Browsing by Author "Gastli, Adel"
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Reinforcement learning-based school energy management system
Chemingui, Yassine; Gastli, Adel; Ellabban, Omar ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)Energy efficiency is a key to reduced carbon footprint, savings on energy bills, and sustainability for future generations. For instance, in hot climate countries such as Qatar, buildings are high energy consumers due to ... -
Review and simulation of leakage current in transformerless microinverters for PV applications
Khan, Ahmad; Ben-Brahim, Lazhar; Gastli, Adel; Benammar, Mohieddine ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article Review)Designing microinverters without transformers enhances system efficiency and power density and reduces cost. However, the transformer removal results in loss of galvanic isolation that leads to leakage current circulation. ... -
Review and simulation of leakage current in transformerless microinverters for PV applications
Khan, Ahmad; Ben-Brahim, Lazhar; Gastli, Adel; Benammar, Mohieddine ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article Review)Designing microinverters without transformers enhances system efficiency and power density and reduces cost. However, the transformer removal results in loss of galvanic isolation that leads to leakage current circulation. ... -
Review of medium voltage high power electric drives
Ben-Brahim, Lazhar; Gastli, Adel; Yoshino, Teruo; Yokoyama, Tomoki; Kawamura, Atsuo ( IEEJ , 2019 , Article)The field of electric drives in general, and medium-voltage high-power drives in particular, has recently experienced considerable progress. Numerous interesting developments have been reported in the literature. Various ... -
Review of optimization techniques applied for the integration of distributed generation from renewable energy sources
Abdmouleh, Zeineb; Gastli, Adel; Ben-Brahim, Lazhar; Haouari, Mohamed; Al-Emadi, Nasser Ahmed ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article Review)Several potential benefits to the quality and reliability of delivered power can be attained with the installation of distributed generation units. To take full advantage of these benefits, it is essential to place optimally ... -
Review of policies encouraging renewable energy integration & best practices
Abdmouleh, Zeineb; Alammari, Rashid A.M.; Gastli, Adel ( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article Review)This article provides policy-makers and renewable energy project developers with background information and analysis into the successful penetration of renewable energy policies. The analysis emphasizes on the different ... -
Simple voltage regulation method for smart grid applications
Taoube, Hussein A.; Alammari, Rashid; Gastli, Adel ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)The complexity of power systems and the change of demand load at the consumer make it necessary to control the voltage to avoid any unnecessary voltage drop beyond the limits allowed within the international standards and ... -
Siting of pv power plants on inclined terrains
Charabi, Yassine; Rhouma, Mohamed Ben Hadj; Gastli, Adel ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2014 , Article)Most of the studies conducted on solar energy assessment and solar system siting focus on flat terrains that are usually difficult and expensive to acquire in urban areas. This paper investigates the possibility of using ... -
A Soft Switching Single Stage Isolated Three Phase Bidirectional PFC Converter for Electric Vehicles charging
Singh, Anant K.; Prasanna, U. R.; Rathore, Vinay; Rajashekara, Kaushik; Ben-Brahim, Lazar; Gastli, Adel... more authors ... less authors ( IEEE , 2019 , Conference Paper)This paper proposes a bidirectional three phase single stage ac-dc converter for applications like Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers. AC side of the proposed converter consists of current fed half bridge converter for each ... -
Solar car efficient power converters' design
ElMenshawy, Mariam; ElMenshawy, Mena; Massoud, Ahmed; Gastli, Adel ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)The first solar car racing named as the World Solar Challenge was organised in Australia aiming to trigger the development of solar powered vehicles by researchers all over the world, and so do, various technologies have ... -
The simultaneous impact of EV charging and PV inverter reactive power on the hosting distribution system's performance: A case study in kuwait
Abdullah, Heba M.; Kamel, Rashad M.; Tahir, Anas; Sleit, Azzam; Gastli, Adel ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)Recently, electric vehicles (EVs) have become an increasingly important topic in the field of sustainable transportation research, alongside distributed generation, reactive power compensation, charging optimization, and ... -
Time-Dependent Bit Error Rate Analysis for Smart Utility Networks in the Presence of WLAN Interferers
Gouissem, Ala; Hamila, Ridha; Al-Dhahir, Naofal; Ben-Brahim, Lazhar; Gastli, Adel ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Article)The smart grid (SG) modernizes the aging power grid by using two-way reliable communications dedicated to adaptive energy management. To achieve this goal, smart utility networks (SUNs) are used to efficiently connect the ... -
Transformerless Microinverter with Low Leakage Current Circulation and Low Input Capacitance Requirement for PV Applications
Khan, Ahmad Mirdad (2017 , Master Thesis)The inevitable depletion of limited fossil fuels combined with their harmful footprint on the environment led to a global pursuit for alternative energy sources that are clean and inexhaustible. Renewable energies such as ...