Topics of Interest
Smart Energy Regulation and Policy (SERP)
- Optimization Techniques, Power Engineering Education, Power market Deregulation
- Power System Planning, Energy Pricing Policies, and Retail Markets
- Tariff and Market Design Model
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural/Urban Power Projects
- Technology requirement and Energy
- Power Privatization Challenges
Smart Grid Design and Security (SGDS)
- Smart Grid, Metering Design and Cyber security
- Materials Research Techniques for Smart grid equipment
- Renewable Energy/Hybrid Systems and Micro-grid
- Machine Actuators/Sensor Power systems & Technologies
- Reliability, Forecasting and Power Flow Analysis
- Sensor Systems, Signal Processing and Interfaces in Power systems
- Electrical Vehicular Systems and Nuclear Energy
Smart Technology Application (STA)
- Grid Integration Technologies – IoT, Cloud Computing and Fog Computing
- Power Electronics, Sensors, Electric Machines and Motor Drives; Digital Automation
- Power Stability/Control – Converters/Inverters, Network Harmonics
- Smart Demand Side Management and Computer Applications
- Communication and Grid-Security Applications
- Computational Intelligence in Power systems
- Fault/Network Diagnosis & Monitoring ,Transportation Electrification, Electric Vehicles
Electrical Safety (ESAFC)
- Overhead Power Line Safety Issues in Africa and developing countries
- Latest Updates on IEEE 1584 – IEEE Guide for Performing Arc Flash Hazard Calculations
- Safety by Design
- Globalization of Electrical Safety Standards
- Commercial and Industrial System Protection
- Lightning protection and ground methods with high resistivity African soils
- Application of surge and lightning protective devices
Standards
- Introduction to IEEE Standards Association
- Development of international/global standards
- IEC, IEEE, ANSI, NEMA and other international standards
- How can IEEE Standards Benefit Africa and other developing countries
- Current African Standards
IEEE-SIGHT – Region 8
- Update on IEEE-SIGHT Projects
- International Overhead Power Line Safety Awareness SIGHT Opportunities
- Overhead Power Line Safety Awareness SIGHT Team India
Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee (Africa)
- Offshore Petro-Chemical Electric Power Supply Issues in Africa
- Starting of large motors on weak electrical systems
- Electrical Submersible Pump motor and cable issues
- Hazardous electrical system design and operations issue
- Industrial lighting using LED technology
- Petro-chemical pipelines
- Cathodic Protection issues in Africa
- Arc resistant switchgear applications
- Partial Discharge technology and applications
- Energy Conservation Projects
- Petro-chemical protective relaying
- Emerging Petro-Chemical Industries such as LNG Plants
IAS – Industrial Renewable Energy
- Industrial Renewable Energy Projects of Africa
- Interconnection of Industrial Generation Projects
- Distributed Energy Resources in Africa
- Industrial Energy Storage Systems and African Projects
- Advances in underground cable ratings
IAS Tutorials
- Commercial, industrial and power system protection methods
- Developing an electrical safety program
- Basic Arc Flash Hazard Calculations
- Introduction to Blockchain data bases
- Basics of System Grounding and Ground Fault Protection
- Basics of Symmetrical Components for the power engineer
- Basics of electric machines and transformers
Others
- Technology requirements for energy access
- Challenges and opportunities of accessible power
- Today power for a sustainable future
- Power factor correction and consumer education in developing country
- Power revolution policy, Law
- The energy metering and demand charge
- Power supply availability and it effectiveness