• Assessing the Performance of Liquid Waste Disposal Systems in West Africa: A Case Study in Ghana and Nigeria. 

  Omani, J.; Acakpovi, A. (Engineering Proceedings, 2022)

  This research is an assessment of existing liquid waste disposal systems in West Africa and their performances over the years, using systems in Ghana and Nigeria as a case study. The main purpose of the study was to improve ...
• Impact of energy efficiency and conservation programs on the national grid in some selected households in Ghana. 

  Acakpovi, A.; Botwe-Ohenewaa, G.; Sackey, D. M. (Energy Efficiency, 2022)

  This study evaluates the effect of energy efficiency and conservation on the Ghana National Grid. The motivation of this research study derives from the overwhelming lack of energy efficiency and conservation practices by ...
• Maximum Power Point Tracking in Power System Control Using Reservoir Computing. 

  Seddoh, M. A.; Sackey, D. M.; Acakpovi, A.; Owusu-Manu, D. G.; Sowah, R. A. (Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022)

  This article deals with an innovative approach to maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in power systems using the reservoir computing (RC) technique. Even though extensive studies have been conducted on MPPT to improve ...
• Forecast of impacts of climate change on hydropower potential of Ouémé River at the 2040’s horizon in Benin 

  Nounangnonhou, T. C.; Fifatin, F. X. N.; Aza-Gnandji, R. M.; Acakpovi, A.; Sanya, E. A. (International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 2018)

  Water is the most essential element for hydropower energy production. However, it has been well established that climate change will negatively globally impact water resources and in Sub-Saharan Africa particularly. It is ...
• Modelling and prediction of Ouémé (Bénin) river flows by 2040 based on GR2M approach 

  Nounangnonhou, T. C.; Fifatin, F.; Lokonon, B. E.; Acakpovi, A.; Sanya, E. A. (LARHYSS Journal, 2018)

  The study described in this paper has consisted of simulating the real future behaviour of the Ouémé river basin's water flow by 2040. The approach of the Rural Engineering model, with two variables, at a monthly time ...
• Harmonics of CF and LED lamps-maximum penetration perspective on power quality in distribution systems. 

  Effah, F. B.; Gasu, P.; Okyere, P.; Acakpovi, A. (Jurnal Nasional Teknik Elektro, 2020)

  Global energy saving efforts have led to replacement of incandescent lamps with energy-efficient ones like light-emitting diode (LED) and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). These lamps, being non-linear loads, have the ...
• Entrepreneurship and the Need for Sustainable new technologies in power generation 

  Bani, S.; Abbey, S.; Quaynor, N.; Essel, E. A. (Energy and Power Engineering, 2020)

  The increase of micro and nano devices has led to the miniaturization and multi-functionalization of micro-mechanical, communication, imaging, sensing, chemical analytical and biomedical devices. The devices so mentioned ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Industrial applications of clay materials from Ghana-A review. 

  Asamoah, R. B.; Nyankson, E.; Annan, E.; Agyei-Tuffour, B.; Efavi, J. K.; Kan-Dapaah, K.; Yaya, A. (Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 2018)

  Clay minerals are phyllosilicate groups naturally found in soils in all parts of the world. They have proven to be among the most essential industrial minerals because of their unique physicochemical properties and versatile ...
• The characteristics of pure heterogeneous reaction for H2/Air mixture in the micro-combustors with different thermophysical properties. 

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

  This paper investigated the characteristics of pure heterogeneous reaction for H2/Air mixture under different wall thermophysical conditions namely; thermal conductivity, convective heat transfer and thermal capacity. The ...
• 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 ...

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