ICSGCE 2018

The organising committee, speakers and participants

The International Conference on Smart Grid and Clean Energy 2018 (ICSGCE 2018) was successfully held at Sungai Long Campus from 29 to 31 May 2018.

The local organising committee consists of UTAR Centre for Power Systems and Electricity Chairperson Prof Lim Yun Seng, Dr Chua Kein Huat and Dr Wong Jianhui. The conference aimed to create a platform for researchers and engineers to exchange their latest findings and knowledge regarding the Smart Grid and Clean Energy Technologies. It also provided a good opportunity to meet up with several well-known researchers in the field of Smart Grid and Clean Energy for potential collaboration in research projects.

The sponsors of the conference were UTAR, IEEE, and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). There were participants from Switzerland, France, Germany, Norway, China, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. 

Prof Chuah delivering his welcome speech

In his welcoming remarks, UTAR President Ir Prof Academician Dato’ Dr Chuah Hean Teik addressed eight challenges in the next two decades that should be given highlights and attention in making the world a better place. These include famine, clean water supply, ageing population and energy efficiency.

In his speech, he also emphasised on the roles that engineers play, “The solutions to these problems are not only meant to be sought by the people in the medical field, instead engineers should also work hand in hand to provide solutions through systems, robots or even mechanism that can improve the current condition.” Regarding energy efficiency, he appreciated the amount of effort and attention given in making energy more efficient and added, “Energy cannot get any cheaper, it will only be more expensive in the future. I am very glad that we are all working on this very important aspect particularly on clean energy and smart grid.”

Prof Lim giving a keynote speech on the energy storage system

Conference Organising Chairperson Prof Lim said, “Developing an effective smart grid has been a very important research focus in power system as it covers a wide range of research areas. This conference provides a platform for exchange of knowledge regarding smart grid from all over the world. Academia and industrials are gathering here today to present and explore smart grid solutions regarding smart grid infrastructure, software communication to security.”

In line with Prof Chuah’s summons, Senior Member of IEEE Prof Nasrudin bin Abd Rahim in his keynote speech mentioned the challenges of power electronics in the renewable energy (solar energy). “One of the challenges is to find technical solutions to reduce the possible cost for large series production. The lowest cost design is only possible by combining the knowledge and efforts of several disciplines and by close cooperation between component, module and system design,” he said.

Prof Nasrudin delivering a keynote speech on the use of power electronics in harvesting solar energy

The two-day conference consisted of six themes that came along with multiple sessions of oral and poster paper presentations. The topics covered in the conference were smart grid strategy, planning and standards, various renewable energy technologies and also power system economics.

The first session, themed ‘Smart Grid Technology’, was chaired by Dr Wong. The session saw oral presentations, namely ‘Cybersecurity Guideline for the Utility Business” by Prof Stephanie Teufel, Rolf Burri and Bernd Teufel from international institute of management in technology (iimt), Switzerland followed by “Detection of Energy Theft and Metering Defects in Advanced Metering Infrastructure Using Analytics” by Sook-Chin Yip, Chia Kwang Tan, Wooi-Nee Tan and Ming-Tao Gan from Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Center, University of Malaya, “ICT Requirements and Challenges for Provision of Grid Services from Renewable Generation Plants” by Kamal Shahid, Rasmus Lovenstein Olsen, Lennart Petersen and Florin Iov from Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark, “Framework and Implementation of Linkage Control for Unmanned Smart Substation Security Improvement” by Ai Zheng, Qi Huang, Dongsheng Cai, Shi Jing, and Jie Wu from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, “Data Management Architecture: A Need in Smart Grids Domains” by Marla Constanza Barrera Botero and Oscar Germán Duarte Velasco from Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia, “Smart Grid Goes Flexible: Methods for Cost Reduction by Efficient Resource Utilization of Operating Equipment” by Christina Süfke and Michael Tophinke from System Development, Westnetz GmbH, Arnsberg, Germany, “An Efficient and Competitive Electricity Market Model for Pakistan” by Zain Zia, Ahtasham Abid, and Furqan Ali Shaikh from Electrical Department, HITEC University, Pakistan, and “The ‘Energy Community Management’ Framework for Energy Service Providers” by Dr Yves Hertig and Prof Stephanie Teufel from iimt.

Themed ‘Solar and Photovoltaic Power Generation’, the second session of the conference was chaired by Prof Chun-Lien Su. The second session saw Rohan S. Kulkarni, Rajani B. Shinde and Dhananjay B. Talange from the Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, India presenting on “Performance Evaluation and a New Thermal Model for a Photovoltaic-Thermal Water Collector System”. It was followed by presentations on “An ANFIS Based MPPT Controller for Fuel Cell Powered Induction Motor Drive” by Aditya Raj and Patha Lekhaj from Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (ISM), India, “A Research for the Influence of Tilt Angles of the Solar Panel on Photovoltaic Power Generation” by Huanan Liu, Xinxi Xu, Yuanzhu Meng, Dongmin Yu and Kun Shi from Department of Electrical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, China, “A Low-Cost and Energy-Efficient Smart Dust Cleaning Technique for Solar Panel System” by Nithin Sha Najeeb and Prashant Kumar Soori from School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Dubai, UAE, “Energy Internet Based Distribution Transformer Loss-of-Life Evaluation” by Prof Chun-Lien Su, Yu-Chi Pu, Hai-Ming Ching and Jheng-He Kuo from Department of Marine Engineering, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Taiwan, “Improving Rural Electrification through Interconnected Solar Micro Grids” by Sai Shibu N. B., Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas and Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh from Center for Wireless Net. and Appl., Amrita School of Engineering, India, “A Novel Five-Level Inverter Topology with Reactive Power Control for Grid-Connected PV System” by Mohammed Shihab Ibne Tarek, Asad Siam, Muhammad Zia and Md. Mizanur Rahman from Department of Electrical and Computer Engi., North South University, Bangladesh and “H2D4-Type Single Phase Transformer-Less Inverter with Reactive Power Control for Grid-tied PV System” by Sifat Rezwan and Shafayet Hossain from Department of Electrical and Computer Engi., North South University, Bangladesh.

Participants listening attentively

The subsequent session was held on the second day of the conference with the theme ‘Power Control and Energy Management’. It was chaired by Dr MD Shahrukh Adnan Khan. The session commenced with presentations on “A Novel Low Voltage Application Based Intelligent Control System for Hybrid Energy Storage” by Dr Shahrukh Adnan, M Abdullah Al Amin, Mohammad Rokonuzzaman and Khandaker Sultan Mahmood from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Bangladesh, “Energy Harvesting--A Technical Analysis of Evolution, Control Strategies and Future Aspects” by Dr Shahrukh Adnan, Md Tanbhir Hoq, A. H. M. Zadidul Karim and Md Khairul Alam from UAP, “Approach for Grid Connected PV Management: Advance Solar Prediction and Enhancement of Voltage Stability Margin Using FACTs Device” by Md Masum Howlader, Aziz Un Nur Ibn Saif, and Dr Shahrukh Adnan from UAP, “Dynamic Voltage Stability of Distribution Grids with Fast Charging Stations for EV Units” by Mohsen Ahmadi, N. Mithulananthan and Rahul Sharma from School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia, “Implementation of PI Active Power Control in a DFIG Based Wind Power System” by Fahd Ali Shifa from Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan and “A Statistical Method to Establish Voltage Dependency Load Parameters Based on Field Measurements” by Jun Huat Tang, Mau Teng Au, Asnawi Mohd Busrah and Tashia Marie Anthony from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia.

The fourth session, themed ‘Clean and Renewable Energy’, was chaired by Prof Lim. The session saw presentations on “Analysis of Capacity and Control Strategy for Distributed Energy System with Hybrid Energy Storage System” by Shili Lin, Changru Yang, Wenji Song and Ziping Feng from Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, China, “Investigation of Hybrid System for an Indigenous Village — A case study in Malaysia” by Kok Yew Soon, Dr Kein, Prof Lim, and Li Wang from UTAR, “Assessment on Various Allocations of Energy Storages Systems on Radial Distribution Network for Maximum PV Systems Penetration” by Jimmy Hee Chin Yong, Dr Wong and Prof Lim from UTAR, “Design and Implementation of a Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm for Wind Turbines Using PLC-SCADA” by Zaid Samer Al Shattle and Senthil Arumugam Muthukumaraswamy from School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, UAE, “Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM): Unsupervised Machine Learning and Feature Fusion: Energy Management for Private and Industrial Applications” by Dr Timo Bernard, Martin Verbunt, Gerd vom Bögel and Thorsten Wellmann from Fraunhofer IMS, Germany, “Using the Entropy for Typical Load Curve Classification” by Denis Hock and Martin Kappes from Computer Science Department, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Chaired by Dr Yves Hertig and Dr Bernd Teufel, the fifth session was themed ‘Sustainable Energy Solutions’. This session saw presentations on “Sustainable Technologies as Determinants of Energy Efficient Upgrade of Existing Buildings” by John Dadzie, Goran Runeson and Grace Ding from School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, “Design and Implementation of Context Aware Cyber Physical System for Sustainable Smart Building” by Daniel Coll Sol, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas and Anjana M. S. from Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain, “Convergence of Multi-Criteria Optimization of a Building Energetic Resources by Genetic Algorithm” by Dr Jean-Luc Robyr, Frederick Gonon, Ludovic Favre and Elena-Lavinia Niederhäuser from Energy Institute, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland HES-SO Fribourg, Switzerland, “Modeling and Optimizing Building HVAC Energy Systems Using Deep Neural Networks” by Jiahao Deng and Haoran Wang from College of Computing and Digital Media, Depaul University, USA, “Investigation and Analyses of Energy-Efficient Technologies for HVAC and Lighting Systems via Energy Auditing Processes” by Akshita Mathur, Senthil and Leonardo Varela from School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, UAE and “Hygrothermal Modelling and MPC-Based Control for Energy and Comfort Management in Buildings” by Farah Gabsi, Frederic Hamelin and Nathalie Sauer from Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy, University of Lorraine, France.

Session six, themed ‘Power and Energy Engineering’ was chaired by Dr Kein. It saw presentations on “Implementation of Single Phase Cascaded H-Bridge Nine Level Inverter and Simulation Study with PI Controller” by K. Sathish Kumar, Kudzai Chimonyo, S. Venkatesh, and Munyaradzi C. Rushambwa from the School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, India, “Impulsive Noise Reduction in Power Line Communication MAC Protocol with Adaptive Filtering Technique Using Network Simulator-3” by Anton Joliz, Madhavan Nair, Goi Bok Min and Ezra Morris from UTAR, “Study of a New Structure of Three-phase Saturated-Core Fault Current Limiter” by Haocong Shen, Jianyong Zheng, Haoyuan Sha, Changjia She and Fei Mei from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, “Steady State Load Decomposition Method Combining Template Matching with K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithms” by Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhaowen Luan and Zhiliang Zhang from the School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, China, “A Linear Programming Approach to Optimize Demand Response for Water Systems under Water Demand Uncertainties” by Dr Chouaïb Mkireb, Abel Dembele, Antoine Jouglet and Thierry Denoeux from Suez Smart Solutions, France, “On the Investigation and Experimental Analysis of Energy-Efficient Lighting for a University Building” by Dipika Sadhvani, Senthil and Mohamed Al Musleh from the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University, UAE and “RL-BAGS: A Tool for Smart Grid Risk Assessment” by Yatin Wadhawan and Clifford Neuman from the Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California (USC), USA.

The following session featured poster presentations on “A Method of Identifying Shift Switch of Expected Failure Isolation” by Cheng Long, Yufei Teng and Zhenchao Jiang from State Grid Sichuan Elec. Power Res. Inst., China, “Electric Vehicle Charging at Telco Base Station and Bidirectional Charging at Hillslope Descent” by Adam Junid, Eng-Hwa Yap and Pek-Kim Ng from the University of Nottingham, Malaysia, “Real-Time Localized Control of Transient Stability by the Localized Transient Stability” by Abdul Malek Miah from South Carolina State University, USA, “A Dynamic Equivalent Method Based on Composite Load for Hydropower Generator” by Qiaoyue Shao, Longyuan Li and Xiaoru Wang from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, “A Study of Logistic Regression-Based Discrimination Method of False Overcurrent” by Jian Gao, Shilin Feng and Qi Huang from State Grid Sichuan Elec. Power Comp., China, “Research on Automatic Generation Technology for Secondary Equipment of Security Measure” by Jie Wu, Mingzhong Liu and Yongkang Zheng from State Grid Sichuan Elec. Power Res. Inst., China and “A Novel Location Method for Grounding Electrode Line Fault Caused by Unipolar Fault” by Chun Zhang, Yufei Teng and Xiaopeng Li from State Grid Sichuan Elec. Power Res. Inst., China.

All the papers submitted to ICSGCE 2018 were peer-reviewed by the Technical Program Committee and will be included in the Proceedings of ICSGCE 2018 which will be published in IEEE Xplore. Besides, the conference also saw Best Paper Award Ceremony for each session. The details of the winner(s) for each session are as follow:

Session		Theme		Award recipients
1		Smart Grid Technology		Prof Stephanie Teufel & Dr Yves Hertig
2		Solar and Photovoltaic Power Generation		Prof Chun-Lien Su
3		Power Control and Energy Management		Dr MD Shahrukh Adnan Khan
4		Clean and Renewable Energy		Dr Timo Bernard
5		Sustainable Energy Solutions		Dr Jean-Luc Robyr & Anton Joliz
6		Power and Energy Engineering		Dr Chouaïb Mkireb

Prof Lim presenting certificates to the winners