• A customized PV performance monitoring system in Qatar's harsh environment 

      Touati F.; Gonzales A.S.P.; Jr.; Qiblawey Y.; Benhmed K. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      A customized PV panel monitoring system is proposed. It is based on available hardware, as well as easily configurable Arduino?? software which does not require high specific programming skills. The configuration of hardware ...
    • Power Generation Voting Prediction Model of Floating Photovoltaic System 

      Lari A.J.; Egwebe A.; Touati F.; Gonzales A.S.; Khandakar A.A. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Solar energy is the most promising renewable energy within the Gulf area as annual solar irradiance is among the highest in the world (>2000kWh/m2). Therefore, countries within the Gulf area have focused their energy ...
    • PV power prediction in Qatar based on machine learning approach 

      Benhmed K.; Touati F.; Al-Hitmi M.; Chowdhury N.A.; Gonzales A.S.P.; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      PV output power is highly sensitive to many environmental parameters, hence, power available from plants based on this technology will be affected, especially in harsh environments such that of Gulf countries. In order to ...
    • Quantification of pv power and economic losses due to soiling in Qatar 

      Zeedan A.; Barakeh A.; Al-Fakhroo K.; Touati, Farid; Gonzales A.S.P.; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Soiling losses of photovoltaic (PV) panels due to dust lead to a significant decrease in solar energy yield and result in economic losses; this hence poses critical challenges to the viability of PV in smart grid systems. ...