quality Using Distributed Generation : Part 2 – Case Studies. 7th International Conference “ Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation”, Kraków, 17-19.09.2003

18. Mieński R., Pawełek R., Wasiak I.: A Simulation Method for Estimating Supply Voltage Dips in Electrical Power Networks. IEEE 9th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, Orlando, Florida (USA), 1-4.10.2000