Browsing Faculty Contributions by Author "Gastli, Adel"
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A highly efficient PV power system for DC MicroGrids
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Climate change attracted widespread attention to shift towards environmentally friendly energy sources such as photovoltaics. Considering the facts that there are large numbers of DC loads that are used in today's buildings, ... -
A Matlab/Simulink Model for Electric Vehicle with Four Independent In-Wheel Drive and Steering
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference Paper)Four steering wheels in vehicles are one of the most promising innovations rising in the vehicular transportation industry. This spices up the request for vehicle models that can enable four-wheel steering to experiment ... -
A Novel Features-Based Multivariate Gaussian Distribution Method for the Fraudulent Consumers Detection in the Power Utilities of Developing Countries
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)According to statistics, developing countries all over the world have suffered significant non-technical losses (NTLs) both in natural gas and electricity distribution. NTLs are thought of as energy that is consumed but ... -
A battery health monitoring method using machine learning: A data-driven approach
( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Batteries are combinations of electrochemical cells that generate electricity to power electrical devices. Batteries are continuously converting chemical energy to electrical energy, and require appropriate maintenance to ... -
CO2 greenhouse emissions in Oman over the last forty-two years: Review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article Review)In the Sultanate of Oman, oil and natural gas related activities have the most important shares of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) and are also the primary cause of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the ... -
Correlation between climate data and maximum electricity demand in Qatar
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2013 , Conference Paper)This paper presents the analysis of the impact of weather conditions on the maximum electricity demand in Qatar during the whole year 2012. It points out the maximum daily air temperature as the most influential climate ... -
Design and realization of an open-source and modular smart meter
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2019 , Article)This paper presents the design of a modular and open-source smart meter for educational and research purposes. The smart meter monitors the energy consumption, uploads the data to a cloud server, and can be used to control ... -
Differential Flatness-Based Performance Enhancement of a Vector Controlled VSC with an LCL-Filter for Weak Grids
( IEEE , 2021 , Article)In this paper, a novel single-loop flatness-based controller (FBC) is proposed to control the grid-side current in a shunt converter connected to a weak grid through an LCL-filter. After its mathematical description, the ... -
Enhanced Deadbeat Control Approach for Grid-Tied Multilevel Flying Capacitors Inverter
( IEEE , 2022 , Article)This paper proposes an enhanced Deadbeat Controller (DBC) for a grid-tied Flying Capacitors Inverter (FCI). The proposed DBC guarantees the balancing of the capacitors' voltages while injecting current to the grid with ... -
Enhanced low-voltage ride-through capability of flying capacitors inverter using model predictive control
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2017 , Article)This paper proposes an enhancement of the low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability of multilevel flying capacitors inverter using an improved model predictive control (MPC). The proposed solution is a multiobjective ... -
EV impact on the residential distribution network with smart PV inverters
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)Recently, electric vehicles have been increasingly leading in the field of research. Along with distributed generation and smart charging. The process of loading on existing power system infrastructures with an increasing ... -
Factors pertaining to academic probation of engineering students: A case study
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2015 , Conference Paper)Ensuring normal progression of students isof paramount importance due to its financial implications in a higher education institution. An indicator that reflects how well an institution is doing in this respect is in the ... -
Geometrical approach for wind farm symmetrical layout design optimization
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)Wind farm layout orientation plays an important factor to reduce the total wake loss and hence increase the capacity factor of the wind farm. Different wind farms layout design optimization techniques are widely used and ... -
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Sultanate of Oman
( Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2015 , Article)Worldwide, many countries are being affected by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Sultanate of Oman is no exception. In Oman, both oil- and natural-gas-related activities have the most important shares of the nation's ... -
Hardware in Loop (HIL) Testing of Energy Management Controller for Electric Vehicle integrated Microgrid
( IEEE , 2019 , Conference Paper)In this paper, an energy management (EM) controller capable of operating in real-time and its verification in Controller Hardware in Loop (CHIL) is proposed. A coordinated multi-agent system-based optimization scheme is ... -
Integrated Multi-Criteria Model for Long-Term Placement of Electric Vehicle Chargers
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , 2022 , Article)Based on the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, governments all over the world are speeding up the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). However, one of the key challenges in designing the novel EV system is to ... -
Integration of temperature and dust effects in siting large PV power plant in hot arid area
( Elsevier Ltd , 2013 , Article)Recently, solar PV technologies witnessed a commercial vigor due to their tremendously decreasing prices. However, these technologies are vulnerable to dust and temperature which can significantly degrade their efficiency. ... -
Lightweight KPABE Architecture Enabled in Mesh Networked Resource-Constrained IoT Devices
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)Internet of Things (IoT) environments are widely employed in industrial applications including intelligent transportation systems, healthcare systems, and building energy management systems. For such environments of highly ... -
Low cost microcontroller-based inverter integrated in PV systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2013 , Conference Paper)This paper deals with a novel transformerless inverter topology having high efficiency, low leakage current and no zero crossing distortions are encountered. In fact, the proposed topology is based on the conventional full ... -
Matlab/Simulink implementation & simulation of islanding detection using passive methods
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2013 , Conference Paper)The extensive use of Distributed Generators in Electrical and power systems made it a must to explore its functionality and the issues related to their connection to the grid. One of the main issues is unintentional ...
