Associate Professor Sunetra Chowdhury

Research Interests

• Renewable Energy Systems
• Distributed Generation
• Power System protection
• Microgrids and Smartgrids

Publications 

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Postgraduate Supervision

Masters

• Jeanne-Gisele Bamukunde, Inverter mitigation techniques for the control and management of PV plant
• Tebogo Baloyi, Optimized sizing and selection of energy storage systems for grid
• Ivani Molver, Investigation of the impact of integrating 3 phase distributed generation on voltage MV networks
• Leonard Ndahepele, Impact of distribution generation on traditional protection systems in a distributed system & transmission system
• Andris Simeon, Protection coordination of standalone microgrids with rational & static generators: Case Study Tsumkwe standalone microgrid  
• Edwin Tareka, Wind resources assessments for design of optimal wind farms
• Ndamulelo Mararakanye, Modelling and Simulation of Control Systems of Hybrid Power Systems – Graduated Dec 2017
• Himal Patel, Techno-economic comparison of rural standalone microgrids – Graduated Dec 2018
• Tlhoriso Matlokotsi, Voltage Profiles Electricity Networks with Wind Energy Integration – Graduated July 2017

PhD

• Mbav Nguz, Software development for technical and economic analysis of concentrating solar power-biomass hybrid power plant
• Avinash Ramdhin, Assessment of multiple inverter-based generation on macro-grid networks & its implementation thereof  

Current Undergraduate Teaching 

• Introduction to Electrical Engineering: EEE1007S
• Introduction to Electrical Engineering: EEE2041F [EEE2049W]