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Priority Load Management for Improving Supply Reliability of Critical Loads in Healthcare Facilities Under Highly Unreliable Grids (2025)
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Ibiam, N. H., Kahwash, F., & Ahmed, J. (2025). Priority Load Management for Improving Supply Reliability of Critical Loads in Healthcare Facilities Under Highly Unreliable Grids. Energies, 18(6), 1343. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18061343

Many developing countries suffer from unreliable grids and rolling blackouts on a daily basis. Losing electricity in healthcare facilities can be detrimental to human life and the required health services. Thus, it is often necessary to keep critical... Read More about Priority Load Management for Improving Supply Reliability of Critical Loads in Healthcare Facilities Under Highly Unreliable Grids.

Analyzing meteorological parameters using Pearson correlation coefficient and implementing machine learning models for solar energy prediction in Kuching, Sarawak (2024)
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Tan, G., Afrouzi, H. N., Ahmed, J., Hassan, A., & Sukki, F. M. (2024). Analyzing meteorological parameters using Pearson correlation coefficient and implementing machine learning models for solar energy prediction in Kuching, Sarawak. Future Sustainability, 2(2), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.55670/fpll.fusus.2.2.3

Solar energy is one of the clean renewable energy sources that can offset the rising consumption of fossil fuels. However, the meteorological parameters, such as solar irradiance, ambient and solar module temperatures, relative humidity, etc., consta... Read More about Analyzing meteorological parameters using Pearson correlation coefficient and implementing machine learning models for solar energy prediction in Kuching, Sarawak.

A comprehensive review on carbon footprint of regular diet and ways to improving lowered emissions (2023)
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Nabipour Afrouzi, H., Ahmed, J., Mobin Siddique, B., Khairuddin, N., & Hassan, A. (2023). A comprehensive review on carbon footprint of regular diet and ways to improving lowered emissions. Results in Engineering, 18, Article 101054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2023.101054

In light of the SDG goals, carbon emissions from different food and food-related products have been under serious scrutiny in recent years. Despite the increasing awareness of global warming and the carbon footprint issue, food culture in different s... Read More about A comprehensive review on carbon footprint of regular diet and ways to improving lowered emissions.

Comprehensive review on the feasibility of developing wave energy as a renewable energy resource in Australia (2022)
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Wimalaratna, Y. P., Hassan, A., Afrouzi, H. N., Mehranzamir, K., Ahmed, J., Siddique, B. M., & Liew, S. C. (2022). Comprehensive review on the feasibility of developing wave energy as a renewable energy resource in Australia. Cleaner Energy Systems, 3, Article 100021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cles.2022.100021

The facts are that increasing energy demand, depletion of fossil fuel, and greenhouse gas emissions have increased the world's interest in renewable energy. Out of all RE options, Wave Energy (WE) is the least harnessed one despite the availability o... Read More about Comprehensive review on the feasibility of developing wave energy as a renewable energy resource in Australia.

Analysing wind power penetration in hybrid energy systems based on techno-economic assessments (2022)
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Wimalaratna, Y. P., Afrouzi, H. N., Mehranzamir, K., Siddique, M. B. M., Liew, S. C., & Ahmed, J. (2022). Analysing wind power penetration in hybrid energy systems based on techno-economic assessments. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 53(B), Article 102538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102538

Wind is an environmentally friendly energy source that can be harnessed as an on-shore and off-shore resource. Wind energy, combined with other renewable energy systems, has resulted in a more reliable, feasible, and efficient stand-alone system, kno... Read More about Analysing wind power penetration in hybrid energy systems based on techno-economic assessments.

A comprehensive scientometric analysis on hybrid renewable energy systems in developing regions of the world (2022)
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Sohail, M., Afrouzi, H. N., Mehranzamir, K., Ahmed, J., Mobin Siddique, M. B., & Tabassum, M. (2022). A comprehensive scientometric analysis on hybrid renewable energy systems in developing regions of the world. Results in Engineering, 16, Article 100481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100481

Energy crises, increasing electricity prices, and having no access to the grid electricity are the leading issues in developing countries of Asia, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Developing hybrid renewable energy systems in off-grid or grid... Read More about A comprehensive scientometric analysis on hybrid renewable energy systems in developing regions of the world.

A survey and bibliometric analysis of different communication technologies available for smart meters (2022)
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Hassan, A., Afrouzi, H. N., Siang, C. H., Ahmed, J., Mehranzamir, K., & Wooi, C.-L. (2022). A survey and bibliometric analysis of different communication technologies available for smart meters. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 7, Article 100424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2022.100424

A smart energy meter is one of the most significant smart grid products. The smart energy meter (SEM) is an advanced energy meter that collects data from end users' load devices, monitors energy usage, and then sends the data to the smart grid. Advan... Read More about A survey and bibliometric analysis of different communication technologies available for smart meters.

In-depth exploration of partial discharge modelling methods within insulations (2022)
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Afrouzi, H. N., Hassan, A., Chee, D. T. Y., Mehranzamir, K., Malek, Z. A., Mashak, S. V., & Ahmed, J. (2022). In-depth exploration of partial discharge modelling methods within insulations. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 6, Article 100390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2021.100390

Partial discharge (PD) activities are the essential contributor of insulation failure, which constitute more than 60% for damaging high voltage equipment. This article presents a critical review on the modelling of partial discharge using different t... Read More about In-depth exploration of partial discharge modelling methods within insulations.

Scenario-based investigation on the effect of partial shading condition patterns for different static solar photovoltaic array configurations (2021)
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Nazer, M. N. R., Noorwali, A., Tajuddin, M. F. N., Khan, M. Z., Tazally, M. A. I. A., Ahmed, J., Babu, T. S., Ghazali, N. H., Chakraborty, C., & Kumar, N. M. (2021). Scenario-based investigation on the effect of partial shading condition patterns for different static solar photovoltaic array configurations. IEEE Access, 9, 116050-116072. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3105045

This paper presents an in-depth analysis and investigation on the performance of static photovoltaic (PV) array configurations subjected to various partial shading conditions (PSCs). Under PSCs, the electrical characteristics of the PV modules are cr... Read More about Scenario-based investigation on the effect of partial shading condition patterns for different static solar photovoltaic array configurations.

A skipping adaptive P&O MPPT for fast and efficient tracking under partial shading in PV arrays (2021)
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Ahmed, J., Salam, Z., Kermadi, M., Afrouzi, H. N., & Ashique, R. H. (2021). A skipping adaptive P&O MPPT for fast and efficient tracking under partial shading in PV arrays. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 31(9), Article e13017. https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.13017

This work presents a new Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) scheme which predicts the local peak positions precisely and tracks the global peak under partial shading effectively. In addition to that, a skipping mechanism is integrated into it, which... Read More about A skipping adaptive P&O MPPT for fast and efficient tracking under partial shading in PV arrays.

Sizing and economic analysis of stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic-wind system for rural electrification: A case study Lundu, Sarawak (2021)
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Afrouzi, H. N., Hassan, A., Wimalaratna, Y. P., Ahmed, J., Mehranzamir, K., Liew, S. C., & Malek, Z. A. (2021). Sizing and economic analysis of stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic-wind system for rural electrification: A case study Lundu, Sarawak. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 4, Article 100191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2021.100191

Energy Consumption has been increasing at an alarming rate due to the growing energy need. More and more non-renewable sources are harvested to fulfill the energy demand resulting in and rising environmental health issues. However, harvesting Solar a... Read More about Sizing and economic analysis of stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic-wind system for rural electrification: A case study Lundu, Sarawak.

An Analysis and Modeling of the Class-E Inverter for ZVS/ZVDS at Any Duty Ratio with High Input Ripple Current (2021)
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Ashique, R. H., Shihavuddin, A., Khan, M. M., Islam, A., Ahmed, J., Arif, M. S. B., Maruf, M. H., Mansur, A. A., & Siddiquee, A. (2021). An Analysis and Modeling of the Class-E Inverter for ZVS/ZVDS at Any Duty Ratio with High Input Ripple Current. Electronics, 10(11), Article 1312. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10111312

This paper presents an analysis and modeling of the class-E inverter for ZVS/ZVDS execution at any duty ratio. The methodology is to determine the input current to the inverter analytically under the assumption that it always remains positive. The la... Read More about An Analysis and Modeling of the Class-E Inverter for ZVS/ZVDS at Any Duty Ratio with High Input Ripple Current.

Techno‐economic analysis of direct combustion and gasification systems for off‐grid energy supply: A case for organic rankine cycle and dual fluidized‐bed (2021)
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Bagherian, M. A., Mehranzamir, K., Ahmed, J., Nafea, M., Nabipour‐Afrouzi, H., Wooi, C., Beiranvand Pour, A., Rezania, S., & Alizadeh, S. M. (2021). Techno‐economic analysis of direct combustion and gasification systems for off‐grid energy supply: A case for organic rankine cycle and dual fluidized‐bed. IET Renewable Power Generation, 15(12), 2596-2614. https://doi.org/10.1049/rpg2.12196

Biomass is one of the most versatile sustainable energy sources. This versatility allows utilization of different biomass feedstock using a verity of conversion techniques. Often, a biomass-to-bioenergy conversion method is selected depending on the... Read More about Techno‐economic analysis of direct combustion and gasification systems for off‐grid energy supply: A case for organic rankine cycle and dual fluidized‐bed.

A Comprehensive Review on the Application of Bioethanol/Biodiesel in Direct Injection Engines and Consequential Environmental Impact (2021)
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Siddique, M. B. M., Khairuddin, N., Ali, N. A., Hassan, M. A., Ahmed, J., Kasem, S., Tabassum, M., & Afrouzi, H. N. (2021). A Comprehensive Review on the Application of Bioethanol/Biodiesel in Direct Injection Engines and Consequential Environmental Impact. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2021.100092

Bioethanol/biodiesel are deemed a highly suitable alternative to conventional fuels in the near future due to their versatility in production techniques and operability. This paper examines the engine performance and possible scope of improvement in... Read More about A Comprehensive Review on the Application of Bioethanol/Biodiesel in Direct Injection Engines and Consequential Environmental Impact.

Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management (2021)
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Ahmed, J., Then, Y. L., Asif, N., & Kashem, S. (2021). Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 13(2), 99-108

The power generated in today’s time is dominated using fossil fuels that may get exhausted within the coming decades. Monitoring and management of the energy consumption hold a prime standing due to the discrepancy between power demand and production... Read More about Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management.

An effective salp swarm based MPPT for photovoltaic systems under dynamic and partial shading conditions (2021)
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Jamaludin, M. N. I., Tajuddin, M. F. N., Ahmed, J., Azmi, A., Azmi, S. A., Ghazali, N. H., Babu, T. S., & Alhelou, H. H. (2021). An effective salp swarm based MPPT for photovoltaic systems under dynamic and partial shading conditions. IEEE Access, 9, 34570-34589. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3060431

This study proposes a duty cycle-based direct search method that capitalizes on a bioinspired optimization algorithm known as the salp swarm algorithm (SSA). The goal is to improve the tracking capability of the maximum power point (MPP) controller f... Read More about An effective salp swarm based MPPT for photovoltaic systems under dynamic and partial shading conditions.

An Investigation of Passive Cooling in a Building in Malaysia (2020)
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Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M., Khandakar, A., Tabassum, M., Ashraf, A., & Ahmed, J. (2020). An Investigation of Passive Cooling in a Building in Malaysia. International Journal of Technology, 1(2), 4-27

In hot humid countries like Malaysia, a comfortably thermal environment is what people look for. To achieve such conditions, a technique called passive cooling must be the optimal choice. Many other techniques have been investigated over the years an... Read More about An Investigation of Passive Cooling in a Building in Malaysia.

Recent developments of MPPT techniques for PV systems under partial shading conditions: a critical review and performance evaluation (2020)
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Kermadi, M., Salam, Z., Eltamaly, A. M., Ahmed, J., Mekhilef, S., Larbes, C., & Berkouk, E. M. (2020). Recent developments of MPPT techniques for PV systems under partial shading conditions: a critical review and performance evaluation. IET Renewable Power Generation, 14(17), 3401-3417. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2020.0454

This review covers global maximum power point tracking (GMPPT) methods for photovoltaic (PV) systems under partial shading conditions. Unlike the previous review works that primarily focused on soft computing and hybrid GMPPT, this study gives exclus... Read More about Recent developments of MPPT techniques for PV systems under partial shading conditions: a critical review and performance evaluation.

A comprehensive investigation of suitable biomass raw materials and biomass conversion technology in Sarawak, Malaysia (2020)
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Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M., Khandakar, A., Tabassum, M., Ashraf, A., & Ahmed, J. (2020). A comprehensive investigation of suitable biomass raw materials and biomass conversion technology in Sarawak, Malaysia. International Journal of Technology, 1(2), 75-105

Nowadays, reducing pollution, saving mother Earth had become everyone’s responsibility. However, the great improvement in technologies leads to large energy demands. Many countries have tried to find renewable energy as their alternative energy sourc... Read More about A comprehensive investigation of suitable biomass raw materials and biomass conversion technology in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Wind Power Integration with Smart Grid and Storage System: Prospects and Limitations (2020)
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Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M. E., Khandakar, A., Ahmed, J., Ashraf, A., & Shabrin, N. (2020). Wind Power Integration with Smart Grid and Storage System: Prospects and Limitations. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 11(5), https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110570

Wind power generation is playing a pivotal role in adopting renewable energy sources in many countries. Over the past decades, we have seen steady growth in wind power generation throughout the world. This article aims to summarize the operation, con... Read More about Wind Power Integration with Smart Grid and Storage System: Prospects and Limitations.