• Control Systems Group, Department of Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa [Institutes in Control] 

  Sepulchre, Rodolphe; Craig, Ian K.; Le Roux, Derik (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2024-04)

  In this issue, we talk with Ian Craig and Derik le Roux about the activities of the Control Systems Group in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (DEECE) at the University of Pretoria (UP), ...
• Operational cost and emissions minimisation of a multi-microgrid system through energy management 

  Gildenhuys, Tiaan (University of Pretoria, 2019-12)

  Existing energy management problems for a multi-microgrid (MMG) system only minimise the operational cost. This study proposes a multi-objective operational cost and emissions minimisation (OCEM) problem for a grid-tied ...
• Influence of PVT variation and threshold selection on OBT and OBIST fault detection in RFCMOS amplifiers 

  Nel, Hendrik P.; Dualibe, Fortunato Carlos; Stander, Tinus (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2023)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• Energy efficient priority-based hybrid MAC protocol for IoT enabled WBAN systems 

  Olatinwo, Damilola D.; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan; Hancke, Gerhard P.; Myburgh, Hermanus Carel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2023-06)

  Among the wireless body area network (WBAN) scarce resources, energy resource is an essential resource on which most of the WBAN biomedical devices activities depend upon. The biomedical devices are usually battery-powered ...
• Energy efficient multi-channel hybrid MAC protocol for IoT enabled WBAN systems 

  Olatinwo, Damilola D.; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan; Hancke, Gerhard P.; Myburgh, Hermanus Carel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2023-11)

  Internet-of-Things (IoT)-enabled wireless body area networks (WBANs) are resource-constrained in nature (energy, bandwidth, and time-slot resources); hence, their performance in healthcare monitoring often deteriorates as ...
• SLA printed k-band waveguide components using Tollens reaction silver plating 

  Simonovic, Alexander; Rohwer, Egmont Richard; Stander, Tinus (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2023-02)

  Dielectric printed and plated waveguide components offer cost and weight benefits over metal-printed equivalents, with silver plating using Tollens reagents holding significant advantages over electroplating. This work ...
• Decentralized reinforce-control of renewable dynamic virtual power plant enabling it to offer ancillary services : an attempt towards net-zero targets 

  Kumar, Lalit; Ahmed, Shehab; Naidoo, Raj; Bansal, Ramesh C. (Wiley, 2023-07)

  This article presents internal model control (IMC) based decentralized reinforce-control of renewable dynamic virtual power plant (DVPP) so that, it can be integrated into the power system as a substitution of fuel-based ...
• Wi-Fi fine time measurement : is it a viable alternative to ultrawideband for ranging in industrial environments? 

  Elikplim, Nkrow Raphael; Silva, Bruno; Hancke, Gerhard P.; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan; Shu, Lei (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2023-09)

  Time-based ranging approaches have long been used for indoor positioning due to their reliability and accuracy. Two-way ranging (TWR) with ultrawideband (UWB) has often been utilized for indoor positioning systems (IPSs) ...
• Quasi-enumerative coding of balanced run-length limited codes 

  Paluncic, Filip; Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2024-03)

  Various methods have been proposed for the construction of balanced run-length limited codes. Amongst these methods is the enumerative coding approach by Kurmaev. The advantage of this approach is that the code has maximum ...
• Impact of electric vehicles on smart grid and future predictions : a survey 

  Ismail, Ali A.; Mbungu, Nsilulu T.; Elnady, A.; Bansal, Ramesh C.; Hamid, Abdul-Kadir; AlShabi, Mohammad (Taylor and Francis, 2023)

  Mobility has modernized urban areas using an efficient transportation system. However, mobility demand growth has accelerated the expansion of conventional transportation, which significantly contributes to pollution. The ...
• Potential for energy recovery from boundary-layer ingesting actuator disk propulsion 

  Mutangara, Ngonidzashe E.; Smith, Lelanie; Craig, K.J. (Kenneth); Sanders, Drewan S. (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2024)

  The theoretical benefits of highly integrated propulsion systems are highlighted herein by assessing the potential for energy recovery utilization using actuator disk propulsion. Decomposing aerodynamic forces into thrust ...
• A critical assessment of islanding detection methods of solar photovoltaic systems 

  Abo-Khalil, Ahmed G.; Abdalla, Maaza; Bansal, Ramesh C.; Mbungu, Nsilulu T. (Elsevier, 2023-12)

  This study identifies inadvertent islanding in electrical networks incorporating Distributed Generators (DGs). With the global rise of DG deployment, it becomes imperative to scrutinize their influence on the network and ...
• Energy router for emergency energy supply in urban cities : a review 

  Nie, Yu; Xu, Hui; Hu, Yihua; Ye, Xianming (Sciendo, 2022-11)

  The current emergency power supply (EPS) measures are not perfect and standardised in response to large-scale power failures, such as city-wide ones. This review paper focuses on reasonably using the emergency electric ...
• From cyber-physical convergence to digital twins : a review on edge computing use case designs 

  Hlophe, Mduduzi Comfort; Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad (MDPI, 2023-12-14)

  As a result of the new telecommunication ecosystem landscape, wireless communication has become an interdisciplinary field whose future is shaped by several interacting dimensions. These interacting dimensions, which ...
• Assessment of a PLL-ASMO position/speed estimator for sensor-less control of rotor-tied DFIG (RDFIG) 

  Mbukani, Mwana Wa Kalaga; Gule, Nkosinathi (Wiley, 2023-07)

  In this paper, an adaptive sliding mode observer (ASMO) associated with a phase locked loop (PLL) is assessed for the sensor-less control of a rotor-tied doubly-fed induction generator (RDFIG). In the proposed PLL-ASMO ...
• Unification of road scene segmentation strategies using multistream data and latent space attention 

  Naude, August J.; Myburgh, Hermanus Carel (MDPI, 2023-08-23)

  Road scene understanding, as a field of research, has attracted increasing attention in recent years. The development of road scene understanding capabilities that are applicable to realworld road scenarios has seen ...
• IoT-enabled WBAN and machine learning for speech emotion recognition in patients 

  Olatinwo, Damilola D.; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan; Hancke, Gerhard P.; Myburgh, Hermanus C. (MDPI, 2023-03-08)

  Internet of things (IoT)-enabled wireless body area network (WBAN) is an emerging technology that combines medical devices, wireless devices, and non-medical devices for healthcare management applications. Speech emotion ...
• An energy-efficient sensing matrix for wireless multimedia sensor networks 

  Skosana, Vusi; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan (MDPI, 2023-05-17)

  A measurement matrix is essential to compressed sensing frameworks. The measurement matrix can establish the fidelity of a compressed signal, reduce the sampling rate demand, and enhance the stability and performance of ...
• Effective supervision for enhancing quality of doctoral research in computer science and engineering 

  Malekian, Reza (Springer, 2023-09-05)

  This article reflects on effective supervision and possible guidance for enhancing quality of doctoral research in the computer science and engineering field. The aims of this study are (1) to understand supervision and ...
• Discernment of transformer oil stray gassing anomalies using machine learning classification techniques 

  Ngwenyama, M.K.; Gitau, Michael Njoroge (Nature Research, 2024-01)

  This work examines the application of machine learning (ML) algorithms to evaluate dissolved gas analysis (DGA) data to quickly identify incipient faults in oil-immersed transformers (OITs). Transformers are pivotal equipment ...

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