Shaokat Mohammed Younis, a lecturer at the Department of Electronic Engineering in the College of Electronics Engineering, has obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering. His dissertation, titled “Smart System Design for Load Shedding to Enhance the Stability of a Power System,” aims to improve the stability of power systems.
The objective of the dissertation was to “design intelligent load-shedding software to enhance the stability of the power system by accurately detecting disturbances and shedding the optimal load amount using intelligent algorithmic control.”
The dissertation discussed recent power outages and highlighted the urgent need to upgrade Under-Frequency Load Shedding (UFLS) methods with more flexible and responsive approaches to ensure energy reliability under emergency conditions. It pointed out that current schemes are mostly deterministic, overlook real-time system dynamics and disturbances, and are inadequate in critical situations for modern power systems.
The results demonstrated that the proposed hybrid system, combining centralized and decentralized schemes, proved effective and reliable in optimally shedding loads under different operating conditions and restoring system stability.
The discussion committee consisted of:
1. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Nasr Bahjat Al-Samak – Chair
2. Asst. Prof. Dr. Luqman Hadi Hassan – Member
3. Asst. Prof. Dr. Dawood Najm Saleh – Member
4. Asst. Prof. Dr. Hussein Kamal Anwar – Member
5. Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Natiq Abdelqader – Member
6. Emeritus Prof. Dr. Abdel Ghani Abdel Razzak – Member and Supervisor
7. Asst. Prof. Dr. Omar Sharafuddin – Member and Supervisor
