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My Research Works |
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Active and Completed Projects |
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Integrating AGC to Generation Scheduling for Real-Time Optimization of
Systems with Significant Renewable Penetrations
A.T. Al-Awami (PI), M. Khalid
(Co-I), and Le Xie (Consultant-Texas A&M University).
Project # RG171003, Budget: SR 170,610,
Duration: Apr. 2018 – Apr. 2020
Funded
by KFUPM's Deanship of Scientific Research
We aim to provide a novel integrative approach
that combines AGC and control-based generation scheduling into one
framework. This builds on the fact that optimal generation scheduling
can be converted from an optimization problem activated only in discrete
instants of time into a feedback control problem that continuously
adjusts the generators’ set points. However, control-based generation
adjustment is not sufficiently fast to maintain frequency deviation
within acceptable levels. Hence, automatic generation control (AGC) is
still needed to ensure fast action. This framework will be able to
achieve efficient system frequency control while continuously operating
the system in an optimal manner, which is essential for grids with
significant renewable penetrations. |
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Implementation of secured smart metering system
W. Mesbah (PI) and A. T. Al-Awami
(Co-I)
Project # IN161035, Budget: SR 170,100,
Duration: Sep. 2017 – Aug. 2018
Funded
by KFUPM's Deanship of Scientific Research
We explore the practical challenges in the implementation of a novel
method for securing the readings of smart electricity meters against
tampering or malfunctioning. The novel method applies the idea of linear
error-correcting block codes, which has originally been used in
detecting and correcting errors in data transmission, to detect and
correct customer attacks aimed at changing the readings of the smart
electricity meters and take corrective actions accordingly. |
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Communication-Free Charging Management of Electric Vehicles
A. T. Al-Awami (PI), M. A. Abido
(Co-I), and E. Sortomme (Ext. Consultant)
Project # 14-ENE360-04-R, Budget: SR 1,789,040,
Duration: Dec. 2015 – Nov. 2017
Funded
by King Abdulaziz City of Science and
Technology - NSTIP
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A
Market-based Planning Tool for the Utilization of Energy Storage and
Electric Vehicles in a Smart Energy Grid
A. T. Al-Awami (PI), Z. Al-Hamouz,
and E. Sortomme (Ext. Consultant)
Project # 14-ENE2897-04, Budget: SR811,381,
Duration: Sep. 2015 – Aug. 2017
Funded
by King Abdulaziz City of Science and
Technology - NSTIP
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Reducing
Diesel Demand in Saudi Arabian Farming Sector using Solar PV System
S. A. Said (PI), A. T. Al-Awami,
and I. M. El-Amin
Project
# 13-ENE1727-04, Budget: SR749,428, Duration: Sep.
2015 – Aug. 2017
Funded
by King Abdulaziz City of Science and
Technology - NSTIP |
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National
Power Network System (NPNS)
Ignacio Perez-Arriaga (MIT), and Oliver
de Weck (MIT), Ali T. Al-Awami (KFUPM), Andres Ramos (Universidad
Pontificia Comillas), Ayman Alabduljabbar (KACST), Fernando de Cuadra
Garcia (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)
Nov. 2015 - Sep. 2017
Funded
by MIT-KACST Center for Complex Systems (CCES)
To devise a planning tool for the
integration of renewables in Saudi power grid, to develop a tool for
efficient and cost-effective electrification of remote areas in the
Kingdom, and to develop a tool for maximizing the benefits for member
states of the GCC interconnection. |
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Self-healing and Reconfigurable resilient smart grid
KAUST:
Jeff Shamma, Khaled Salama, and Meriem Laleg.
KFUPM: I. El-Amin,
M. A. Abido, Ali. T. Al-Awami, and M. Al-Muhaini.
Sep. 2016 - Aug. 2018
Funded
by KFUPM's DSR
To develop and devise new game
theoretic based approaches for control and energy management of
distributed energy resources. |
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A New
Approach to Demand Side Management Using Electric Springs
M. A. Abido (PI) andA.T. Al-Awami (Co-I)
Project #
RG1407-1 & RG1407-2
Funded
by KFUPM's Deanship of Scientific Research
An electric spring is a
power-electronic device that moderates the power consumption of
non-critical electric appliances to manage the service-level voltage
within acceptable ranges. |
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Optimal
Dispatch of Electric Vehicles Performing Vehicle-to-Grid
A.T. Al-Awami (PI), M. A. Abido (Co-I),
and E. Sortomme (Ext. Consultant)
Project #
RG1404-1 & RG1404-2
Funded
by KFUPM's Deanship of Scientific Research
The optimization
problem to be formulated will aim to achieve the
aggregator’s obligations in the ancillary service markets by following
the system operator’s reference signals at the minimum dispatch cost. |
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Electric
Vehicle Charge Control in a Smart Energy Grid
A.T. Al-Awami (PI), M. A. Abido (Co-I),
and E. Sortomme (Ext. Consultant)
Project #
RG1318-1 & RG1318-2
Funded
by KFUPM's Deanship of Scientific Research
Two charging strategies for
electric vehicles are proposed. The first strategy is meant to be used
by an aggregator whose objective is to devise fuzzy-based charge
scheduling using V2G services to enhance profitability. The second
strategy relies on distributed controllers that modulate the charging
rates of the EVs according to the local voltages at the charging points. |
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Stochastic Charging
of Electric Vehicles
A.T. Al-Awami
(PI)
Project # IN111045
Funded by KFUPM's
Deanship of Scientific Research
A study to develop new tools for managing charging
of electric vehicles considering the uncertainties associated with the
EVs and the electricity markets. |
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Adaptive
Channel Equalization Using Particle Swarm Optimization
A. Zeguine (PI), A.T. Al-Awami, and A.
Al-Shaikhi
Project #
RG1216-1 & RG1216-2
Funded
by KFUPM's Deanship of Scientific Research
The objective is to develop a new PSO
algorithm for adaptive channel equalization, that can achieve a
satisfactory steady state error but with a reduced number of operations. |
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Tools for Integrating Wind Energy in Power
Grid Operations A.T. Al-Awami (PI)
Project # JF111001 Funded by KFUPM's Deanship
of Scientific Research Project # JF111001
A study to develop new tools for integrating wind energy resources in
the operation of the power grid, taking into account the stochastic
nature of this renewable resource |
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Power System
Stability Enhancement Using Unified Power Flow Controllers
M.A. Abido (PI), Y.L. Abdel-Magid, and A.T. Al-Awami
Project # FT/2000-25
Funded by KFUPM's Deanship of Scientific
Research
A study to investigate the potential of unified power
flow controllers in damping low frequency oscillations using a
simultaneous stabilization technique. |
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