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An investigation of health and safety measures in a hydroelectric power plant.

Acakpovi, A.; Dzamikumah, L (Safety and Health at Work, 2016)

Background: Occupational risk management is known as a catalyst in generating superior returns for all stakeholders on a sustainable basis. A number of companies in Ghana implemented health and safety measures adopted from ...
Performance analysis of particle swarm optimization approach for optimizing electricity cost from a hybrid solar, wind and hydropower plant

Acakpovi, A. (International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), 2016)

This paper deals with the cost optimization of a hybrid solar, wind and hydropower plant using a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) approach. PSO is a technique that belongs to Swarm intelligence, an artificial intelligence ...
Original framework for optimizing hybrid energy supply.

Acakpovi, A. (Journal of Energy, 2016)

This paper proposes an original framework for optimizing hybrid energy systems. The recent growth of hybrid energy systems in remote areas across the world added to the increasing cost of renewable energy has triggered the ...
Grid connected hybrid solar and diesel generator set: A cost optimization with HOMER

Acakpovi, A.; Michael, M. B.; Majeed, I. B. (ASTES Publishers, 2017)

Extensive increases in electricity cost added to the numerous power outages encountered in developing countries has led to the deployment of hybrid energy supplies that mainly ensure continuity of power supply while ...
The influence of injection strategy on mixture formation and combustion process in a direct injection natural gas rotary engine.

Fan, B.; Pan, J.; Yang, W.; Chen, W.; Bani, S. (Applied Energy, 2017)

The application of direct injection (DI) technology is considered as an effective way to improve the performance of the rotary engine. This work seeks to numerically dissect the influence of injection strategy on mixture ...
Hetero-/homogeneous combustion characteristics of premixed hydrogen-air mixture in a planar micro-reactor with catalyst segmentation

Pan, J.; Lu, Q.; Bani, S.; Tang, A.; Yang, W.; Shao, X. (Chemical Engineering Science, 2017)

Numerical simulation of stoichiometric hydrogen-air premixed flame in a platinum-coated micro channel was performed to investigate hetero-/homogeneous combustion characteristics. An elliptical two-dimensional (2D) Computational ...
Optimum design of a stand-alone hybrid power system with demand-side management.

Michael, M. B.; Acakpovi, A. (Procedia Manufacturing, 2017)

Hybridising renewable energy sources improves the reliability of renewable energy systems for stand-alone applications. However, the high system cost is one of the setbacks that contribute to the slow growth of renewable ...
Experimental investigation on the combustion characteristics of premixed CH4/O2 flame in a micro plate channel.

Zha, Z.; Pan, J.; Yang, W.; Lu, Q.; Bani, S.; Shao, X. (Energy Procedia, 2017)

The combustion characteristics of premixed rich CH4/O2 in micro channel was investigated experimentally via the visual micro-scale combustion test bench. The flammability limits, flame behaviors, stability limits and flame ...
Interaction between heterogeneous and homogeneous reaction of premixed hydrogen–air mixture in a planar catalytic micro-combustor.

Unknown author (International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017)

Hetero-/homogeneous combustion of hydrogen–air mixture in a platinum-coated micro channel was studied by means of three-dimensional (3D) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model using detailed reaction mechanisms for ...
Combined effect of injection timing and injection angle on mixture formation and combustion process in a direct injection (DI) natural gas rotary engine

Fan, B.; Pan, J.; Yang, W.; Pan, Z.; Bani, S.; Chen, W.; He, R. (Energy, 2017)

The application of direct injection (DI) technology is considered as a key solution to the problems of combustion efficiency and emissions on the rotary engine. This work aimed to numerically study the combined effect of ...
Exploring the fundamentals of solar photovoltaic technology and its modelling.

Acakpovi, A.; Michael, M. B.; Asabere, N. Y.; Honvo, J. (Renewable Energy Systems, Nova Science Publishers, 2017)

Despite the progressive adoption of solar technology as a reliable alternative power supply, there is a lack of expertise in handling solar systems installation and even understanding the basic concepts on the operation ...
Experimental study on premixed methane-air catalytic combustion in rectangular micro channel

Unknown author (Applied Thermal Engineering,, 2017)

The catalytic combustion process of pre-mixed methane-air in a rectangular micro channel was studied experimentally. Infrared thermal imager and flue gas analyzer were used to measure the temperature distribution of the ...
Wind velocity extrapolation in Ghana by Weibull probability density function

Acakpovi, A.; Issah, M. B.; Fifatin, F. X.; Michael, M. B. (SAGE Publications Inc., 2018)

This article proposes a database of reliable wind velocities across the whole Ghana divided into 24 locations, based on data collected for the year 2013, although the bigger plan is to cover the period 2013–2018. For the ...
Critical success factors (CSFs) of MIDA compact I road transport project in Ghana

Acakpovi, A.; Adutwum, A. M.; Michael, M. B.; Amo, S. B.; Deku, A. (IEOM Society, 2018)

The purpose of this study is to provide insight into the critical success factors (CSFs) of a quasi-public institution in the delivery of projects, including the institutional structure of MiDA, processes and procedures ...
Efficient modelling of a PCB transmission line for high speed digital systems

Acakpovi, A.; Asabere, N. Y.; Sowah, R.; Abubakar, R.; Amo, S. B. (IEEE Computer Society, 2018)

This paper proposes a model of PCB traces for high speed digital systems. The adopted approach involves predetermined geometry using direct discretization of transmission lines. Initially, the proposed methodology involves ...
Modern electrical grid optimization with the integration of big data and artificial intelligence techniques

Acakpovi, A.; Asabere, N. Y. (Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2018)

This chapter presents the current state of integration of big data, data mining and artificial intelligence techniques in advanced Energy Systems Optimization. Recent trends in Energy systems were mainly directed towards ...
Interoperability of heterogeneous appliances in home automation using the AllJoyn framework

Sowah, R.; Apeadu, K. O.; Ofoli, A.; Koumadi, K. M.; Acakpovi, A.; Armoo, S.K. (IEEE Computer Society, 2018)

The world is changing rapidly with the advent of advances inmicroprocessor technology andembedded systems. Human living experiences arebeing transformed into one where seamless integration with connected devicesto our ...
The effect of embedded high thermal conductivity material on combustion performance of catalytic micro combustor.

Zhang, Y.; Pan, J.; Zhu, Y.; Bani, S.; Lu, Q.; Zhu, J.; Ren, H. (Energy Conversion and Management, 2018)

A novel micro combustor embedded with high thermal conductivity material has been proposed for micro-thermophotovoltaic system application. The effect of the materials, which is graphite and nickel with widths 1 mm and ...
Numerical investigation of key parameters of the porous Media combustion based micro-thermophotovoltaic system.

Bani, S.; Pan, J.; Tang, A.; Lu, Q.; Zhang, Y. (Energy, 2018)

Power generation with porous media driven Micro-Thermophotovoltaic (MTPV) was investigated and effects of changes to key parameters of the system investigated. The micro combustor had the dimensions of length–15 mm, ...
Micro combustion in a porous Media for thermophotovoltaic power generation.

Bani, S.; Pan, J.; Tang, A.; Lu, Q.; Zhang, Y. (Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018)

This work delved into porous media combustion (PMC) TPV with H2/O2 as fuel with much focus on experiment and numerical assessment of the TPV generator. The effects of some major parameters on PMC namely flow velocity, ...

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