Caledonian College of Engineering
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
29th April 2015
One Day Symposium
Applications of Power Electronics in Renewable Energy
Sponsored by Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC)
About Caledonian
Established in 1996 as the first private Engineering College in Oman,
Caledonian College of Engineering (CCE) is the leading private higher
education institution providing high quality technological education
for the Sultanate of Oman and the region in general. The University
College has taken several ab initio initiatives towards achieving green
Oman with emphasis on research in renewable energy.
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering has grown in
stature over the last two decades with more than 40 Faculty members
and around 600 students. The department is committed in providing
quality education and producing competent Engineers to meet the
growing demand for professionals in various disciplines of Electrical
Engineering. The department runs four Engineering programmes:
Computer, Telecommunications, Electronics and Instrumentation, and
Electrical Power. The department encourages and nurtures its students
to take up funded projects.
The department has also a research strategy which is aligned with the
national research goals and builds on the research capacity of its
academic staff. The strategy focuses on acquiring research funding
from various sources, strengthen the research collaboration with local
industries, active participation in conferences as well as organizing
academic and scholarly activities which contribute in enhancing the
overall rating of the department.
Chief Patron: Dr Ahmed Hassan Al Balushi,
Dean, Caledonian College of Engineering.
Programme
Timings
Registration
Opening ceremony and
Keynote Speech
Coffee Break
08:30 am-09:30 am
Technical Session I
11:15 am-01:15 pm
Lunch Break
Technical Session II
01:15 pm-01:45 pm
01:45 pm-03:45 pm
Coffee Break
03:45 pm-03:55 pm
09:30 am-11:00 am
11:00 am-11:15 am
Closing ceremony: Distribution of
Certificates and Vote of thanks
Organizing committee
03:55 pm-04:15 pm
Dr Khaled Mohammad Gharaibeh, Chair
Dr Dharmasa, PL, EPE
Dr Muralidharan R
Dr Vijayalakshmi K
Dr Ayman Al Khazraji
Dr Venkateswara Sarma Mallela
Dr Ravinder Kumar
Dr Sabah Abdul Wahab Sheet
Mr Ramakrishna Kumar
Please confirm your attendance
by 22nd April 2015
through email to:
[email protected]
No registration
fee
Preamble
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Power Electronics plays a vital role in
realizing renewable energy sources such as
solar and wind. With the advent of
development and availability of high power
solid state devices, the use of present day
Power
Electronic
devices
facilitate
generation of higher power both in standalone and grid connected systems.
The objective of the One-day symposium is
to bring all professionals, field experts,
academicians, researchers and students in
Sultanate of Oman under one roof to
interact and exchange ideas, experiences
and expertise in the specific area of
applications of Power Electronics in
renewable energy and grid connected
systems with emphasis in Oman.
This symposium includes a key note speech
and several invited talks and presentations
covering
Renewable Energy-its future,
trends, strengths, impact and research in
Oman,
state-of-the-art
converters,
distributed generation, grid connected
systems, desalination systems, etc.
The symposium is solely sponsored by
Oman Electricity Transmission Company
(OETC).
List of speakers
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Key note speaker: Eng. Hamed Salim Al Maghderi, CEO, RAECO,
Participants
“The Future of Renewable Energy in Oman”
Engineers from local Industries, Ministries,
Consultants, Design Units, Research and Testing
Laboratories, Educational and Research
Institutes are invited to attend the symposium.
Dr. Ahmed Al Busaidi, The Research Council,
“TRC strategy for Renewable Energy research”
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Dr Hussein A. Kazem, Sohar University,
“Solar energy: Status and Prospects”
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Eng. Anil Kumar, OETC,
“Impact of Renewable Generation of grid Power quality parameters’’
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Dr Mahmoud Ibrahim Masoud, Sultan Qaboos University,
For more information, contact:
Dr Rashid Al Abri, Sultan Qaboos University,
Dr. Khaled Mohammad Gharaibeh
“Power Electronics for Wind and Solar Distributed Generation units”
Convenor & Head of the Department,
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
P.O. Box 2322, CPO Seeb 111,
Sultanate of Oman
Eng. Pasupathi, Higher College of Technology,
Eng. Paolo Mastrogiacomo, ABB,
“Solar power connecting to the Grid -A success story of Dubai”
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Assembly Hall,
Caledonian College of Engineering,
“Five Phase ac-dc converter suitable for wind energy applications”
”An insight into the role of power electronics in emerging alternative energy systems”
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Venue:
Eng. Mohammed Farahneh and Eng. Mohammed Al Jahwari, ABB
“Solar power Low Voltage Products and its applications”
Courtesy: Photographer: Armin Kübelbeck, CC-BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons
Caledonian College of Engineering
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
29th April 2015
One Day Symposium Sponsored by OETC
Applications of Power Electronics in Renewable Energy
Program Schedule
08.30 am – 09.30 am
Registration
Opening Ceremony
Speakers
Eng. Hamed Salem
Al Maghderi
Recitation of Holy Quran
Address by Dr Ahmed Hassan Al Balushi, Dean, Caledonian College of Engineering
Address by Dr Khaled Gharaibeh, HoD, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Address by Eng. Abdullah Al Qubtan, OETC
Topic
Organization
The Future of Renewable Energy in Oman
09.30 am-11.00 am
Session
Rural Areas Electricity Company
SAOC (RAECO)
Coffee Break
11.00 am – 11.15 am
Session I
Eng. Anil Kumar
Impact of Renewable Generation of grid Power
quality parameters’’
Oman Electric Transmission
Company, Oman
11.15 am-11.45 am
Dr Rashid Al Abri
Power Electronics for Wind and Solar
Distributed Generation units
Sultan Qaboos University , Oman
11.45 am-12.15 pm
Eng. Paolo
Mastrogiacomo
Solar power connecting to the Grid -A success
story of Dubai
ABB, Oman
12.15 pm – 12.45 pm
Eng. K Pasupathi
An insight into the role of power electronics in
emerging alternative energy systems
Higher College of Technology, Oman
12.45 pm-01.15 pm
Lunch
01.15 pm-01.45 pm
Session II
Dr. Ahmed Al
Busaidi
TRC strategy for Renewable Energy research
The Research Council
01.45 pm-02.05 pm
Dr Mahmoud
Ibrahim Masoud
Five Phase ac-dc converter suitable for wind
energy applications
Sultan Qaboos University , Oman
02.05 pm-02.25 pm
Eng. Mohammed
Jahwari
Solar power Low Voltage Products and its
applications
ABB, Oman
02.25 pm-02.50 pm
Eng. Mohammed
Farahneh
Solar power Low Voltage Products and its
applications
ABB, Oman
02.50 pm-03.20 pm
Dr Hussein A.
Kazem
Solar Energy: Status and Prospects
Sohar University, Oman
03.20 pm-03.45 pm
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
03.45 pm-03.55 pm
Distribution of Certificates and
Vote of Thanks
03.55 pm-04.15 pm