Solar-Wind-Diesel Hybrid Micro-Grid

Timeline: 2012-2014

This project was my passion, and also happen to be my graduate research project at Saint Mary's University. In this project I have designed a power management system for the hybrid micro-grid system. The work consisted the development of a novel simulation model, using MATLAB®/Simulink®, sizing and load calculations for a solar, wind and diesel based micro-grid system, and integration of various control algorithms.

My contribution was mostly inclined to the modeling and simulation end, whereas, the real-life system and the full scale infrastructure is located in a beautiful site in Gaspe, QC. In the summer of 2013, the research team went to visit the actual site to witness the field application of the algorithms that we designed.

The project was jointly funded by the TechnoCentre éolien (Gaspe, QC), Royal Military College of Canada (Kingston, ON) and Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, NS).

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Wind Energy Conversion Systems

Timeline: 2012-2014

During my days at the Laboratory of Control Systems and Mechatronics (LCSM), I have designed and developed a real-time data acquisition, and control platform for three separate wind energy conversion test bench system, 1 x Quanser® system and 2 x LabVolt® systems, using RT-LAB®, Quarc®, MATLAB®/Simulink®, and OPAL-RT® processing tools. The two LabVolt systems were 200W Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) and 2kW Double Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) based Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) respectively.

These projects were funded by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the National Research Council-Industry Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) respectively.

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30kW Roof-Top Solar PV

Timeline: 2011

This is one of my earliest works in the renewable energy space. I performed an energy study for the 8-story commercial building complex, Rapa Plaza Shopping Mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The project consisted electrical load calculations, energy analysis, sizing of the PV array, inverter, and charge controller using PVsyst simulation tool for the roof-top solar PV solution. The design considered to provide sufficient energy storage (216 kWh/day) to ensure uninterrupted indoor lighting for the commercial space.

The detailed study and prospect of the project was selected for publication, and was presented at the 2011 National Renewable Energy Conference at University of Dhaka.