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Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission

Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the implementation, impact, and optimization of dynamic line rating systems for power networks. It covers topics such as thermal analysis of transmission lines, reliability impact of wind power integration, real-time monitoring, ampacity forecasting, network topology optimization, and the use of battery energy storage. The research aims to enhance the capacity and reliability of power networks through innovative approaches to dynamic line rating.

  • Dynamic Line Rating
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Transmission Lines
  • Wind Power Integration
  • Reliability Impact
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Ampacity Forecasting
  • Network Topology Optimization
  • Battery Energy Storage
  • Probabilistic Modeling
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+39%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
60% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission

Which countries lead Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.8k and 274 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 United States 274 works
  3. 3 India 207 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 144 works
  5. 5 Italy 105 works
  6. 6 Russia 104 works
  7. 7 Germany 99 works
  8. 8 Brazil 97 works
  9. 9 ?? 88 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 83 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 59.5%United States: 9.2%India: 7.0%Indonesia: 4.8%6 others listed: 19.4%60%largest
China1,765 · 59.5%United States274 · 9.2%India207 · 7.0%Indonesia144 · 4.8%6 others listed577 · 19.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission research?

By volume in 2022-now, State Grid Corporation of China (China) publishes the most Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission research, followed by China Southern Power Grid (China) and Shanghai Electric (China).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 155 works
  2. 2 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 111 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Electric (China)China 87 works
  4. 4 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 87 works
  5. 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 82 works
  6. 6 Chongqing UniversityChina 39 works
  7. 7 Electric Power Research InstituteUnited States 39 works
  8. 8 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 38 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 34 works
  10. 10 Tianjin UniversityChina 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission include Wei Huang, Kai You Wang and Frede Blaabjerg.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  4. 4 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  5. 5 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  6. 6 Richard S. J. Frackowiak United Kingdom 142k citations
  7. 7 Shi Xue Dou Australia 142k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission?

The most cited paper in Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission is "A Variational Approach to the Theory of the Effective Magnetic Permeability of Multiphase Materials" (Zvi Hashin, S. Shtrikman, 1962), with 3,278 citations. Next come "The IEEE Reliability Test System-1996. A report prepared by the Reliability Test System Task Force of the Application of Probability Methods Subcommittee" (3,081) and "Distribution System Modeling and Analysis" (1,264).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Variational Approach to the Theory of the Effective Magnetic Permeability of Multiphase Materials Zvi Hashin, S. Shtrikman · Journal of Applied Physics Oct 1962 3,278
2 The IEEE Reliability Test System-1996. A report prepared by the Reliability Test System Task Force of the Application of Probability Methods Subcommittee C. Grigg, P. Wong, P. F. Albrecht et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 1999 3,081
3 Distribution System Modeling and Analysis William H. Kersting · ˜The œelectric power engineering series/Electric power engineering series Book chapter 14 May 2012 1,264
4 A compensation-based power flow method for weakly meshed distribution and transmission networks Dariush Shirmohammadi, Hong Hu, Adam Semlyen et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems May 1988 1,186
5 The Fourier transform and its applications M. L. J. Hautus · European Journal of Operational Research Apr 1980 1,149
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Where is Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission research done?

The largest centres of Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Palo Alto, Beijing and Gurgaon.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 382 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 159 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 153 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 106 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 78 works
  6. 6 ChengduChina 75 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 68 works
  8. 8 ChongqingChina 60 works
  9. 9 TianjinChina 53 works
  10. 10 Beijing 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Palo AltoUS · 39.1 works29×
  2. Beijing44.4 works29×
  3. GurgaonIN · 29.6 works18×
  4. HohhotCN · 21.9 works6.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Texas at Dallas, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Chongqing University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1The University of Texas at DallasUnited States 67.038.6%20.0×14 -
2Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 63.912.2%13.7×82 +34.2%
3Chongqing UniversityChina 60.318.2%10.5×39 +16.9%
4Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 58.918.4%14.6×38 +211.1%
5Tianjin UniversityChina 58.823.1%7.0×29 +23.3%
6North China Electric Power UniversityChina 56.87.9%37.8×87 +9.3%
7Tsinghua UniversityChina 51.220.0%4.3×34 +3.4%
8South China University of TechnologyChina 50.620.0%5.6×21 +36.6%
9Wuhan UniversityChina 50.118.3%5.8×28 +55.3%
10Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 46.322.5%4.4×10 +477.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission, country by country

Is Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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