- Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Renewable Energy Systems, Power Systems, Oil and gas, Turbine Design, Gas Turbines Applications, Onshore/Offshore Wind Turbines, Renewable Energy Technologies, Environmental Engineering, CFD, Diesel Generators, Compressors, gas turbines. internal combustion engines, and 10 moreSimulation of Internal Combustion Engine, Ducted wind turbines for urban microgeneration, Micro gas turbine, Hydro turbines, Turbomachinery, Overhaul, maintenance, repairs of static and rotating equipment, Heat Exchangers, Piping Designing, Optimal Design of Hybrid Microgrids: PV Wind With Storage and DIesel Generators, and Hybrid Power from solar and wind energyedit
The energy generation and power consuming loads at Brass LNG facility located in Brass Island, Bayelsa State Nigeria were analyzed and compared with expected demand changes and means of minimizing cost and greenhouse gas emission were... more
The energy generation and power consuming loads at Brass LNG facility located in Brass Island, Bayelsa State Nigeria were analyzed and compared with expected demand changes and means of minimizing cost and greenhouse gas emission were also proffered with wind and solar energy penetration into the overall power mix. The wind and solar hybrid power generation system reduced the fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emission and noise pollution by the generators and turbine by relieving some of the power plants or reducing their sizes. Economic cost benefit analysis and recovery periods projections made showed that system is economically viable and technically feasible with low recovery time. Christian Okwori MNSE CEng: Energy Audit, Optimization and Management for BrassLNG, Brass Island, Nembe Kingdom, Nigeria. February, 2014.
Research Interests: Energy Economics, Energy Efficiency in buildings and cities, Renewable energy resources, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Energy System Design and Optimization, and 13 moreEnergy Auditing, Hybrid Renewable Energy Forecasting, Energy Management and Policy Planning, Energy Managment, Energy Audit, Exergy Analysis, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hybrid Power from solar and wind energy, Energy Optimization, Energy Optimised Building, Energy Effeciency Economic and Environmental Benefits, Energy Management and Energy Auditing, and Building Integrated Renewable Energy
The energy generation and power consuming loads at Brass LNG facility located in Brass Island, Bayelsa State Nigeria were analyzed and compared with expected demand changes and means of minimizing cost and greenhouse gas emission were... more
The energy generation and power consuming loads at Brass LNG facility located in Brass Island, Bayelsa State Nigeria were analyzed and compared with expected demand changes and means of minimizing cost and greenhouse gas emission were also proffered with wind and solar energy penetration into the overall power mix. The wind and solar hybrid power generation system reduced the fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emission and noise pollution by the generators and turbine by relieving some of the power plants or reducing their sizes. Economic cost benefit analysis and recovery periods projections made showed that system is economically viable and technically feasible with low recovery time. Christian Okwori MNSE CEng: Energy Audit, Optimization and Management for BrassLNG, Brass Island, Nembe Kingdom, Nigeria. February, 2014 1 Acknowledgement
Research Interests: Energy Economics, Renewable energy resources, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Energy System Design and Optimization, Energy Auditing, and 10 moreEnergy Economics, Sustainable Energy Systems, Costs of Renewable Energies, Hybrid Renewable Energy Forecasting, Energy Management and Policy Planning, Energy Managment, Exergy Analysis, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hybrid Power from solar and wind energy, Energy Optimization, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Systems, and Smart Grid, Microgrid, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Hydrogen Economy, Renewable Energy, and Energy Management and Energy Auditing
Several Technical visits of the Egbin Thermal Station was carried out and the energy records for a fifteen month period taken. The renewable energy potentials with respect to wind and solar energy of the site as well as energy audit and... more
Several Technical visits of the Egbin Thermal Station was carried out and the energy records for a fifteen month period taken. The renewable energy potentials with respect to wind and solar energy of the site as well as energy audit and optimization for the plant’s cardinal sections, were carried out and a techno-economic analysis of the wind-solar PV made. The Wind-Solar-Grid hybrid energy system based on a pilot design for wind turbines and solar PV for the plant was simulated using Homer renewable energy software. The integration of wind-solar hybrid energy system to the thermal plant significantly increased the overall power generation to the grid with great economic prospects and capital recovery of less than four years which further reduce as the cost of electricity with increase in generation capacity. The Homer software simulation showed great accuracy and agreement with actual calculations.
Research Interests: Project Management, Hydro Power, Maintenance Engineering and Management, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Bionic - Bionical Creatology - Inventology, and 8 moreAlternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Systems, and Smart Grid, Microgrid, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Hydrogen Economy, Renewable Energy, Rotating Equipment, Compressors, gas turbines. internal combustion engines, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Thermal powerplants , Concentrated solar power , Solar-fuel combined cycles, Unmanned Systems Engineering, Design and Analysis of Aerospace Structures / General Mechanical Engineering, and Hybrid Power from Solar Power and Wind power
Research Interests: Aerospace Engineering, Automotive Systems Engineering, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Facility Management, and 13 moreAgriculture, Aerodynamics, GAS TURBINE, Marine Diesel Engines, Solar Energy, Power Plant Fault Detection, Diagnosis & Prognosis, Turbomachinery, Hydrokinetic Turbines, Diesel Generators, Distributed generation & energy storage systems, Thermal Power Plants, Hydro Electricity, and Power Plants Designs
The gross infrastructure deficit in Nigeria occasioned by the comatose power sector culminating in socioeconomic and political problems as reflected in the high interest rates charged by financial institutions and more perniciously by the... more
The gross infrastructure deficit in Nigeria occasioned by the comatose power sector culminating in socioeconomic and political problems as reflected in the high interest rates charged by financial institutions and more perniciously by the rise in crime wave, failure of the real sector, extreme poverty in the street, political agitation, spiraling unemployment rates, militant insurgencies, and many more time bombs has reached a point where we can no longer run away from the problems or snob the solution but to fight back to safety and prosperity by doing the needful. To this, the keywords are sustainable developments in the energy sector in terms of solutions to the acute energy poverty and obnoxious power infrastructure being deficits suffered even in the midst of abundant natural energy resources and friendly metrological conditions. This requires in the short and long term, massive captive power plants and distributed generations (DG) employing mainly renewable energies that are comparatively competitive with respect to the natural locations in question. Such technologies, including wind, solar, micro hydro, biomass, and biodiesel/biogas. Wave, tidal, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), and geothermal energy systems may be commercially exploited in the future as our technology in power engineering improves. In fact, with the present level of technological advancement, Nigeria's geographical location isn't suitable for OTEC and geothermal energy exploitation primarily for the fact that Nigeria doesn't fall within the regions in the Pacific Rim of Fire which naturally favors such. Subsequent articles in this series will further elucidate that and related phenomena. The focus on individual, public, and private opportunities in tapping into this alternative (which are mostly renewable) energy business in Nigeria is now realistically narrowed down to wind, solar, micro hydro, biomass (including MSW), and biofuels (Jatropha and the petrohols etc.). By siting the respective energy cum power plants in proximity to their natural sources and loads (consumption) as much as possible, less energy losses will be recorded in transmission and distribution and the overall system reliability and efficiency will be enhanced aside significant reduction in the project capital which is very good for business. Let's take a quick expose on the respective viable options before us. Wind power. The energy from wind is not readily available in every geographical location but however varies from season to season which also implies that the revenue obtainable from renewable energy investments fluctuates with season depending on the prevailing weather and climatic conditions from extremely highs wind speeds (gust) to very low wind speeds (calms). Our researches so far has shown that in the city of Lagos and the southern coastal areas of Nigeria, the solar energies(insolation) are highest between November and April and the wind speed follow almost the same pattern unlike in the Western Worlds where solar insolation is highest in the summer while the wind speeds are highest in the winter. This is another reason why our technological adoptions must be properly adapted to optimize local peculiarities. The solar photovoltaic panels are similarly designed based on Western meteorological conditions. That will be dealt with in subsequent articles. The higher the average prevailing wind speed, the higher the power generated and of cause the revenue vice versa. Typically, wind speeds tend to
Research Interests: Privatisation and Power Sector Reforms in Nigeria Challenges and Prospects, harnessing the power of informaion technology by Nigerian Farmers, Renewables Potentials in Nigeria, Energy Efficiency programmes in Nigerian Industries: A lesson from India, and Nigeria Renewable and Hybrid Energy Development
The energy generation and power consuming loads at Brass LNG facility located in Brass Island, Bayelsa State Nigeria were analyzed and compared with expected demand changes and means of minimizing cost and greenhouse gas emission were... more
The energy generation and power consuming loads at Brass LNG facility located in Brass Island, Bayelsa State Nigeria were analyzed and compared with expected demand changes and means of minimizing cost and greenhouse gas emission were also proffered with wind and solar energy penetration into the overall power mix. The wind and solar hybrid power generation system reduced the fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emission and noise pollution by the generators and turbine by relieving some of the power plants or reducing their sizes. Economic cost benefit analysis and recovery periods projections made showed that system is economically viable and technically feasible with low recovery time. Christian Okwori MNSE CEng: Energy Audit, Optimization and Management for BrassLNG, Brass Island, Nembe Kingdom, Nigeria. February, 2014.