🎓Development of a predictive control model for secondary and medium-term network control in the context of the Ghanaian health sector

The Ghanaian healthcare sector suffers from an unstable power supply, which is often compensated for with diesel generators. However, in addition to the environmental and financial burden, this also poses a health risk to sick people and local residents. Renewable energy sources can help to ensure a clean and cost-effective energy supply, but they do pose risks to the stability of the power supply. PhD student Samer Chaaraoui is researching model predictive control for PV-diesel hybrid systems based on load and radiation forecasts. Various forecasting methods are being investigated, from simple statistical methods and numerical weather prediction models to the implementation of deep neural networks and artificial intelligence.