All Outputs (14)

Feasibility, Sizing and Economic Analysis of Solar Energy System for Green Swinburne Campus (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Riphque, M. A., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., Wooi, C., Liew, S., Mehranzamir, K., & Ahmed, J. (2020). Feasibility, Sizing and Economic Analysis of Solar Energy System for Green Swinburne Campus. In 2020 13th International UNIMAS Engineering Conference (EnCon). https://doi.org/10.1109/EnCon51501.2020.9299333

In 2011 alone, Malaysia has spent a hefty RM14.5 billion in buying fossil fuels to generate electricity. With the cost of fossil fuels rising each year, the nation is looking to rely on more sustainable energy sources. One way to decrease the relianc... Read More about Feasibility, Sizing and Economic Analysis of Solar Energy System for Green Swinburne Campus.

Development of biomass-fueled cogeneration systems for off-grid electrification (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Bagherian, M. A., Mehranzamir, K., Ahmed, J., Nafea, M., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., & Wooi, C. (2020). Development of biomass-fueled cogeneration systems for off-grid electrification. In 2020 2nd International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems (SPIES) (566-571). https://doi.org/10.1109/SPIES48661.2020.9243068

Over the past centuries, discovery and utilization of fossil fuels has revolutionized the world pushing societies towards modernization. This source of energy that is being referred as black gold, has faced extensive consumption which consequently st... Read More about Development of biomass-fueled cogeneration systems for off-grid electrification.

Optimization Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy System Using Homer Software for Rural Electrification in Sarawak (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Hada, N., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., Kieh, T. S., Mehranzamir, K., Ahmed, J., & Wooi, C. (2020). Optimization Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy System Using Homer Software for Rural Electrification in Sarawak. In 2019 International UNIMAS STEM 12th Engineering Conference (EnCon). https://doi.org/10.1109/EnCon.2019.8861260

This research focuses on the design and optimization of a hybrid renewable energy system for the generation of electricity in a rural area in Sarawak, Malaysia. The investigated system consists of the combination of Solar and Biomass energy integrate... Read More about Optimization Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy System Using Homer Software for Rural Electrification in Sarawak.

Simulation and Analysis of Electric Field Distributions in Stator Bar Insulation System with Different Arrangement of Cavities (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Chee, D. T. Y., Mehranzamir, K., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., Ahmed, J., Malek, Z. A., & Kieh, T. S. (2020). Simulation and Analysis of Electric Field Distributions in Stator Bar Insulation System with Different Arrangement of Cavities. In 2019 International UNIMAS STEM 12th Engineering Conference (EnCon). https://doi.org/10.1109/EnCon.2019.8861258

The underlying cause of the cessation in high voltage machineries can be rooted from the failure in the insulation system due to cavity's discharges originating from the presence of cavities. This paper caters to the study of the electric field distr... Read More about Simulation and Analysis of Electric Field Distributions in Stator Bar Insulation System with Different Arrangement of Cavities.

Study of electric field distribution in the high voltage stator bar insulation in presence of different shapes, locations and sizes of cavities (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Chee, D. T. Y., Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., Malek, Z. A., Mehranzamir, K., & Ahmed, J. (2019). Study of electric field distribution in the high voltage stator bar insulation in presence of different shapes, locations and sizes of cavities. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ICon3E 2019). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5133927

The insulation system represents one of the most critical elements in any high voltage equipment, inclusive of any cabling and machineries. 60% of the faults and errors occurred in the insulation system are due to partial discharge occurrence which d... Read More about Study of electric field distribution in the high voltage stator bar insulation in presence of different shapes, locations and sizes of cavities.

Mitigating the effect of partial shading by triple-tied configuration of PV modules (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Kho, C. T. K., Ahmed, J., Then, Y. L., & Kermadi, M. (2018). Mitigating the effect of partial shading by triple-tied configuration of PV modules. In 2018 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC) (532-537). https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2018.8566375

Partial shading is the phenomenon, which occurs when PV modules receive irregular irradiance on a PV array. Due to that, shaded PV modules are bypassed by diodes and significant reduction in power is experienced. To counter such problem, PV modules a... Read More about Mitigating the effect of partial shading by triple-tied configuration of PV modules.

Comprehensive Review on Appropriate Sizing and Optimization Technique of Hybrid PV-Wind System (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., Yii, S., Ahmad, J., & Tabassum, M. (2018). Comprehensive Review on Appropriate Sizing and Optimization Technique of Hybrid PV-Wind System. In 2018 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2018.8566269

The energy consumption is increasing at an alarming rate due to the growth of world population. Hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) is becoming more trending as the sources involved such as wind and solar radiation to generate energy is environment... Read More about Comprehensive Review on Appropriate Sizing and Optimization Technique of Hybrid PV-Wind System.

A Game-Based Approach for Hemiplegia Lower Limb Rehabilitation (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gian, K. S. M., Then, Y. L., Tay, F. S., Ahmed, J., & Vithanawasam, C. K. (2018). A Game-Based Approach for Hemiplegia Lower Limb Rehabilitation. In 2018 2nd International Conference on BioSignal Analysis, Processing and Systems (ICBAPS) (103-108). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBAPS.2018.8527417

Hemiplegia is paralysis which occurs on one half of the body. Rehabilitation for hemiplegic patients, in order to prevent muscle degeneration from prolonged under-usage, can be boring as it requires the same movements to be performed repeatedly. This... Read More about A Game-Based Approach for Hemiplegia Lower Limb Rehabilitation.

An experimental study of the amphibious robot inspired by biological duck foot (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Kashem, S. B. A., Jawed, S., Ahmed, J., & Iqbal, A. (2018). An experimental study of the amphibious robot inspired by biological duck foot. In 2018 IEEE 12th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG 2018). https://doi.org/10.1109/CPE.2018.8372507

A lot of issues are faced in the exploration due to complexity of terrain and/or unexpected environment, due to which many places are left unmapped. The aim of this project is to design and develop an amphibious robot which uses webbed duck feet desi... Read More about An experimental study of the amphibious robot inspired by biological duck foot.

Tea leaves moisture prediction using one-port monopole sensor (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Ling, J., Then, Y., You, K., Ahmed, J., & Zaidel, D. (2017). Tea leaves moisture prediction using one-port monopole sensor. In 2017 IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) (654-657). https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2017.8251531

This paper presents the application of using a coaxial monopole sensor for determining and formulating the relationship between the reflection coefficient and the moisture content of tea leaves. A coaxial monopole sensor with operating frequency rang... Read More about Tea leaves moisture prediction using one-port monopole sensor.

A comprehensive review on PV configurations to maximize power under partial shading (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Kho, C. T. K., Ahmed, J., Kashem, S., & Then, Y. L. (2017). A comprehensive review on PV configurations to maximize power under partial shading. In TENCON 2017 - 2017 IEEE Region 10 Conference (763-768). https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2017.8227962

Partial shading is the condition where PV array experiences different level of irradiances on it which results significant reduction in output power. To handle that issue, PV modules are connected in various configurations as reported in the literatu... Read More about A comprehensive review on PV configurations to maximize power under partial shading.

Comparative study of software and hardware solutions for partial shading in PV system (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Salam, Z., Ramli, M., & Ahmed, J. (2016). Comparative study of software and hardware solutions for partial shading in PV system. In 2015 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON) (480-485). https://doi.org/10.1109/CENCON.2015.7409592

The energy yield of the PV system is reduced significantly due to partial shading. To mitigate this problem, two approaches, namely the software and hardware solutions are introduced by many researchers. However, no effort thus far has been made to c... Read More about Comparative study of software and hardware solutions for partial shading in PV system.

The application of soft computing techniques to improve the performance of maximum power point tracker for PV system during partial shading (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Salam, Z., & Ahmed, J. (2014). The application of soft computing techniques to improve the performance of maximum power point tracker for PV system during partial shading. In 2014 IEEE 8th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2014) (237-242). https://doi.org/10.1109/PEOCO.2014.6814432

Partial shading is a phenomenon, whereby, certain spots of the photovoltaic (PV) array are shaded, while other parts are left uniformly irradiated. It is caused by the shadow that originates from the obstruction of tall building, chimney, tree, telec... Read More about The application of soft computing techniques to improve the performance of maximum power point tracker for PV system during partial shading.

A soft computing MPPT for PV system based on Cuckoo Search algorithm (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Ahmed, J., & Salam, Z. (2013). A soft computing MPPT for PV system based on Cuckoo Search algorithm. In 4th International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (558-562). https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerEng.2013.6635669

This paper presents a novel approach to determine the maximum power point (MPP) in Photovoltaic (PV) System using the Cuckoo Search (CS) algorithm. In CS, three samples of voltage are generated randomly over the span of the PV voltage. Based on the L... Read More about A soft computing MPPT for PV system based on Cuckoo Search algorithm.