Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Dr. Hussam Khasawneh, has received the Industry Applications Society Prize Article - second place - from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

The current Deputy Director of the Center for Water, Energy and Environment, has won the prize for his paper entitled "Flexible Distribution of Energy Storage Resources: Integrating these Resources into a Microgrid", published in the IEEE's Industry Applications Magazine.

 

The paper proposes an innovative way to extend the life of batteries especially those used to power heavy industrial applications, including crushers and in the iron and steel industry.

 

"In such applications, the electric load is pulsating which shorten the life of batteries used as a backup for renewable energy resources," Dr. Khasawneh said. He pointed out that the research project offers an innovative method to extend the life of the batteries depending entirely on the programming of the inverters without the need to make any physical modification on the electrical grid.

Dr. Khasawneh stated that this paper is the result of several years of research in the field of energy storage during his Ph.D.