Wessam Arafa Hafez

The continuous increase of wind power penetration levels in Egypt makes wind a critical component of power generation in the grid. Studying wind power quality issues and the interaction between wind turbines and the grid is necessary and imperative. The authors present research on power quality and grid code issues, harmonics and wind power, voltage stability improvement using STATCOM, control techniques for active power filters, and the economics of electrical wind energy. The simulation for all of the studies presented is carried out in a MATLAB/Simulink environment using the Simulink power system toolbox. The book also presents case studies on an electrical network-connected wind energy conversion system and gives an overview of the feasibility of having wind power plants in several regions in Egypt, along the Gulf of Suez, on both sides of the Nile, the Mediterranean Sea, and South Upper Egypt.

Wessam A. Hafez, Ph.D., is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Power and Electrical Machines, Faculty of Technology and Education, at Sohag University, Egypt. Dr. Hafez received her B.S. in Industrial Education and Ph.D. in Wind Energy from Sohag University, Egypt, in 2022 and 2010, respectively. She received an M.Sc. in Welding Machines from the Electrical Department at Suez University, Egypt, in 2016. Her research interests include renewable energy, power quality, wind energy systems, STATCOM, and active power filters.

Adel A Elbaset, Ph.D., isa Full Professor with the Faculty of Engineering at Minia University, Egypt. He received his B.S., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from Minia University in 1995, 2000, and 2006, respectively. Dr. Elbaset is also a Full Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, Vice-Dean for Student Affairs, and Head of the Department of Electromechanics at Heliopolis University. He has published over 120 technical papers in international journals and conference proceedings and has supervised and examined more than 50 M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses at Minia and other Egyptian universities. His research interests are wind energy systems, photovoltaics, renewable energy systems, power electronics, power system protection and control, power quality and harmonics, and applications of neural networks and fuzzy systems. Dr. Elbaset has published 12 international books in the field of renewable energy.