Energy and Sustainable Research Group

Energy and Sustainable Research Group

 

Research Focus:

The research group focus on autonomous power intelligent control for high reliability and sustainability of electricity through hybrid renewable energy with the consideration of environmental factors. The others area includes:

  • Fuel-less Generator Technologies
  • Hybrid Microgrid system and Smart grid System
  • Biowastes to Energy Conversion
  • Distributed Generation (DG)
  • Power and Machine
  • Artificial Intelligent and Machine Learning
  • Others

A maximum of seven (7) other current or completed research projects

Some Proposed Research Topics

The aim of Research group is to develop energy system that is accessible, affordable, high efficiency, durable and high surge capacity.

  • Development of Intelligent Hybrid Renewable Power System
  • Fault detection of Arc Microgrid System using Machine Learning
  • Adaptive Sliding Mode control based on Grasshopper Algorithm for optimal operation of Microgrid Hybrid Energy Management.
  • Forecasting and Optimization of Hybrid Smart grid Renewable Energy Performance using ANN-PSO Algorithm.
  • Development of Real-Time Monitoring and Control of Smart grid System for Electricity Sustainability in Nigeria.
  • Development of Intelligent Sensor Drone-based hybrid Renewable Power System
  • Design and construction of 50KVA Fuel-less Generator for Rural Areas

Research Group Coordinator: Engr. Timothy Oluwaseun Araoye

UNN email address of the RG: energysustain.research@unn.edu.ng

UNN webpage of RG:

UNN email address of the coordinator: timothy.araoye@unn.edu.ng

Phone number of the RG: +2347038460543

Phone number of the coordinator: +2347038460543

Base Faculty/Institute/Center of the RG: Engineering

Department of the Coordinator: Mechatronic Engineering

Headshot of the coordinator

List and brief profiles of members (one paragraph per member)

  • Timothy Oluwaseun Araoye is a Lecturer 1 in the department of Mechatronic Engineering.  He is a Registered Member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) and Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). His research interest includes Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, Power System and machine, Renewable Energy, Power System Reliability, Microgrid Optimization and Control, Robotics, Modeling and Simulation, Distributed Generation, Control system, and Power Electronics. He has attended many conferences where he presented papers. He can be contacted at email: timothy.araoye@unn.edu.ng.  Orcid ID link: 0000-0002-8405-465X,

Phone Number: +2347038460543

  • Sochima Vincent Egoigwe is a Lecturer 1 in the department of Mechatronics Engineering. His Research interest include: Control and instrumentation, Renewable Energy, Distribution Generation and Machine. He has attended conferences where he presented papers.

Phone Number: +2347062951458    Email: sochima.egoigwe@unn.edu.ng

Orcid ID link: 0000-0003-4184-9011

  • Prof. Nnadi Damian Benneth is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research interest include: Power System, Renewable Energy and Machine. He has attended many conferences where he presented papers.

Phone Number: +2348069335370                 Email: damian.nnadi@unn.edu.ng

  • Chukwudozie Chukwudi Michael is a Lecturer 11 in the department of Electronic Engineering.

Phone Number: +2348037691743           Email: chukwudi.chukwudozie@unn.edu.ng

  • Nwobi Chukwdumebi Gibson is a Graduate Assistance in the department of Electronics Engineering.

Phone Number: +2347064828313           Email: chukwudumebi.nwobi@unn.edu.ng

  • Taiwo Felix Adebayo is Assistance Lecturer in the department of Industrial Technical Education (Electrical Electronics Technology), University of Nigeria Nsukka. He holds both Bachelor and Masters in Industrial Technical Education from University of Nigeria Nsukka. His has published several Journals to his credit. His research interest includes; Artificial Intelligent, Machine Learning and Electrical sensors. He can be contacted at email: taiwo.adebayo@unn.edu.ng. Orcid ID link: 0000-0001-6167-7881

Publications of the RG from 2019 till date

  • O Araoye, et al. Modeling and Optimization of Hybrid Microgrid Energy System: A Case Study of University of Abuja, Nigeria. International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive System (IJPEDS), Vol. (sullivansusa.net) 14, No.2, 2023. Indexed by Scopus and Scimago.
  • O Araoye, et al. Modeling and Optimization of PV-diesel-biogas hybrid Microgrid renewable energy system for sustainability of electricity in a rural area. International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive System (IJPEDS), Vol.14, No.3 2023. Index by Scopus and Scimago.
  • M Adeniyi, O.J Oladapo, T.O Araoye, T.Fadebayo, et al. Prediction of Heart Disease Outcomes using Machine Learning Classifier. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (IJEECS), Vol.30, No. 2, pp. 917-926, 2023. Index by Scopus and Scimago.
  • O Araoye, et al. “Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization of Biogas-Diesel Hybrid Microgrid Renewable Energy System for Electrification in Rural Area”.  IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol.14, issue 16, 2021. I.F 4.55, index by Scopus, Scimago, and Thompson Reuters.