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Dr. Tofael Ahmed
Dr. Tofael Ahmed
Professor
E-mail Address

tofael@cuet.ac.bd , tofaelcuet@gmail.com

About Myself

Tofael Ahmed has a Ph.D. from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His M. Eng. Sc. and B.Sc. (Engg.) degrees are from the University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Bangladesh, in 2014 and 2008, respectively. He is currently serving in the department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh. In addition, he is also serving as an Associate editor, e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, Elsevier.

His research interests include Power system planning, Transmission Expansion Planning, Power Conversion Techniques, Energy Management Systems and Renewable Energy Integration.

Field of Interest

Power System Planning; Power Conversion Techniques; Energy Management Systems; Smart Grid, IoT in Power System, Renewable Energy Integration


Qualification

B.Sc Engg (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) (CUET)

M. Engg. Sc. (Electricity and Energy) (University of Malaya, Malaysia)

PhD (Power System) (University of Malaya, Malaysia)


Publications
Serial NoTitleAuthorsInformationsYear
1Multi-Objective Based Charging and Discharging Coordination of Plug-in Electric Vehicle Integrating Capacitor and OLTCIslam, J.B.F.; Rahman, M.T.; Ahmad, S.; Ahmed, T.; Shafiullah, G.M.; Mokhlis, H.; Othman, M.; Izam, T.F.T.M.N.; Mohamad, H.; Arif, M.T.Energies 2023, 16, 2172. https://doi.org/10.3390/en160521722023
2Investigation into transmission options for cross-border power trading in ASEAN power gridT. Ahmed, S. Mekhilef, R. Shah, and N. MithulananthanEnergy Policy, 108, 91-101. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.0202017
3Hardware in The Loop Implementation of The Control Strategies for The AC-Microgrid in OPAL-RT SimulatorM. N. Tasnim, T. Ahmed, S. Ahmad and S. Mekhilef2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), Male, Maldives, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/GlobConHT56829.2023.10087462.2023
4Tri-Band Damping Controller for Low Frequency Oscillations in AC Microgrid SystemT. J. Rumky, T. Ahmed, M. Ahmed and S. Mekhilef2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), Male, Maldives, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/GlobConHT56829.2023.10087513.2023
5PredXGBR: A Machine Learning Based Short-Term Electrical Load Forecasting ArchitectureZabin, R., Barua, L., Ahmed, T.Proceedings of International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development. Studies in Autonomic, Data-driven and Industrial Computing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7528-8_422023
6Benefit Based Transmission Expansion Planning for ASEAN Power GridTofael Ahmed, Saad Mekhilef and Rakibuzzaman Shah31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC)2021
7Voltage-Oriented Control-Based Three-Phase, Three-Leg Bidirectional AC–DC Converter with Improved Power Quality for MicrogridsMoshammed Nishat Tasnim, Tofael Ahmed, Monjila Afrin Dorothi, Shameem Ahmad, GM Shafiullah, SM Ferdous, Saad MekhilefEnergies 16 (17), 61882023
8Optimal Placement Of Solar PV In Bangladesh Power System Network For Net Metering Using Artificial Bee Colony AlgorithmS.-B. Hannan, S. H. Siddiquee, T. Ahmed, S. Ahmad, Z. Hossain, and S. Mekhilef6th IEEE IAS International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation (ICCCA)2021
9A Flexible Interconnection and Power Sharing Strategy For Two Autonomous Microgrid SystemsHossain, Z., Ahmad, S., Jhuma, U. K., Mekhilef, S., Mubin, M., Mokhlis, H., & Ahmed, T.6th IEEE IAS International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation (ICCCA)2021
10Fuzzy Logic-Based Direct Power Control Method for PV Inverter of Grid-Tied AC Microgrid without Phase-Locked LoopAhmad, Shameem, Mekhilef, Saad, Mokhlis, Hazlie, Karimi, Mazaher, Pourdaryaei, Alireza, Ahmed, Tofael, Jhuma, Umme Kulsum, Afzal, Suhail,Electronics, MDPI2021
11Forecasting Photovoltaic Power Generation with a Stacking Ensemble ModelAbdellatif, A.; Mubarak, H.; Ahmad, S.; Ahmed, T.; Shafiullah, G.M.; Hammoudeh, A.; Abdellatef, H.; Rahman, M.M.; Gheni, H.M.Sustainability 2022, 14, 11083. https://doi.org/10.3390/su1417110832022
12Operational Cost Minimization of Electrical Distribution Network during Switching for Sustainable Operation.Mubarak, H.; Muhammad, M.A.; Mansor, N.N.; Mokhlis, H.; Ahmad, S.; Ahmed, T.; Sufyan, M.Sustainability 2022, 14, 4196. https://doi.org/10.3390/su140741962022
13Performance optimisation of parabolic trough solar thermal power plants – a case study in BangladeshN. Bhuiyan, W. Ullah, R. Islam, T. Ahmed, and N. MohammadInternational Journal of Sustainable Energy, pp. 1-19,2019
14Point of Common Coupling Voltage Modulated Direct Power Control of Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter for AC Microgrid ApplicationShameem Ahmad, Hamza Mubarak, Umme Kulsum Jhuma, Tofael Ahmed, Saad Mekhilef, Hazlie Mokhlis,International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol. 2023, Article ID 3641907, 22 pages, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/36419072023
15An Assessment of the Solar Photovoltaic Generation Yield in Malaysia using Satellite Derived DatasetsTofael Ahmed, Saad Mekhilef, Rakibuzzaman Shah, and Nadarajah MithulananthanInternational Energy Journal, pp. 61 – 762019
16ASEAN power grid: A secure transmission infrastructure for clean and sustainable energy for South-East AsiaT. Ahmed, S. Mekhilef, R. Shah, N. Mithulananthan, M. Seyedmahmoudian, and B. HoranRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67, 1420-1435. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.0552017
17Optimal Power Flow among the Nine Electrical Zones of Bangladesh: 2030 ScenariosF. Mahmud, R. Mowla, T. Ahmed, and M. Quamruzzaman4th International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT), Bangladesh2019
18Comparative Study of Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Photovoltaic (PV) Plant in the Southeastern Region of BangladeshM. M. Roni, I. U. Hoque, and T. AhmedInternational Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (ECCE), 10.1109/ECACE.2019.86791732019
19Modelling of ASEAN Power Grid Using Publicly Available DataT. Ahmed, S. Mekhilef, R. Shah, and T. UrmeeIEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), Sabah, Malaysia, DOI:10.1109/APPEEC.2018.85662992018
20Design and Analysis of Future Hybrid Micro Grid System for MatirangaH. S. Roy, M. R. Sarkar, and T. AhmedIEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), Bangladesh.2020
21Economic Appraisal of Transmission Options For Connecting Lao PDR, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Electric GridT. Ahmed, S. Mekhilef, R. Shah, H. Bassi, and M. RawaSaudi Arabia Smart Grid (SASG), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia2018
22A Comparative analysis of line stability indices for dynamic voltage stabilityF. M. Albatsh, S. Ahmad, T. Ahmed, F. Mahmood, A. Saha, M. Z. Chowdhury, et al.Proc. of the International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Technopreneurship (ICE2T 2017) 18-20 September 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2017
23Hardware implementation of grid connected transformer-less semi-Z-source inverter topology to mitigate common mode leakage current and THD. Paper presented at theS. Ahmad, T. Ahmed, S. Mekhilef, S. Saha, N. Al Islam, U. Arafat, et al.International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), Dhaka2015
24Semi-Z-source inverter topology for grid-connected photovoltaic system.T. Ahmed and S. MekhilefIET Power Electronics, 8(1), 63-75. doi: 10.1049/iet-pel.2013.04862015
25A Single Phase Doubly Grounded Semi-Z-Source Inverter for Photovoltaic (PV) Systems with Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT)T. Ahmed, T. K. Soon, and S. MekhilefEnergies, 7(6), 3618-3641. doi: 10.3390/en70636182014
26Dispersion Compensation of the Fiber Optic Cables: Principles and PracticesN. Mohammad and T. AhmedVDM Verlag Dr. Müller2010
27Single Phase Transformerless Semi-Z-Source Inverter With Reduced Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) And DC Current InjectionT. Ahmed, S. Mekhilef, and M. NakaokaIEEE ECCE Asia Downunder2013
28Economic evaluation of a grid connected photovoltaic power system in BangladeshR. Shah, M. Nadarajah, and T. Ahmed.2nd International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (ICEESD)2009