Dr Khaled Ahmed

Reader

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

I received my PhD degree in power electronics from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde in 2008. In 2011, following a period of employment as a Research Associate at Strathclyde, I was appointed as a Lecturer in Power Electronics at the University of Aberdeen, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2015. Currently, I am a Reader in power electronics at the University of Strathclyde (PEDEC Group). I have over 18 years of research experience in power electronics, electrical power engineering, renewable energy integration, distributed generation, solar energy systems, off-shore wind energy, DC/DC converters, smart grids, and HVDC.

I have won funding of £4.9 million as Primary and Co-Investigator on projects funded by EPSRC, the EU, the British Council, the Royal Society, Encompass, the Carnegie Trust, the Scottish Funding Council, the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, and industry. Projects involve significant national and international collaboration: e.g. EPSRC grant EP/K006428/1 (£734,786) ‘DC Networks with DC/DC Converters for Integration of Large Renewable Sources’ which includes the Universities of Aberdeen and Strathclyde, the China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).

I have extensive experience of working with industry, having collaborated with Aker Solutions, Proven, Technip Umbilicals Ltd, and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). I have also designed and delivered a continuing professional development (CPD) course on HVDC for the SSE HVDC technology engineering team.

I have supervised/co-supervised 18 PhD students: 10 have graduated, and 8 are ongoing.

I with my collaborators published over 150 technical papers in refereed journals and conferences, 1 book, 1 book chapter, and a patent (PCT/GB2017/051364). Total citations of 5160 and h-index of 28.

I am a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics Societies, IET member and Charted Engineer. I am a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA). I am a member of the international PEMD and ICRERA conference organising committees. I am an Associate Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society and the Elsevier Alexandria Engineering Journal.

Projects:

Smart Grid Technology, EC link

Publications:

Text Book: High Voltage Direct Current Transmission: Converters, Systems and DC Grids

Patent: (WO2017199016) DC/DC CONVERTER FOR HIGH POWER DC GRIDS

IEEE Xplore

Google Scholar

Talks:

How to electrify UKCS oil and gas platforms?

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Electrification for offshore Oil and Gas assets for future Energy Transition.
Modular DC/DC converter for high power applications
Grid-forming converters for future grids
Parallel operation of inverter based distributed generation units in microgrids
Distributed generation and microgrids for standalone and grid-connected applications
Wind farm integration using power electronics
Multilevel converters for high power application (FACTS & HVDC)

Qualifications

IEEE Industrial and Power Electronics Societies, Senior Member.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Member.
Engineering Council UK, Registered Chartered Engineer.
The Higher Education Academy, Senior Fellow.
The Scottish Institute for Solar Energy Research (SISER), Member.
The Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers, Member.

Publications

Robust damping and decoupling controller for interconnected power network based on distributed energy resources: Ahmed Mohamed, Alsokhiry F, Ahmed Khaled H, Abdel-Khalik Ayman, Al-Turki Y; International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems Vol 145 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2022.108581
Comparative assessment of four low voltage fault ride through techniques (LVFRT) for wind energy conversion systems (WECSs): Tait James, Wang Shuren, Ahmed Khaled, Adam Grain Philip; Alexandria Engineering Journal Vol 61, pp. 10463-10476 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2022.04.003
A new torque ripple minimization approach for switched reluctance drives: Abdel-Aziz Ali, Macrae Euan, McNeill Neville, Ahmed Khaled, Massoud Ahmed, Williams Barry; 1st IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON) 2022 (2022)
Current-type power hardware-in-the-loop interface for black-start testing of grid-forming converter: Feng Zhiwang, Alassi Abdulrahman, Syed Mazheruddin Hussain, Pena Alzola Rafael, Ahmed Khaled, Burt Graeme; 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2022); https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968517
An enhanced Series-Connected Offshore Wind Farm (SC-OWF) system considering fault resiliency: Tait James, Wang Shuren, Ahmed Khaled H; IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, pp. 1-11 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2022.3219373
Transformer inrush current mitigation techniques for grid-forming inverters dominated grids: Alassi Abdulrahman, Ahmed Khaled, Egea Alvarez Agusti, Foote Colin; IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (2022)

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Research interests

Research Topics

Electrification for offshore assets and future Energy Transition.
High power high voltage DC/DC converters
Grid-forming converters for future grids
Distributed generation and microgrids for standalone and grid-connected applications
Wind farm integration using power electronics
Resonant converters for high voltage high power systems
Multilevel converters for high power application (FACTS & HVDC)

Research Grants

Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Ltd, UK, ‘Circuit Optimisation for Multi-infeed HVDC Systems’, CI, 2012-2016.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), ‘DC Networks with DC‑DC Converters for Integration of Large Renewable Sources’, CI, 2013-2016.
Kick Start Award, Encompass project, ‘Coastal Solar Array’, PI, 2014.
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Research Grant, PI, 2015.
Royal Society Research Grant, PI, 2015.
British Council Researcher Link Workshop Grant, PI, 2015.
Scottish Funding Council, ‘Micro Wind turbine’ PI, 2015.
EU Project, ‘Smart Grid Technology’, PI, 2016-2019.
Scottish Funding Council, ‘Modified Metal Detection Machine’ PI, 2016.
Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) and Technip Umbilicals Ltd, ‘Load-Bearing MV Cable Termination for Umbilicals’, CI, 2017.
KTP in collaboration with Ace Aquatec Ltd., ‘Fish Stunning Improvements’ PI, 2017-2019.
Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), ‘Realising the Value of Offshore Grid Access for Small Pools’ PI, 2019-2020.
Innovate UK, ‘High Speed, Magnet Free Traction Motors and Drives’, PI, 2019-2020.
Iberdrola, ‘Design and testing of novel AC/DC microgrid control algorithms’, PI, 2019-2020.
Rolls Royce Ltd., ‘Comparison of Power Electronics Converter System Options’, PI, 2019-2020.
Iberdrola, ‘Distributed Generation Black Start’, PI, 2020.

Professional activities

Current-type Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Interface for Black Start Testing of Grid Forming Converter: Contributor; 19/10/2022
Unlocking Opportunities for DC Grids by DC-DC Fault Tolerant Converters: Speaker; 29/6/2021
IEEE Access (Journal): Associate Editor; 2021
Alexandria Engineering Journal (Journal): Editor; 2021
How to Electrify UKCS Oil and Gas Platforms?: Speaker; 21/10/2020
9th IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA) 2020: Chair; 27/9/2020

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Projects

HVDC-based grid architectures for reliable and resilient WIdeSprEad hybrid AC/DC transmission systems: Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Principal Investigator) Ahmed, Khaled (Co-investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
Realising the value of offshore grid access for small pools: Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator); 03-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2020
High Speed, Magnet Free Traction Motors and Drives: Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Williams, Barry (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2020
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Tait, James Gordon: Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Tait, James Gordon (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2022
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind & Marine Energy Systems | Morris, Jennifer: Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Morris, Jennifer (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2023
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Naraghipour, Kianoush: Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Naraghipour, Kianoush (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2017 - 16-Jan-2022

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College

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