energy field of study: annual report 2009

�Energy Field of study − Annual Report 2009

Energy Field of Study: Annual Report 2009

Published by:Energy Field of StudySchool of Environment, Resources and DevelopmentAsian Institute of Technology E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (66 2) 524 5440, 524 5407 (Direct)(66 2) 516 0110 - 44 (Operator)Fax: (66 2) 524 5439 (Direct)(66 2) 516 2126 (Operator)

Energy web site: http://www.serd.ait.ac.th/energyAIT web site: http://www.ait.ac.th Published Date: March 2010

A. Introduction 3

B. Faculty Highlights 4

C. Student Highlights 5

D. Course Highlights 6

E. Conferences/Workshops/Seminars organized 8

F. Grant and Sponsored Research Projects 2009 10

Completed Projects 10

Continuing Projects 12

Initiated Sponsored Projects 13

G. Publications 17

H. Energy Masters Theses Titles 18

I. Abstracts of Energy Ph.D. Dissertations 20

J. Energy Faculty and Staff 22

Faculty 22

Administrative and Research Staff 24

Doctoral Students Research Topics 25


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he Asian Institute of Technology promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asian-Pacific region through higher education, research andoutreach. Its mission is “to develop highly qualified and committed professionals who play leading roles in the region’s sustainable development and its integration into the global economy”. In line with AIT’s mission and goals, energy studies at AIT was initiated in 1979, and three areas of specialization – energy technology, energy economics and planning, and electric power systems management – are currently offered.

TheEnergyfieldofstudyprefersitsenteringstudentstopossessabackgroundinengineering,science,economicsandmanagement.Sincethefirstbatchofstudentsadmittedin1980,atotal of 1,046 students have graduated in Energy as of December 2009. Currently, more than 100 students are enrolled in Energy studies at AIT, thirty of whom are studying at doctoral level. TheEnergyfieldof study’s faculty ishighlyaccomplishedandmaintainsmembershipsoneditorial boards of international journals, and many faculty members are leaders in presenta-tions,andpeerreviewofarticlesinthefield.ThroughitslinkagesacrossAsiaandaroundtheworld,theEnergyfieldofstudyispositionedasregionalleaderinenergyrelatedissues.

Energy at AIT has laboratory facilities to support research, testing and hands-on training. Hardware laboratory functions are focused mainly on solar thermal energy, photovoltaics, biomass energy, energy management, and electrical measurement and analysis. The facilities include two indoor laboratories, an energy park and a meteorological station. The indoor laboratories are equipped with experiment setups, testing apparatus and measuring equipment forthermalandelectricalmanagement,thermodynamics,fluidmechanicsandheattransfer,andelectrical power supply management. The outdoor laboratory (Energy Park) covers 3,980-m2 outdoor research and demonstration facility equipped with photovoltaic systems, solar ther-mal (air and water) systems, biomass research and day lighting setups. The meteorological station measures and records solar radiation and other meteorological data. A hybrid micro hydro – photovoltaic plant is planned for 2010.

The Energy laboratory carries out testing services such as fuel quality, gas composition, heating value of fuels, solar thermal collector performance, solar water heater system perfor-manceandstoveefficiency.Thefieldofsyudyhasalsoalargenumberofcomputermodelingsoftware for energy planning and policy analysis for research and learning. These include Model for Analysis of Energy Demand and Environmental Impacts (MAED, MEDEE-S/ENV, LEAP), Electricity System Planning (WASP-III Plus, ENPEP, DECPAC), Energy- Environmental Flow Optimization Model (EFOM-ENV), Wood Energy Planning Models, Energy-Environmental Models for estimation of impacts of energy externalities, air pollu-tion emission and dispersion and climate change (CO2 DB, RAINS, TEMIC, ECOSENS, ISC) and Energy-Environmental Database Management Software (DBAVOID).

SomeofthecurrentresearchfocusesofEnergyfieldofstudyareonthefollowingthemes:energy, environment and climate change; energy for sustainable development; renewable energy;energyefficiency;electricpowersystemmanagement;restructuringofenergyindus-tries; and energy economics and planning.

Additional details regarding Energy field of study activities are available at www.serd.ait.ac.th/energy.

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he Energy field of study welcomed Dr. Charles Marpaung, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, who joined as visiting faculty in September 2009. His area of specialization is Energy Planning: Energy, and Economy and Environmental Modeling.

Dr.P.A.Salam joined theEnergyfieldof studyasAssistantProfessor inOctober2009.Before joining AIT, Dr Salam was the General Manager at Genesis Company, based in Thai-land. Dr. Salam specializes in Bio-energy and Renewable Energy.

Dr.JaiGovindSinghjoinedtheEnergyfieldofstudyasAssistantProfessorinDecember2009. Dr. Singh was a post doctoral fellow at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and at University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, before joining AIT. His area of specialization is in Power System Planning, Operation and Control, FACTS Controllers, Demand Side Management, and Integration of Renewable Energy Resources.

Energy welcomed Prof. Tatsuo Oka, Head of Innovation Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Utsunomiya University, Japan, during the August Semester 2009 to offer the course “Energy Management of Buildings”. His visit to AIT was seconded by the Government of Japan.

Dr. Pipat Chaiwiwatworakul, from JGSEE King Mongkul University of Technology Thon-buri, visited AIT to teach the course “ED72.05 Demand-Side Management” during the Au-gust Semester 2009.

Dr. S. K. Shukla, from Mechanical Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India, was seconded by the Government of India to teach the course “ED72.06 Design and Management of Energy System” during the August Semester 2009.

Dr. N. Mithulananthan left AIT to join the faculty of the University of Queensland in July 2009. During his period at AIT, he had offered a number of courses, supervised Masters and Doctoral students, initiated and participated in a number of sponsored research projects.

Prof. Ram M. Shrestha retired from AIT after spending more than three decades as a fac-ultyattheEnergyfieldofstudy.DuringhisperiodatAIT,heofferedanumberofcourses,supervised Masters and Doctoral students, initiated and participated in a large number of sponsoredresearchprojects.HealsoservedasEnergyfieldofstudyCoordinator,Chairofthe AIT’s Academic Senate, and in many other capacities at AIT.

Prof. Yaw Juen Wang from Department of Electrical Engineering, National Yunlin Univer-sity of Science & Technology, Taiwan returned to his home university after spending two years at AIT. During his period of stay, he was involved in offering courses and student su-pervision. His stay at AIT was seconded by Taiwanese Government.

As part of the two stage masters program initiated in 2008, Prof. S.V. Joshi, Prof. S. K. Jabade and Prof. R.R. Kulkarni of the Vishwakarma School of International Studies (VSIS), India, were appointed as visiting faculty during 2009.

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s. CherryMwo Lwin, aMasters student of the Energy field of studywasselected to join thefirstbatchof theNagoyaUniversityGlobal Environmental Leaders Program (NUGELP) for a period of 6 months during October 2009 – March 2010. She received a full scholarship.

Ms. Panida Boonyaritdachochai, a Masters student, participated and pre-sented a paper at the GMSARN conference held at Ha Long, Vietnam dur-ing 25-27 November 2009.

Mr. Chanwit Boonchuay, a Doctoral student, presented his research results at the 2009 IEEE Bucharest Power Tech Conference, Bucharest, Romania from 26 June – 5 July 2009. He also visited the University of Hong Kong to conduct part of his research for two months (1 April – 31 May 2009).

Ms. Jirawadee Polpasert, a Doctoral student, participated and presented a paper in the GM-SARN conference “Energy Security and Cli-mate Change: Problem & Issues in GMS” held at Ha Long, Vietnam during 25-27 November 2009. She also participated as an intern during 15 June – 24 July 2009, at K – Water, Daejong, South Korea.

Mr. Komkrit Prasertwong, a Doctoral student, participated and presented a paper in the GM-SARN conference “Energy Security and Cli-mate Change: Problem & Issues in GMS” held at Ha Long, Vietnam during 25-27 November 2009.

Ms. Ongorn Rattananathawon, a Doctoral stu-dent visited the Norwegian Technical Universi-ty (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway to conduct re-search under the Networking project sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, from 25 February 2009 to 30 April 2009.

Nine students from Electrical and Computer Engineering, Han Yang University, South Korea attended a two month pro-gramat theEnergyfieldofstudyascertificatestudentsduringFebruary– March 2009.

Two students from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Kathmandu University, Nepal attended a four-week program as special students during July2009andcarriedoutexperimentalworkonbiomass–gasifiercookstoves.

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new course on the Selected Topic: Energy Resources, Consumption and Management in the Greater Mekong Subre-gion (GMS), by Prof. S. Kumar and Dr Weer-akorn Ongsakul, was offered during inter-se-mester 2009.

The Energy course curriculum were revised and approved by the Academic Senate in Sep-tember 2009.

TheEnergy field of study offered 9 coursesduring January semester 2009, 3 courses dur-ing inter-semester 2009, and 10 courses dur-ing August semester 2009. A list of courses of-fered during 2009, including the course titles, credits, offered semester and the instructor are given in Table 1.

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Table 1: Courses offered at Energy field of study

Semester Instructor(s)course number, name and credits

January2009

1. ED72.01 Energy Resources and Technologies, 2(2-0)2. ED72.02 Energy Audit and Thermal Energy Conservation, 3(2-3)3. ED72.05 Demand-Side Management, 2(2-0)4. ED72.06 Design and Management of Energy System, 3(2-3)5. ED72.10 Computer Aided Power System Analysis, 3(2-3)6. ED72.11RuralElectrificationanddistributed Generation, 3(3-0)7. ED72.15 Energy Price Theory and Applications, 3(2-3)8. ED72.17 Energy Management in Buildings, 3(2-3)9. ED72.24 Electricity Economics and Planning, 3(2-3)10. ED72.30 Energy Environment and Climate Change: Issues & Strategies, 2(2-0)

Inter semester2009

August 2009 Prof. S. KumarDr. B. Mohanty

Dr. Pipat ChaiwiwatworakulDr. S.K. Shukla

Dr. Weerakorn O.

Dr. Weerakorn O.

Prof. Ram M. ShresthaProf. Tatsuo OkaDr. C. MarpaungProf. S. Kumar/ Prof. Ram M. Shrestha

Dr. Charles Marpaung

Prof. Ram M. Shrestha

Prof. S. Kumar

Dr. N. Mithulananthan

Dr. Weerakorn O.

Dr. Weerakorn O.

Prof. Ram M. Shrestha

Prof. S. Kumar/Prof. WangProf. Y.J. Wang

Prof. S. K. Jabade

Prof. R.R. KulkarniProf. S.V. Joshi

1. ED72.12 Energy Statistics and Energy Demand Forecasting, 3(2-3)2. ED72.13 Development and Evaluation of Energy Projects 3(2-3)3. ED72.20 Workshop on Energy Issues and Communication 1(0-2) 4. ED72.21 Power System Dynamics and Stability 3(2-3) 5. ED72.22 Power Sector Management under Deregulation 3(3-0) 6. ED72.23 Optimization and AI Applications in Power System 3(2-3) 7. ED72.25 Energy-Economic Modeling and Policy Analysis 3(2-3) 8. ED72.28 Solar Energy, 3(2-3)

9. ED72.31 Electrical Energy Management 3(2-3)

VSIS1. ED72.13 Development and Evaluation of Energy Projects 3(2-3) 2. ED72.19 Biomass Conversion, 3(2-3)3. ED72.28 Solar Energy, 3(2-3)

1. ED72.03 Rational Use of Energy in Industry, 3(2-3)2. ED72.06 Design and Management of Energy Systems, 3(2-3)3. IN72.9017 Energy Resources, Consumption and Management in the Greater Mekong Subregion, 1(1-0)

Dr. B. MohantyDr. B. Mohanty

Prof. S. Kumar/ Dr. Weerakorn O.


conFErEncES/workSHoP/SEMInArS oEgAnIzED E.

1. RETScreen International Training on Design of Solar Thermal Systems

(Prof. S. Kumar)

Date and location: 13 February 2009/AIT

Sponsor: cAnMET, canada

number of participants: 32

2. The 2nd Conference Workshop to Support Development of Human Resources in Energy.

(Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul)

Date and location: 26 March /Bangkok

Sponsor: EPPo, Thailand


3. Regional Workshop on Urban Energy Access and Development

(Prof. R.M. Shrestha and Prof. S. Kumar)

Date and location: 3-6 August 2009/ Jakarta, Indonesia

Sponsor: global network on Energy for Sustainable Development


Energy faculty organized six workshops/seminars/conferences during 2009 involving more than 300 participants. The following is the list of such meetings:


4. Workshop Energy Security and Climate Change: Under the Networking with Norwegian and Regional Institutions in Energy Issues (South-South-North Networking) 2006-2009 (Prof. Kumar)

Date and location: 11 August 2009/ AIT

Sponsor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, norway


5. Regional Workshop on Opportunities and Priorities for Low Carbon Green Growth in Asia. (Prof. Kumar)

Date and location: 15-18 September 2009/AIT

Sponsor: Asian Development Bank Institute,

Japan


6. Energy Security and Climate Change: Problem & Issues in GMS. (Dr. Weerakorm Ongsakul)

Date and location: 25-27 november 2009/ Ha long city,

Vietnam

Sponsor: gMSArn, AIT, Hanoi university of

Technology, HochiMinh university

of Technology, and others



grAnT AnD SPonSorED rESEArcH ProJEcTS 2009 F. A total of twenty sponsored projects were carried out during 2009. These include research (11), education & training (5), and outreach related (4) projects. These contracted initiatives were worth more than Baht 60 million.

completed ProjectsDuring 2009, four sponsored projects were completed.

1. Design of Solar Thermal Systems using rETscreen Version 4. To conduct a training on the design of solar thermal systems using RETscreen software (Version 4) participants from industry, public and private sector, and university professionals. The application of RETscreen for mitigating green house emissions will be highlighted and the economic analysis of projects discussed. Duration: 1 January - April 2009

Investigator: Prof. S. kumar

Sponsor: cAnMET Energy Technology center, canada

Total contracted amount: 124,200 Baht

2. The Potential for Transferring and Implementing Sustainable Energy Technologies Through The clean Development Mechanism of The kyoto Protocol. The project mainly studies and analyzes the potential of transferring and implementing sustainable energy technologies for GHG emission reduction through the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol in few countries. There are seven partners participating in this project from all over the world. AIT’s Energy Field of Study 74 Annual Report on Research 2006 involvement is mainly related to Thailand, mainly in CDM status and potential, technology transfer case study and dissemination workshop.

Duration: February 2006 - January 2008

Investigator: Dr. nadarajah Mithulananthan, Dr. Animesh

Dutta, Dr. ram c. Bhujel

Sponsor: European commission

Total contracted amount: 2,237,200 Baht

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3. Technical Officer Training, University of Moratuwa. Four technical officers from the University ofMoratuwa, Sri Lanka will come to AIT for a month-long training. Arrivals of all four would be trainees will be spread out duringthedurationoftheproject.TheseofficerswillreceivetrainingsfromtheEnergy Field of Study and the Environmental Engineering Management Field of Study. They willbespendingtwoweekseachinthementionedfields. Duration: 1 February – 31 July 2008

Investigator: Dr. n. Mithulananthan

Sponsor: university of Moratuwa, Sri lanka


4. MPg-cAPS Testing for Fuel Freedom International. The overall objective of the project is to establish performance characteristics of MPG-CAPs when used in different engines and fuels. The experiments will concen- trate on the following components. (a) Fuel economy (b) Engine performance (c) Combustion performance Duration: 1 June - September 2008

Investigator: Dr. n. Mithulananthan, Dr. H.P.w. Jayasuriya,

Dr. Peeyush Soni and Mr. A. Bishnu

Sponsor: MPg-cAPS Test


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continuing Projects

1. Development of Methodology and Database for ABc Emission Inventory of Selected countries. The project will be involved in the development of a manual for establishing an inventory of emissions of gases causing ABC (atmospheric brown cloud). The project will also prepare an emission inventory of two selected countries in South and/or South East Asia. Duration: 1 January – 31 December 2008

Investigator: Prof. ram M. Shrestha, Dr. kim oanh and Dr. rajendra P. Shrestha

Sponsor: unEP rrc-AP


2. Energy Field of Studies Publications

Duration: 1-Jan-04 31-Dec-09

Project Investigator: Dr. weerakorn o. and Prof. S. kumar

Sponsor: Membership fees, AIT

Total contracted Amount: 1,521,149 Baht

3. networking with norwegian and regional Institutions in Energy Issues (South-South-north networking): 2006-2009. The overall objective of the project is to make a network among Norwegian Institutions, Asian Institute of Technology and ASEAN Center for Energy to work on regional energy issues in ASEAN. The project is also known as South-South-North Networking and will address some of the energy issues such as Renewable energy, ASEAN Power Grid and Energy and Environment Modeling in ASEAN through seminars and expert lectures. Duration: August 2006- December 09

Investigator: Prof. S. kumar and Dr weerakorn ongsakul

Sponsor: norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs


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Initiated Projects in 2009

1. Future Driving Force of global warming. The project is about collecting data related to future driving force of global warming in Thailand from available publications. The research project collects, and projects future estimates of households, industries and transportation in the countries.

Duration: 1 January – 31 December 2009

Investigator: Prof. ram M. Shrestha

Sponsor: MIzuHo, Japan


2. Driving Force of Energy consumption and Air Pollution. The project is about collecting data on driving forces of energy consumption and their energy characteristics in Thailand. It involves collection and processing of data on energy and energy consuming devices in Thailand from available publications and projects.

Duration: 1 January – 31 December 2009

Investigator: Prof. ram M. Shrestha

Sponsor: MHIr, Japan


3. Bio-energy for rural Development and Poverty Alleviation (BEn-ruD). The objective of the project is to study the contributions of bio-energy to rural development and poverty alleviation. The primary task of the project is to carry out an assessment of the potentials of all types of bioenergy such as liquid, solid and gas for ruraldevelopmentinthefirstphaseandtoidentifymajorbarrierstobioenergyproduction and use in the second phase. In addition, case studies of each form of bioenergy will be undertaken in the second phase. Structured reports will be prepared as a project output.

Duration: 15 February - 31 December 09

Investigator: Prof. ram M. Shrestha and Prof. S. kumar

Sponsor: gnESD, Denmark



4. Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)-AIT cooperation Project. To provide fellowships for eligible PEA staff and all expenses are related to support tuition and fees, and education activities only.

Duration: January 2009 – December 2012

Investigator: Dr. weerakorn ongsakul

Sponsor: PEA, Thailand


5. regional workshop in urban Energy Access and Development. (gnESD) The main activity of this project is to organize an Asian regional workshop on urban energy access and development in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop will provide an opportunity to disseminate the findings of studies on access to modern energy by households in urban and peri-urban areas carried out by nodal centers of Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) as well as by others in Asia. Duration: 15 July – november 2009

Investigator: Prof. ram M. Shrestha and Prof. S. kumar

Sponsor: gnESD, Denmark


6. regional workshop on opportunities and Priorities for low carbon green growth in Asia. While the planning for green economies drew noteworthy lessons in some parts of Asia, it is clear that concerted actions and investments are needed to deal with both the environmental and economic challenges. This workshop is designed to stimulate regional level discussion on opportunities available with low carbon green growth and improve capacity to identity relevant policies, programs and projects for putting them into practice.

Duration: September 2009 – January 2010


Sponsor: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Japan



7. green House gas emission mitigation at AIT: reducing gHg Emission Through Energy conservation. This is to carry out studies at AIT and implement activities to reduce GHG emissions. Thespecificobjectivesofthestudyaretoanalyzethecurrentelectricityconsumption pattern, to implement energy efficiency and energy conservation throughpolicy and technical measures to reduce electricity bill, and to promote energy conservation and green house gas emissions reduction for a low carbon society.

Duration: June 2009 – June 2010


Sponsor: AIT


8. International conference on Energy and Sustainable Development Issues and Strategies. The Regional Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC) of the Energy Field of Study (Energy FoS) is organizing an international conference on “Energy and Sustainable Development: Issues and Strategies (ESD 2010)”. The international conference will take place from 2 to 4 June 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand and will create an international forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange new ideas and practical experiences in the area of energy in the context of sustainable development. Paper presentations from different sectors coming from different parts of the world will be the main attractions of this conference which will also be highlighted by keynote addresses to be given by distinguished individuals in this area.

AIT, through RERIC of Energy Field of Study, has the capability to organize the international conference and has prior successful experiences with its three previous energy-related international conferences in 2004 (Electric Supply Industry in Transition: Issues and Prospects for Asia), in 2006 (Energy for Sustainable Development: Issues and Prospects for Asia), and in 2008 (Energy Security and Climate Change: Issues, Strategies, and Options ESCC 2008).

Duration: September 2009 – June 2011

Investigator: Dr. weerakorn o., Prof. S. kumar and Prof. ram

M. Shrestha

collaborator: Provincial Electricity Authority of Thailand (PEA)

Sponsor: registration revenues/Sponsorships/grants



9. AIT Support to nuol 2007-2010 national research Policy Development.

AIT is to provide support to NUOL in four areas: curriculum development, research management, financialmanagement, ICTdevelopment and assist theDepartment of Higher Education Ministry of Laos PDR for development of national policy and strategy to support research and research management in the country.

Duration: 1 December 2009 – 31 December 2010


Sponsor: Sida, Sweden


10. E-learning course on renewable energy and energy policy. The project will prepare and deliver a course to the SOI member countries. 1. To develop the content of the courses on renewable energy and energy policy 2. To coordinate with SOI team in Bangkok to broadcast the lectures (test and regular) 3. To enhance the dialogue among the participants 4. To provide timely feedback to questions during the lectures and in the e-forum, and 5.Toorganize,carryouttheevaluationofthecoursesandfinalreporting. 6. To coordinate in broadcasting the lectures with the SOI team in Bangkok

Duration: 1 november 2009 – 28 February 2010


Sponsor: UNESCO, Jakarta Office


11. king HrD Scholarship Project. To provide fellowships for eligible Thai candidate and all expenses are related to support tuition & fee and education activities only.

Duration: 1 october 2009 – September 2013

Investigator: Dr. weerakorn ongsakul

Sponsor: EPPo, Thailand



12. Pilot Appraisal of low carbon Technology Innovation and Diffusion in Thai Manufacturing Sectors. The project will undertake a limited scale pilot appraisal to demonstrate the potential of existing centres and networks to initiate, catalyze and accelerate the development, deployment and dissemination of low carbon technologies in the cement, and pulp and paper sectors in Thailand. The appraisal will help to better understand the institutional dynamics, capacity gaps and short term opportunities for transition to low carbon future.

Duration: october 2009 – March 2010

Investigator: Prof. S. kumar, Prof. c. Visvanathan and

Dr. P. Abdul Salam

Sponsor: unIDo, Austria


13. Actions towards Resources-efficient and Low carbon cities in Asia. In order to assist urban decision makers, The French Environment and Energy Management Agency or ADEME has developed methodologies and tools such as the “Territorial Climate Energy Plan” (PCET) which aims to address climate change mitigation and adaptation using the “Bilan CarboneTM” tool. Such approaches are already widely used in France. The project will aim to: (a) Study “Territorial Climate and Energy Plan (PCET) and “Bilan CarboneTM” and their applicability to Asian small- and medium-size cities; (b) Identify and select of small but growing cities in Asia that are keen to adopt the path of low carbon growth (LCG); (c) Discuss with stakeholders and other organizations on implementing LCG; (d) Implementation of pilot scale activities identified by “Bilan CarboneTM” tool; (e) Dissemination and information sharing.

Duration: December 2009 – March 2012

Investigator: Prof. S. kumar, Prof. c. Visvanathan and

Dr. P. Abdul Salam, Dr. r. Perera, Dr. charles

Marpaung and Dr. kyoko kusakabe

Sponsor: ADEME, France

Total contracted amount: 11,052,979 Baht (225,571 Euros)


PuBlIcATIonS 2009 g.

refereed Journal

1. DevbrattaThakurandNadarajahMithulananthan“InfluenceofConstantSpeedWind Turbine Generator on Power System Oscillation” Electric Power Components and Systems, Vol.37, pp. 478-494, 2009.

2. K. Jaojaruek and S. Kumar, “Numerical simulation of the pyrolysis zone in a downdraft gasificationprocess”Bioresource Technology, Vol. 100 No. 23 pp. 6052-6058, 2009.

3. Mayurachat Watcharejyothin and Ram M. Shrestha “Effects cross-border power trade between Laos and Thailand; Energy security and environmental implications” Energy Policy, Vol. 37, pp. 1782 – 1792, 2009.

4. Mayurachat Watcharejyothin and Ram M. Shrestha “Regional energy resource development and energy security under CO2 emission constraint in the greater Mekong sub-region countries (GMS)” Energy Policy, Vol. 37 No. 11 pp. 4428-4441.

5. Ongsakul, W. and P. Jirapong, “Optimal Placement of Multi-Type FACTS Devices to Enhance Total Transfer Capability using Improved Evolutionary Programming” International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, Vol. 7 No. 2 pp. 981-1005, 2009.

6. Ram M. Shrestha, Gabrial Anandarajah, and Migara H. Liyanage “Factors affecting CO2 emission from the power sector of selected countries inAsia and the Pacific” Energy Policy, Vol. 37, pp. 2375 – 2384, 2009.

7. Ram M. Shrestha and A.M.A.K. Abeygunawardana “Evaluation of economic rent of hydropower projects” Energy Policy, Vol. 37, pp. 1886 – 1897, 2009.

8. Vo Ngoc Dieu and Weerakorn Ongsakul “Improved merit order and augmented Lagrange Hopfield network for short term hydrothermal scheduling”, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol.50, pp. 3015-3023, 2009.

9. Boonchai Riangvilaikul and S. Kumar “An experimental study of a novel dew point evaporative cooling system” Energy and Buildings, pp. 1-8, 2009.

10. Lerdlekha Tanachaikhan and S. Kumar “Daylighting for energy conservation in the tropics:astudyontheinfluencesofwindowconfigurationsandshadingdevices” Int.J. Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, Vol. 1 Nos. 2/3, 2009.

11. Thosapon Katejanekarn, Surapong Chirarattananon and S. Kumar “An experimental study of a solar-regenerated liquid desiccant ventilation pre-conditioning system” Solar Energy, Vol. 83 pp. 920-933, 2009.


EnErgy MASTErS THESIS TITlES In 2009H.

Static Voltage Stability of Distribution System Integrated with Small Hydro Power Plant.By: Mr. Nguyen Cong Hien (Vietnam)Supervisor: Dr. N. MithulananthanMembers Dr. Weerakorn O. and Prof. Yaw Juen Wang

A Study on Energy conservation of the AIT’s Air-conditioning System.By: Mr. Bovonson Navaraj (Thailand)Supervisor: Prof. S. KumarMembers Dr. B. Mohanty, Dr. Weerakorn O. and Dr. Le Hoang Tien

Interconnection of Photovoltaic Base generation and Its Impact on Stability of the Electric Power System.By: Mr. Md. Rakibuzzaman Shah (Bangladesh)Supervisor: Dr. N. MithulananthanMembers Dr. Weerakorn O. and Prof. Yaw Juen Wang

Development of Sustainable Energy Management Standard for Industry Sector in Sri lanka.By: Miss A.G.M.T. Siriwardhana (Sri Lanka)Supervisor: Prof. S. KumarMembers Prof. R.M. Shrestha and Dr. B. Mohanty

optimal Distributed generation Placement with Multi objective Index using Par-ticle Swarm optimization.By: Mr. Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam)Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn O.Members Dr. N. Mithulananthan and Prof. Y. J. Wang

long Term Hydrothermal coordination: A case of Vietnam Power System.By: Mr. Nguyen Thai Duong (Vietnam)Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn O.Members Dr. N. Mithulananthan and Prof. Yaw Juen Wang

operational Design of International Islanding in the Hanoi Area for the Vietnam Power System.By: Mr. Le Thanh Tuan (Vietnam)Supervisor: Dr. N. MithulananthanMembers Dr. Weerakorn O. and Prof. Yuan Juen Wang


Economic and Environmental Implications of nodal zonal and uniform Marginal Pricing of Electricity: A case in Vietnam.By: Mr. Dao Hoang Duc (Vietnam)Supervisor: Prof. Ram M. ShresthaMembers Dr. N. Mithulananthan and Prof. Y.J. Wang

least cost Power generation Expansion Planning: A case study of kyrgyzstanBy: Mr. Samat Kuvatbekovich Sukkenaliey (Kyrgyzstan)Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn O.Members Dr. N. Mithulananthan and Prof. Ram M. Shrestha

Liquid Desiccant Dehumidifier Assisted with Dew Point Evaporative Cooling System.By: Mr. Boonchai Riangvilaikul (Thailand)Supervisor: Prof. S. KumarMembers Dr. Weerakorn O. and Prof. Athapol N.

Implications of renewable Portfolio Standard for Energy System Development of Vietnam.By: Mr. Nong Hoang Man (Vietnam)Supervisor: Prof. Ram M. ShresthaMembers Prof. S. Kumar and Prof. Y.J. Wang

A Study on biodiesel production and application from Jatropha in Thailand.By: Mr. Nopdanai Vichaisarn (Thailand) Supervisor: Prof. S. KumarMembers Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul, Dr. P. Abdul Salam and Dr. Nuwong Chollacoop

Environmental and economic impact of power generation planning in Vietnam: An Input-output Analysis.By: Miss Huynh Thi Huong Thao (Vietnam)Supervisor: Prof. Ram M. ShresthaMembers Prof. S. Kumar and Dr. Charles Marpaung

Static Voltage Stability study of Bhutan Interconnected Power grid.By: Mr. Namgay Wangchuk (Bhutan)Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn OngsakulMembers Prof. Ram M. Shrestha and Dr. Charles Marpaung

optimal congestion Management in Energy Market using Self-organizing Hierarchical Particle Swarm Optimization with Time Varying Acceleration Coefficients.By: Ms. Panida Boonyaritdachochai (Thailand)Supervisor: Dr. Weerakorn OngsakulMembers Prof. Ram M. Shrestha and Dr. Charles Marpaung


Synthesis and control of custom Power DEVcES for Enhancing Power Quality Problems.By: Mr. Paisan Boonchiam (Thailand)Committee: Dr. Nadarajah Mithulananthan (Chairperson), Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul and Dr. Manukid ParnichkunExternal: Prof. Dr. Ir. Rik W. De Doncker, Institute of Power Electronics and Electrical Drive, RWTH-Aachen University, NRW Germany

Custom power device is the applications of power electronic to improve electrical quality of power distribution system for sensitive load in industrial plants. Industries reporting pro-duction stops due to voltage disturbance, such as short interruptions, voltage sag/swell, voltage/current harmonics, voltage flicker, power factor correction. These industriesinclude paper mills, semiconductors facilities and other industries with fully automated production. The objective of study is to use the custom power device for mitigating power quality problem created by disturbances and non-linear loads. The equipment studied in the dissertation exploit the control actions that can be taken by power electronic devices, which are much faster than speed of conventional equipment and protection systems. This dissertation presents three compensating types of custom power device based on connected voltage source converter topologies. The series-connected device, popularly referred to as DVR, has been proved suitable for the task of compensating voltage sag and swell and voltage regulation in power distribution systems. DSTATCOM is, the shunt connected device, connected to compensate the reactive power for improving harmonics, power factor corrections,andvoltagefluctuation.UPQCisthehybrid-connecteddevicethatincludestheperformance of DVR and DSTATCOM.

The topology of voltage source converter for medium voltage grid is presented with multilevel topology. Three types of multilevel topology, namely diode-clamped, flyingcapacitor and series cased H-bridge have been investigated. The diode-clamped multilevel topology is chosen for custom power devices and can readily be deployed in practice when the system needed to support in short period time. The modeling and control of custom power device are proposed with the dynamic decoupling control, feed forward control and improving the control performances in discrete time domain simulation. The control and system parameters are designed based on real parameters in power distribution system. The system model, that covers national standard, is used for testing and validating all concept and methodology.

Finally, the planning of high-power quality zone is discussed. The concept of a high-power quality or premium power zone is the zone that electric power inside is tightly regulated by custom power device. Moreover, the custom power devices, backed by distributed generator, will supply the most sensitive loads during the total line outages. In this dissertation, a configurationofthepremiumpowerzoneisproposedandthenvariousissuesinvolvedwiththe operation of the zone are discussed.

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Fuzzy logic and wide-area control for low Frequency oscillation Damping in Power System.By: Mr. Komkrit Prasertwong (Thailand)Committee: Dr. Weerakorn O., Dr. N. Mithulananthan, Dr. Charles O.P. Marpaung and Dr. Poompat SaengudomlertExternal: Dr. Ramesh Chand Bansal, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at University of Queenland, Bisbane, Australia

In interconnected power systems, there are hundreds of generating units with varying size, complexity and mechanical speed. These units are connected with load centers which are typically far from generating stations by long transmission lines. One of the major challenges in operation and control of such complex large networks is keeping all generat-ing units at constant electrical speed or synchronism. Whenever power systems are sub-jected to small and sudden disturbances one or more of the generating units tend to exhibit oscillatory behavior. If the oscillations are not controlled, they would grow in amplitude, limit power transfer capability of transmission lines, induce stress in the system and trigger protection devices to function. Hence, oscillations threaten system security and hamper the efficientoperationoftheentiresystem.

Low frequency oscillations have been discovered since 1960s during a trial interconnec-tion of the Northwest Power Pool and the Southwest Power Pool in the Northern American power network. Afterwards, low frequency oscillations have been observed and reported in many places. Among various oscillatory problems, a low frequency, typically in the range of 0.1-0.7 Hz is considered as serious. This oscillation problem often referred to as interarea oscillation results from participation of several generating units from different areas. Low frequency oscillations in other frequency range are considered to be less seri-ous and can be dealt with easily compared to the previous oscillation. The basic reason for oscillation problem is lack of damping on critical modes and many methods and control strategies have been proposed and devised for oscillation damping.

This dissertation studies the use of fuzzy logic based controllers for oscillation damping in power systems and it is organized in three parts.

Inthefirstpart,conventionalandfuzzylogicbasedcontrollersarecomparedforoscillationdamping at generator location. The controllers considered include, conventional Automatic Voltage Regulators (CAVR), conventional Power System Stabilizers (CPSS), Fuzzy logic based AVR (FLAVR), Fuzzy logic based PSS (FLPSS) and combinations of them. Per-formances of controller and combination of controllers are compared by comparing time domain simulations. One of the issues with Fuzzy logic controllers is that they cannot be modeled in state-space form for carrying out eigenvalue analysis to obtain critical eigen-value and damping ratio. Hence, in the second part, the dissertation proposes a method to


findoutdampingratioonthecriticalmodetostudyfuzzylogiccontrollerperformanceinmore details using “envelop tracing”. The proposed method has been tested and validated in a system with conventional controller that can be modeled for both time domain and eigenvalue analyses. In the third part, application of wide-area control is used for oscillation damping. The controller used in the part is Static Var Compensator (SVC) and a new control input signal has been proposed to damp low frequency oscillation. Two-area test system that has been used for oscillation studies is used in this part to check the wide-area control with proposed control input signal. A number of cases has been tried to see the performance of proposed wide-area control.

keywords: Fuzzy Logic Controller, Wide-Area Control, Low Frequency Oscillation, Damping ratio prediction, Automatic Voltage Regulator, Power System Stabilizer, Static Var Compensator.


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Sivanappan kumarB E. (Hons.) (Mech.)., M. Engg., PhDProfessor, and Coordinator, Energy Field of study Area of interest/specialization: Renewable energy resource and technologies; Climate change and green house gas mitigation; Energy and sustainable [email protected]

ram M. Shrestha BE, Univ of Baroda; LL Tribhuvan Univ, Nepal; MEng, DEng, AIT, ThailandProfessor Area of interest/specialization: Energy and environmental policy Energy economics; Energy and environmental policy; Electricity economics and planning; Energy, economic and environmental modeling; Energy [email protected]

weerakorn ongsakulBEng, Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand; MS, PhD, Texas A&M Univ, USA Associate Professor and Dean, School of Environment, Resources and Development Area of interest/specialization: Artificial intelligence applications to power systems; Parallel processing applications; Power system operation & control; Power system [email protected]

Mithulananthan nadarajahBSc Eng, M Eng, Univ. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; PhD, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada Assistant Professor Area of interest/specialization: Application of FACTS Controllers; Controller interactions; Power system oscillation; Voltage [email protected]

Brahmanand MohantyPhD Energy, Insitut National Polytechnique, Toulouse (France) Visiting FacultyArea of interest/specialization: Cogeneration, Demand-side management, Energy auditing and conservation, Energy efficiency policies; and Rational use of [email protected]

Faculty


yaw-Juen wang PhD in Electrical Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (INPG), Grenoble, France, M.E. in Energy Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand Visiting Professor Area of interest/specialization: Solar electricity Electromechanical energy conversion,; Electric power quality; Induction [email protected]

Dr. P. Abdul Salam BSc.Eng (Hons.) Unversity of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; M.Eng., D.Eng., AITAssistant Professor Area of interest/specialization: Bioenergy, Renewable energy; Energy conservation and [email protected]

Dr Jai govind SinghPhD in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of TechnologyAssistant Professor Area of interest/specialization: Power system planning; Operation and control FACTS controllers; Demand side management; Integration of renewable energy [email protected]

Dr. charles Marpaung B.Eng (E.E.) Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, M.S. (Statis-tics) Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia: PhD (AIT)Visiting Faculty Area of interest/specialization: Generation expansion planning; Energy economics and environmental [email protected]

Prof. Tatsuo okaMaster course of construction, Waseda University, Doctor’s degree at Waseda UniversityVisiting FacultyArea of interest/specialization: Building Science Energy Conservation CO2 Emission from [email protected]


Administrative Staff

Ms. Sukanya nhooma Secretary II

Ms. cha-on Pasuravong Secretary I

Mr. Peerapol Supol Technician

Mr. Pichai chunpan Sr. Technician

Mr. ruangsilp Sriviset Sr. Technician

research staff

Mr. Shreekar Pradhan Research Associate (ABC Emission Inventory Project)

Ms. Salony rajbhandari Research Associate (ABC Emission Inventory Project)

Ms. M.T. Siriwardhana Research Associate (Energy Security project)

Ms. Tin zar lin Research Associate (SSN Networking Norwegian Project)

Ms. Maria kathrina gratuito Research Associate (Energy Field of Study (RERIC))

Mr. ramesh Soysa Research Associate (GMSARN Project)

Ms. nang Htay yin Research Associate (UNIDO Project)

Dr. Vo ngoc Dieu Research Associate (Part time) (GMSARN Project)

Ms. rachelle Sawad Research Assistant (Energy Security project)

Mr. Albert Pedrajas ProgramOfficer(AITSupporttoNUOL2007-2010 National Research Policy Development Project)

Ms. Parichart kammeerak Secretary (Energy Field of Study (RERIC))

Ms. kanwalai nachaisit Secretary (GMSARN Project)

Ms. nippaporn Samantong Secretary (GMSARN Project)


Mr. Adeel waqas Ahmad (PCM Based Heating and Cooling Systems Using Solar Energy and Night Temperature)

Mr. Atthavute ruenruengjai (RiceStrawUtilizationVIA3G-HotgrinderGasifier)

Mr. Boonchai riangvilaikul (A Dew Point Evaporative Cooling Assisted Solar Liquid Desic-cant System for Air-Conditioning Application in Hot and Humid Climate)

Mr. Boonrit Prasartkaew (A Hybrid Solar-Biomass Air Conditioning System for Residential Application)

Mr. chakkawan Boonwan (course work)

Miss chanamon chantana (Development of a Thermal Energy Storage Type Heat Exchanger for Waste Heat Recovery)

Doctoral Students’ research Topics


Miss chamaiporn Teerasetsopon (Studies on Homogeneously Oriented ZnO Nanorods Dye-sensi-tized Solar Cells)

Mr. chanwit Boonchuay (Optimal Bidding Strategies in Competitive Electricity Markets by Improved Particle Swarm Optimization)

Mr. chira Achayuthakan (Electricity Tracing in Systems with and without Circulating Flows)

Mr. I Made wartana (Optimal Placement of Multiple FACTS Devices for Maximizing Loadability by PSO)

Mr. Javed Anwar(Energy Security Analysis from a Developing Country Perspec-tive)

Miss Jirawadee Polprasert (Security Constrained Optimal Power Flow Using Self-Organizing Hierarchical Particle Swarm Optimization)


Miss Jutamanee Martchamadol (Assessment of an Integrated Social-Energy -Economic and En-vironment Model for Sustainable Development: Thailand Case Study)

Miss kate-natee noipin (Fatty Acid Ethyl Ester (Ethanal Derived Biodiesel Production)

Mr. kitipong Jaojaruek (Two-stageDowndraftGasifier,TarReductionbyProducerGasFlaming on Pyrolysis Zone)

Mr. kitti leangkrua (Proximity Indices for Power Distribution System Stability with Distributed Generators)

Mr. kittavit Buayai (Microgrid Planning in Distribution System)

Miss lerdlekha Tanachaikhan (Daylighting through Unshaded and Shaded Window


Miss Mayurachat watcharejyothin (Integrated Energy Economic-Environment Modeling for Thailand, Lao PDR and Myanmar: The Analysis of Energy Resource Integration and Environment Implications)

Mr. Muhammad khalid Farooq (General Equilibrium Analysis of Renewable Energy Promotion Policies in Pakistan)

Mr. nopporn Preamjai (Solar Regenerated Solid Desiccant Evaporative Cooling Sys-tem)

Miss ongorn rattananatthawon (Stability Analysis of Power Grids with Wind Farm Providing Ancillary Services)

Mr. Purisan lakasorn (EconomicDispatchbyUsingArtificialNeuralNetworks)

Miss Santisouk Phimphachanh(Transmission Expansion Planning in Lao PDR considering Interconnection with GMS Countries)


Mr. Saksorn chalermchaiarbha (Multi-Attribute Decision Making on Stochastic Multi-Objective Thermal Power Dispatch)

Mr. Shree raj Shakya (Economic, Energy Security and Environmental Implications of Hydropower Development in Nepal)

Mr. Sittichocke Pookpunt (Course work)

Mr. Songkarn Pisanupoj(Course work)

Ms. Supattana nirakanaporn (Electricity Generation Cost under a Reform of the electric Sup-ply Industry in Thailand)

Mr. Sasidharan Sreedharan (Maximization of Wind Penetration in Kerala (India) Grid by Using Neuro Particle Swarm Optimization)

Mr. witoon Prommee (Optimal Distributed by Generation Placement by Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization)

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