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An overview of different models of AI in the context of using solar energy (2023)
Journal Article
Mohamed Shaik, H., Goh, K., & Gupta, N. (in press). An overview of different models of AI in the context of using solar energy. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence,

Considering the growing global climatic changes, the emphasis on using renewable energies in energy generation is the priority initiative many countries take. Among renewables, solar energy is considered one of the major and is believed to have treme... Read More about An overview of different models of AI in the context of using solar energy.

Distribution of Currents in 2 × 25 kV Electric Railway Systems under Normal Conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Sorrentino, E., Gupta, N., Montilla-DJesus, M., & Arriaga, P. (2023). Distribution of Currents in 2 × 25 kV Electric Railway Systems under Normal Conditions. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2023, Article 4930801. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/4930801

This article shows a detailed analysis of the distribution of currents in 2 × 25 kV electric railway systems under normal conditions. The network equations are clearly formulated in a way that enables the presentation of a novel simplified analytical... Read More about Distribution of Currents in 2 × 25 kV Electric Railway Systems under Normal Conditions.

Sustainable Engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework (2022)
Journal Article
Honnurvali, M. S., El-Saleh, A. A., Sheikh, A. M., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Umar, T. (2022). Sustainable Engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 35(3), 52-69. https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2022/v35i3/22088

This research study has investigated the challenges faced due to the pandemic (COVID-19). This paper further provides recommendations that can be adopted by academics, learners, and administrators to make the education system more robust and sustaina... Read More about Sustainable Engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework.

Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman (2021)
Journal Article
Shaik, H. M., Kabbani, A., Sheikh, A. M., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Umar, T. (2021). Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman. AIMS Energy, 9(6), 1192-1212. https://doi.org/10.3934/energy.2021055

Degradation of PV modules have a severe impact on its power-producing capabilities thus affecting the reliability, performance over the long run. To understand the PV degradation happening under the influence of local environmental conditions a surve... Read More about Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman.

Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques (2021)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2021). Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques. Environmental management and sustainable development, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v11i1.19027

Air-conditioning as a technical solution to protect inhabitants from excessive heat exposure creates the challenge of expanding indoor health effects. While air-conditioning has mostly been applied as an improvement to living conditions, health and e... Read More about Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques.

Air-Conditioning and the Transmission of COVID-19 in Indoor Environment (2021)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2021). Air-Conditioning and the Transmission of COVID-19 in Indoor Environment. Environmental management and sustainable development, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v10i3.18461

Substandard ventilation in restricted air-conditioning indoor places is allied with upsurge in the respiratory infections’ transmission. There have been several COVID-19 spread occurrences connected with indoor environment, together with a few from p... Read More about Air-Conditioning and the Transmission of COVID-19 in Indoor Environment.

Development of a Sustainable Theoretical Framework for a Renewable Based Bathroom Unit (2021)
Journal Article
Oye, T. K., Gupta, N., Goh, K., Kerrouche, A., & Oye, T. T. (2021). Development of a Sustainable Theoretical Framework for a Renewable Based Bathroom Unit. Environmental management and sustainable development, 10(3), 10-35. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v10i3.18537

One of the major issues facing the world in the 21st century is climate change. However, sustainability has become a crucial concept to combat extreme consumption of environmental resources. The bathroom has been estimated to be the principal user of... Read More about Development of a Sustainable Theoretical Framework for a Renewable Based Bathroom Unit.

Holistic Modelling and Parametric Study of Bathroom Solar Hot Water Heating System (2021)
Journal Article
Oye, T. K., Gupta, N., Goh, K., Kerrouche, A., & Oye, T. T. (2021). Holistic Modelling and Parametric Study of Bathroom Solar Hot Water Heating System. Environmental management and sustainable development, 10(3), 36-61. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v10i3.18519

One of the major issues facing the world in the 21st century is climate change. However, sustainability has become a crucial concept to combat extreme consumption of environmental resources. The bathroom has been estimated to be the principal user of... Read More about Holistic Modelling and Parametric Study of Bathroom Solar Hot Water Heating System.

Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2020). Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning. In 2020 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icrera49962.2020.9242846

This paper presents the modelling of smart indoor control for renewable air-conditioning using fuzzy logic control and proportional-integral-derivatives for improved thermal comfort. The proposed control techniques are systematically designed and tun... Read More about Development of Optimized Smart Indoor Control for Renewable Air-Conditioning.

Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Oye, T. K., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. T. (2020). Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System. In 2020 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Application (ICRERA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icrera49962.2020.9242819

One of the major issues facing the world in the 21 st century is climate change. However, sustainability has become a crucial concept to combat extreme consumption of environmental resources. The bathroom has been estimated to be the principal user o... Read More about Design of a Smart and Intelligent Energy Efficient Controller for a Bathroom System.

UAE’s commitment towards UN Sustainable Development Goals (2020)
Journal Article
Umar, T., Egbu, C., Ofori, G., Honnurvali, M. S., Saidani, M., Shibani, A., …Goh, K. (2020). UAE’s commitment towards UN Sustainable Development Goals. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 173(7), 325-343. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.19.00036

In 2015, the UN member countries, on mutual understanding, identified 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by 2030. According to several reports, some countries are reflecting good progress, but overall, no country is on track towa... Read More about UAE’s commitment towards UN Sustainable Development Goals.

A Feasibility Study for the Optimized Development of Renewable Air-Conditioning for Different Climatic Conditions (2020)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2020). A Feasibility Study for the Optimized Development of Renewable Air-Conditioning for Different Climatic Conditions. Environmental management and sustainable development, 9(3), 87-109. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v9i3.17459

This paper aims to present renewable air-conditioning as a sustainable system for varied climatic conditions with the feasibility of optimization to reduce the level of energy consumption and the rate of carbon emissions. Extreme use of air-condition... Read More about A Feasibility Study for the Optimized Development of Renewable Air-Conditioning for Different Climatic Conditions.

Measurement, Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Degradation Rates (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Honnurvali, M. S., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & umar, T. (2020). Measurement, Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Degradation Rates. In Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing: Proceedings of MoSICom 2020 (56-63). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4775-1_7

Photovoltaic degradation rates play a vital role in visualizing and analyzing the performance of the PV modules over the long run. A site survey is conducted to calculate PV degradation rates. The results have shown that for the first three years sin... Read More about Measurement, Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Degradation Rates.

Theoretical Assessment of Sustainability Principles for Renewable Smart Air-Conditioning (2020)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2020). Theoretical Assessment of Sustainability Principles for Renewable Smart Air-Conditioning. Environmental management and sustainable development, 9(3), 18-46. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v9i3.16953

Upon an improvement in the quality of life, air-conditioning has generally been applied. Nevertheless, environmental and health issues related with the use of air-conditioning occurs more often. Therefore, this paper aims to theoretically assess the... Read More about Theoretical Assessment of Sustainability Principles for Renewable Smart Air-Conditioning.

Assessment of Renewable Air-Conditioning Using Economic Feasibility Procedures (2020)
Journal Article
Oye, T. T., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Oye, T. K. (2020). Assessment of Renewable Air-Conditioning Using Economic Feasibility Procedures. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 5(3), 1375-1381

The renewable energy utilization is attaining numerous recognition and diverse assessment is obligatory to be executed for several innovations which has in turn become a general system requirement. The increasing application of fossil fuels is virtua... Read More about Assessment of Renewable Air-Conditioning Using Economic Feasibility Procedures.

A Smart and Sustainable Concept for Achieving a Highly Efficient Residential Bathroom: A Literature Review (2020)
Journal Article
Oye, T. K., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Oye, T. T. (2020). A Smart and Sustainable Concept for Achieving a Highly Efficient Residential Bathroom: A Literature Review. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 5(3), 1402-1407

Climate change has been one of the key issues confronting the world in the 21st century. Nevertheless, the concept of sustainability has become vital in battling excessive use of natural resources. Enormous consumption of water and energy in the bath... Read More about A Smart and Sustainable Concept for Achieving a Highly Efficient Residential Bathroom: A Literature Review.

Renewable energy resources and technologies applicable to Sri Lanka towards a 100% RE future (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Fernando, W., Gupta, N., Ozveren, C. S., & Givaki, K. (2019). Renewable energy resources and technologies applicable to Sri Lanka towards a 100% RE future. . https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2019.0628

The combustion of fossil fuels primarily provides the energy supply in Sri Lanka. The energy generation in Sri Lanka is primarily realized by the combustion of thermal energy such as diesel and coal. The second energy generation source is Hydroelectr... Read More about Renewable energy resources and technologies applicable to Sri Lanka towards a 100% RE future.

Potential regions in the Persian Gulf to deploy offshore floating photovoltaic systems (2019)
Journal Article
Goh, K., Gupta, N., Honnuravali, M., & Umar, T. (2020). Potential regions in the Persian Gulf to deploy offshore floating photovoltaic systems. Proceedings of the ICE - Energy, 173(3), 94-100. https://doi.org/10.1680/jener.19.00061

Generating energy needs by means of renewable sources is a vital strategy for all the GCC countries. Photovoltaic systems in the GCC have been a primary choice of renewable sources due to regional weather and high levels of irradiance. However, the u... Read More about Potential regions in the Persian Gulf to deploy offshore floating photovoltaic systems.

Feasibility Study of Small Scale Battery Storage Systems Integrated with Renewable Generation Technologies for Sri Lankan Domestic Applications (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Fernando, W., Gupta, N., Kamyab, G., & Suheyl, C. O. (2019). Feasibility Study of Small Scale Battery Storage Systems Integrated with Renewable Generation Technologies for Sri Lankan Domestic Applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/upec.2019.8893549

The purpose of energy storage technologies is to ultimately increase the efficiency of renewable energy generation methods and systems and decrease the global CO 2 emissions to tackle the Sri Lanka government's sustainability targets. This research a... Read More about Feasibility Study of Small Scale Battery Storage Systems Integrated with Renewable Generation Technologies for Sri Lankan Domestic Applications.

Summary of useful concepts about the coordination of directional overcurrent protections (2019)
Journal Article
Sorrentino, E., & Gupta, N. (2019). Summary of useful concepts about the coordination of directional overcurrent protections. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 5(3), 382-390. https://doi.org/10.17775/CSEEJPES.2018.01220

This paper summarizes some useful concepts about the coordination of directional overcurrent protections. The following key topics are described: the analysis of systems in a ring configuration and only one source of short-circuit currents; the impos... Read More about Summary of useful concepts about the coordination of directional overcurrent protections.