Professor Dr. Hanafy Mahmoud Ismail
Hanafy Mahmoud Ismail was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1956. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering at Ain-Shams University, Cairo, in 1979 and 1984, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in 1989 from Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada. Since graduation, he has been working at the Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain-Shams University. During the period from 1997 to 2009, he was on leave of absence from Ain-Shams University, joining the Electrical Engineering Department at the College of Technological Studies in Kuwait. Since 2001, he is working as a professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University. He deals mainly with the high voltage power transmission and their associated electrostatics and electromagnetic fields. He is also working in the area of power system protection, underground cables, and fault detection on transmission lines.
Dr. Hanafy is the director of the “Continuing Engineering educational Center” of the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University since 2011 till now (2014).
Also, he is the coordinator of the quality program in the Electrical Power and Machines Dept., in addition to his position as a member in the Cultural Communication Committee in the Faculty.
Ø Academic Qualifications:
Ø Degree Information:
· B. Sc. Ain-Shams, Egypt- June, 1979.
· M. Sc. Ain Shams, Egypt- August, 1984.
· Ph. D. Windsor, Canada- June, 1989.
Ø Title of Master's Thesis:
“Stability of AC/DC Multi-Terminal Networks”
Ø Title of Doctorate's Thesis:
“A Charge Simulation Based Computer-Aided Design Implementation of High Voltage Systems Modeling”
Ø Books and Scientific Researches:
Working in the area of field Calculations- Electrical and magnetic effects of overhead transmission lines- underground Cables- Insulator shaping and AC-DC Electrical networks (Stability and Analysis)-Transmission and Distribution.
Ø Publications:
1. “Dynamic behavior of AC/DC systems with controlled multi-terminal HVDC transmission”, proceeding of the International IEEE, Latincon’84, July 1984.
2. “New approach for dynamic stability analysis of AC/DC power systems”, Proceedings of the International IASTED MIC’86, Innsbruck, Austria, 1986.
3. “Dynamic equivalent of AC/DC power systems for stability studies”, Proceedings of the International IMACS, IFAC, Villeneuve D’Ascq, France, 1986.
4. “Implementation of a charge simulation computer aided-design package for high voltage systems”, Proceeding of the third Canadian universities conference on CAD/CAM, July 2-3, 1987, Ottawa, Canada.
5. “Application of a charge simulation based computer-aided design package to a high voltage shielding system”, Proceeding of the Nineteenth North America Power Symposium, Edmonton, Canada, Oct. 22-23, 1987.
6. “A flexible charge simulation based computer-aided design package”, Cage club meeting, Ottawa, Canada, May 1987.
7. “Potential and field distributions about cable joints using the charge simulation technique”, Proceeding of the Eighth National Radio Science Conference, Feb. 19-21, 1991, Cairo, Egypt.
8. “Effect of insulator grooves on the potential and electric field distribution”, Proceeding of Al-Azhar Engineering Second International Conference, Dec., 21-24, 1991, Cairo, Egypt.
9. “Effect of insulator shaping on the withstand voltage of a composite system”, Proceeding of Al-Azhar Engineering Second International Conference, Dec., 21-24, 1991, Cairo, Egypt.
10. “A charge simulation modeling of electric fields within solid dielectric/cavity systems”, Proceeding of Al-Azhar Engineering Third International Conference, Dec., 18-23, 1993, Cairo, Egypt.
11. “Effect of spherical voids within insulator structures on the electric field distribution”, Proceeding of Al-Azhar Engineering Third International Conference, Dec., 18-23, 1993, Cairo, Egypt.
12. “On the limits of right-of-way and shielding of dc and ac bundle lines”, AMSE Periodicals, France, April 1994.(Ain-Shams University, Faculty of Engineering Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 29, part 3, pp. 191-202, 1994, Cairo, Egypt).
13. Shielding of 3-phase bundle lines using the charge simulation technique with complex charges”, AMSE Periodicals, France, April 1994. (Ain-Shams University, Faculty of Engineering Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 29, part 3, pp. 191-202, 1994, Cairo, Egypt).
14. “Optimum design of power cable joints”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Electricity Distribution, (CIRED), pp. 157-164, Amman, Jordan, 3-6 June 1996.
15. “Accurate modeling of field stresses in an unshielded three-core power cable”, Electrical Power Systems Research Journal, Vol. 38, pp. 217-221, 1996.
16. “Charge simulation computation of fields in a three-phase cable with non-symmetrical conductors arrangement”, Proceeding of the Fifth International Middle East Power System Conference (MEPCON’97), Vol. 2, pp.703-707, Alexandria, Egypt, Jan., 4-6, 1997.(Electric Machines and Power Systems Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 171-183, Feb.,-March 1998.
17. “Electric field and right-of-way analysis of Kuwait high voltage transmission systems”, Proceeding of the Six International Middle-East Power Systems Conference (MEPCON’98), Vol. 2, pp. 544-549, Mansoura, Egypt, Dec., 15-17, 1998.
18. “On the grading of a 22-sheds polymer insulator”, Proceeding of the International Conference on Large Electric Circuits, CIGRE, V-302, PP. 1-10, 27-30 Sept., 1997, Cairo, Egypt.
19. “A dynamic on-line fault location algorithm based on a discrete filter for HV transmission line”, Proceeding of the Third Regional Conference for Arab States CIGRE Committees, 25-27 May 1999.
20. “Standardization of the right-of-way limits for the Egyptian HV Electrical Networks”, Proceeding of the Third Regional Conference for Arab States CIGRE Committees, 25-27 May 1999.
21. “Magnetic field calculations and management of Kuwait HVTLs using the vector magnetic potential concept”, IEEE Budapest Power Tech’99 Conference, Budapest, Hungary, Aug 29 Sept 2, 1999, Paper BPT99-122-51.
22. “Shielding design methods for Kuwait high voltage double circuits electrical networks”, IEEE Budapest Power Tech’99 Conference, Budapest, Hungary, Aug 29 Sept 2, 1999, Paper BPT99-065-30.
23. "Effect of phase sequence of double circuits high voltage transmission lines on the electric field distribution", International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 24, 2000, pp. 641-653. (Published also in the 31st North American Power Symposium (NAPS'99)-U.S.A, Oct.,11-13, 1999, pp. 472-477
24. "Electric field analysis of hybrid AC/DC transmission lines", 31st North American Power Symposium (NAPS'99)-U.S.A, Oct.,11-13, 1999, pp. 466-471.
25. "Simulation of Kuwait EHV network for voltage stability study using multiple load flow", Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, September 19-22, 2000, pp.693-698.
26. "Determination of induction motor parameters using a genetic algorithm", Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, September 19-22, 2000, pp.351-355.
27. “Magnetic Field of High-Phase Order and Compact Transmission Lines”, International Journal of Energy Research-USA, Vol. 26, Feb. 2001, pp. 45-55.
This paper is also published in:
Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, MS’2001, pp. 207-212, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, May 16-18, 2001.
28. “Modeling and Field Distribution of Cable Terminations using the Charge Simulation Method”, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, MS’2001, pp. 201-206, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, May 16-18, 2001.
29. "Electric Field Reduction of Kuwait Transmission Systems Using Natural Trees", Proceedings of the Third IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (EuroPES 2003), pp. 335-340, Sept. 3-5, 2003, Marbella, Spain.
30. "High Voltage Engineering - Generation, Measurement, Testing & Phenomenon", Book, August, 2004.
31. "Harmonic Analysis of Kuwait EHV Electrical Network", The Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual North American Power Symposium, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, August, 9-10, 2004.
32. "Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems", Book, Under Publication.
33. "Magnetic Field Analysis of the Egyptian High Voltage Transmission Networks Using the Vector Magnetic Potential Concept", Ain-Shams University, Faculty of Engineering Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 41, part 2, 2006, pp. 513-526, Cairo, Egypt.
34. "Magnetic Field Analysis of the Egyptian High Voltage Transmission Networks Using the Vector Magnetic Potential Concept", Proceedings of the Sixth IASTED International Conference on European Power and Energy Systems-EuroPES 2006, pp. 34-39, Rhodes, Greece.
35. "Effect of Oil-Pipelines Existed in a HVTL Corridor on the Electric Field Distribution", Proceedings of the Ninth IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems-PES 2007", pp. 57-62, January 3-5, 2007, Clearwater, Florida, USA.
36. "Effect of Oil-Pipelines Existed in an HVTL Corridor on the Electric Field Distribution", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 2466-2472, Oct. 2007.
37. "Effect of Tower Displacement of Parallel Transmission Lines on the Magnetic Field Distribution", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 1705-1712, Oct. 2008.
38. "Characteristics of the Magnetic Field under Hybrid ac/dc High Voltage Transmission Lines", Electric Power Systems Research Journal, Vol. 79, pp. 1-7, Jan., 2009.
39. “Impact of Using Natural Trees on the Electric Field Reduction of Kuwait High Voltage Transmission Systems”, Accepted for publication in Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, June 2009.
40. “A Unified Approach for the Optimal PMU Location for Power System State Estimation”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 806-813, May 2009.
41. “Harmonic Modeling, Analysis and Mitigation of Kuwaiti EHV Electrical Network”, Electrical Engineering Journal, 2010.
42. “Reliability analysis of 220 kV power transformers in Egypt”, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Sep., 2011.
43. “Analysis of False Tripping for Power Transformers in Egypt”, Proceedings of the 8th ICEENG Conference, 29-31 May, 2012.
44. “Reliability and Maintainability Analysis of Medium Voltage Transformers in Egypt”, Proceedings of the 8th ICEENG Conference, 29-31 May, 2012.
45. “Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) Analysis of Utility Power Transformers in Egypt”, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2012.
46. “Outage data analysis of utility power transformers based on outage reports during 2002–2009”, Electrical Power and Energy Systems 47 (2013) 41–51
47. “Comparative study of the effect of HVTL Electrostatic fields on gas pipelines using the ATP-LCC& CSM methods”, Proceeding of the Fourteenth International Middle East Power System Conference (MEPCON’14), Cairo, Egypt, Dec., 23-25, 2014.
48. “Economic Impact Assessment Technique on Different Mitigation Methodologies of Electromagnetic Interference between special High Voltage Transmission Lines & Neighboring Gas Pipeline”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), ISSN: 2278-0181, Vol. 3 Issue 9, September- 2014.
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