Browsing by Author "Hadjidemetriou, Lenos"

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Microgrid Environmental Impact
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020) Al-Agtash, Salem Y.; al-Hashem, Mohammad; Batarseh, Mohanad; Bintoudi, Angelina D.; Tsolakis, Apostolos Charalampos; Tzovaras, Dimitrios K.; Hadjidemetriou, Lenos
Power plants have bad impacts on the environment. One of these impacts is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission resulted from power plants that depend on fossil fuel, oil and natural gas. Renewable energy is considered as an important solution for this problem since it is classified as clean and environmentally friendly source of energy and helps reducing the dependency on conventional power plants. High renewable energy penetration into power systems is a big challenge that can be solved by deploying the concept of smart Micro-Grids. This paper presents a study on how much reduction of CO2 emission can be resulted from deploying smart micro-grid concept on a university campus, German Jordanian University (GJU) campus was taken as a pilot. The micro-grid is meant to operate according to an optimum resource scheduling framework that guarantee a minimum operational cost while achieving high local power availability. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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Design Considerations for Campus Micro-Grid: MCAST Case Study
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Azzopardi, Brian; Azzopardi, Stefan; Mikalauskienė, Renata; Salem, Al Agtash; Hadjidemetriou, Lenos; Tzovaras, Dimitrios K.; Borg, Nicholas Paul
This paper aims to propose design considerations to transform the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) current and future planned electrical network system into an efficient micro-grid. MCAST is a young higher education and research institution with its campus developing to a state-ofthe-art campus with a vision to establish a living laboratory for training and research. During this study, consumption of electrical loads and photovoltaic (PV) generation have been monitored in real-time to define the micro-grid concept. These measurements provide the values to integrate a combined 63kWp PV system together with intelligent loads such as heating, ventilation and airconditioning systems, and lighting, highlighting the integration capabilities. In addition, the future enlargement of the MCAST micro-grid is considered and recommendations are given on the infrastructure to complete an integral campus wide transformation. Eventually the 3DMgrid would be a blueprint for future micro-grids for training and research purposes. © 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.