Consultancy
NUST fostering to integrate and centralize the use of potential resources of the University including consultancy/advisory services with a vision to render consultancy services as per international standards for both local and as well as foreign funded projects in Pakistan and abroad. USPCAS-E has a pool of talented and experienced professionals to render consulting services in all disciplines of energy engineering, industrial & engineering management etc. The faculty members at USPCAS-E have been actively engaging themselves in consulting / advisory services of various nature.
Green Building - Consultancy with UN Habitat & MoCC
Objectives
To trigger the planned development and socio-economic growth, through construction of safe, sustainable and affordable Five Million Housing, along with the mechanisms to accelerate production of housing; and regularise and upgrade Katchi Abadis throughout Pakistan.
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Dr. Muhammad Bilal Sajid
Functionalities Testing of Inverter/ VFD for Solar System
Objectives
Testing the equipment for MPPT feature.Testing the equipment for DC to AC feature.Identification of the potential area of usage.
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Dr. Abasin Ulasyar
Provision of Solar Dryer
Objective
To provide technical specs, design, vendor evaluation, sample evaluation and training of end users of solar PV based fruit dryer.
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Initial Study on Power Generation in the sector of ESCO in Telecom
Objective
Basic technical economic Feasibility Study of sample telecom site.Basic economic Feasibility Study of sample telecom site.Precise cost estimation of the sample telecom sites.
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Enabling Women’s Access to Higher-Skilled and Non-Traditional Occupations in the Energy Sector in Pakistan
Objective
Deliverable 1: Facilitation required in data collection and reporting of HRD Assessment Report Deliverable 2: Facilitation Required in review and finalizing Scholarship Programme and Internship Programme Deliverable 3: Facilitation and resource mobilization in conceptually designing and Creating /strengthening collaboration between Utility Companies and professional energy networks to promote knowledge and experience sharing; Deliverable 4: Supporting CTC team in providing inputs on the training events (terminologies, structures and basic content) on topics of gender sensitivity, leadership skills, gender-related policies and laws, and inspirational and motivational seminars for male and female staff. Deliverable 5: Support Communication Consultant to connect with Energy sector universities, entities and platforms for his communication plan rollout and multimedia campaign to raise awareness on women and girls in STEMs.
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Transient Study /Failure Analysis of WTG Converter Module FFCEL
Objective
Investigate root cause of converter failure? Investigate the reason behind protection blinding/limitations of protection.Review the LVRT settings of power converter with requirements of grid code?Suggest a mitigation strategy to avoid future damage to WT converters by proposing design changes/ retrofits to overcome any existing design shortcomings.
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Hybrid Inverter Grid Code Compliance Setup Development and Testing
Objective
Preparing and Implementing Test setup as per JET GR0002-1-12-2020 at Smart Grid Lab, USPCASE, NUST premises.Pre-Compliance Testing of Sky Electric Inverter at Smart Grid Lab as per JET GR0002-1-12-2020.
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Demonstration of Technical Feasibility, Cluster Development and Commercial Viability of Modern Biomass Energy ConversionTechnologies in Pakistan
Objective
Biomass cluster development, investment and replication strategy of biomass gasification technology in Pakistan.
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Solar Fruit Dryers for Remote Areas of Balochistan
Consultancy Project with Sky Electric Pakistan - PV Grid-Tied Hybrid Inverter Grid Code Compliance Setup Development and Testing
Objective
Preparing and Implementing Test setup as per JET GR0002-1-12-2020 at Smart Grid Lab, USPCASE, NUST premises.Pre-Compliance Testing of Sky Electric Inverter at Smart Grid Lab as per JET GR0002-1-12-2020
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Biogas Expert for the Pakistan Private Sector Energy Program
Real Time Leakage Current Monitoring Facility for High Voltage Insulators
Objective
The objective of this project will be a single assembly device prototype for the measurement of leakage current during testing and on the transmission/distributions insulators. The proposed device will be installed at the tower permanently and the data of leakage current of any tower can be accessible from any remote location.
PI Name
Dr. Abraiz Khattak
Control & Protection Design verification and Testing of PV Inverter Prototype
Objective
Developed inverter closed-loop control dynamic response verification, tuning & testing.Verification and adjustment of inverter protection functions.inverter islanding detection algorithm functionality testing.
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