Prof AA Yusuff

Expertise

• Aggregation and Integration of electric power generation devices based on renewable energy sources to electric power system.
• Application of Computational Intelligence and Evolutionary schemes in power system: Neural Network and Fuzzy Logical, Particle
• Fault diagnosis and prognosis of electrical devices and component
• Online parameter characterization and optimisation of networks
• Swarm Optimisation, Genetic Algorithm.

Qualifications

• DTech Electrical Engineering, Tshwane  University of Technology, Pretoria, South   Africa.
• MSc, Electrical Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria.
• B.Tech(Hons), Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Ladkoe Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

Fields of academic interests

• Modelling of power and energy systems
• Adaptive electric power transmission network and smart networks,
• Integration of renewable energy sources to electric power system.
• Signal decomposition, segmentation, feature extraction, feature selection, and pattern classification.
• Fault detection, classification, diagnosis, and prognosis.
• Application of Computational Intelligence and Evolutionary schemes in power system: Neural Network and Fuzzy Logical, Particle Swarm Optimisation, Genetic Algorithm.
• Online parameter characterisation and optimisation of networks

Field of Specialisation

• Renewable energy and energy delivery systems
• Computational Intelligence, Machine learning, Control and Protection of Advanced Electrical Power Grid
• Adaptive Electric Power Transmission Network
• Network optimisation

Journal articles

Research output in five years: 2023 -2018

ISI Indexed journal articles

• Nqodi, T. C. Mosetlhe, and A. A. Yusuff, "Advances in hydrogen-powered trains: A brief report,” Energies, vol. 16, no. 18, 2023.
• Mosetlhe, O. Babatunde, A. Yusuff, T. Ayodele, and A. Ogunjuyigbe, "A MCDM approach for selection of microgrid configuration for rural water pumping system,” Energy Reports, vol. 9, pp. 922-929, 2023.
• Z. Obaro, J. L. Munda, and A. A. Yusuff, "Modelling and energy management of an off-grid distributed energy system: A typical community scenario in South Africa,” Energy Reports, vol. 9, pp. 922-929, 2023.
• Mosetlhe, A. Yusuff, T. Ayodele, and A. Ogunjuyigbe, "Optimal design of an off-grid solar and wind powered hybrid EVS-HFCVS charging station,” International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment, vol. 23, pp. 97-109, 2022.
• A. Yusuff, T. C. Mosetlhe, and T. R. Ayodele, "Allocation of active power losses to generators in electric power networks,” International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, vol. 23, pp. 73-88, 2022.

• Adedayo A Yusuff, Thapelo C Mosetlhe, and Temitope Raphael Ayodele(2021). Allocation of active power losses to generators in electric power networks. International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, 2021.
• AA Yusuff, TC Mosetlhe and TR Ayodele (2021).  Statistical Method For Identification of Weak Nodes in Power System Based on Voltage Magnitude Deviation. Electric Power Systems Research, 2021.
• Thapelo Mosetlhe, Adedayo Yusuff, Temitope Ayodele, and Ayodeji Ogunjuyibe(2021). Optimal design of an off-grid solar and wind powered hybrid evs-hfcvs charging station. International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment, 2021.
• TR Ayodele, TC Mosetlhe, AA Yusuff, and M Ntombela(2021). Optimal design of wind-powered hydrogen refuelling station for some selected cities of south africa" has been accepted for publication in the international journal of hydrogen energy. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.05.059
• TR Ayodele, TC Mosetlhe, AA Yusuff, and ASO Ogunjuyigbe(2021). Off-grid hybrid renewable energy system with hydrogen storage for south african rural community health clinic. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46:19871–19885, 2021.
• Temitope Ayodele, Ayodeji Ogunjuyibe,  OD Ajayi, Adedayo Yusuff, Thapelo Mosetlhe (2021).  Willingness to pay for green electricity derived from renewable energy sources in Nigeria. Renewable and sustainable Energy Reviews 148(4): 111279 doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111279
• Thapelo Mosetlhe, Mpumelelo Ntombela, Adedayo Yusuff, Temitope Ayodele, and Ayodeji Ogunjuyibe(2021). Appraising the efficacy of the hybrid grid-pv power supply for a household in south africa. Renewable Energy Focus, 37:14–19, 2021.
• Richard Olarewaju, Ayodeji Ogunjuyibe, Temitope Ayodele, Adedayo Yusuff, Thapelo Mosetlhe (2021). An assessment of proposed grid integrated solar photovoltaic in different locations of Nigeria: Technical and economic perspective. Cleaner Engineering and Technology. doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2021.100149
• Thapelo C Mosetlhe, Yskandar Hamam, Shengzhi Du, Eric Nonacelli, and Adedayo A Yusuff(2020). Towards model-free pressure control in waterr distribution networks. Water, 12(10):2697, 2020. doi: doi:10.3390/w12102697.
• Kasilingam Gowrishankar, Pasupuleti Jagadeesh, Chokkalingam Bharatiraja, and Adedayo Yusuff(2019). Single machine connected infinite bus system tuning coordination control using biogeography based optimization algorithm. FME Transactions, 47(3):502–510, 2019. doi: doi:10.5937/fmet1903502G.
• Kasilingam Gowrishankar, Pasupuleti Jagadeesh, Chokkalingam Bharatiraja, and Adedayo Yusuff(2019). Power system stabilizer optimization using bbo algorithm for a better damping of rotor oscillations owing to small disturbances. FME Transactions, 47(1):166–176, 2019. doi: doi:10.5937/fmet1901166K.
• Shoga Tesfabirhan, Ramesh Thelkar Amruth, Chokkalingam Bharatiraja, Mitiku Sisay, and Adedayo Yusuff(2019). Self-tuning regulator based cascade control for temperature of exothermic stirred tank reactor. FME Transactions, 47(1):202–211, 2019. doi: doi:10.5937/fmet1901202S.
• Chokkalingam Bharatiraja, R K Pongiannan, Adedayo Yusuff, Tariq Mohd, Maddleti Telugu, and Tharwinkumar Tharwinkumar(2019). A simple switching on-time calculation revision in multilevel inverter-space vector modulation to achieving extended voltage boundary operation. International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive System, 10(2):653–661, 2019. doi: doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v10.i2.
• Sankaramurthy Padmini, Chokkalingam Bharatiraja, Padmanaban Sanjeevkumar, Leonowicz Zbigniew, , and Adedayo Yusuff(2019). Rescheduling of generators with pumped hydro storage units to relieve congestion incorporating flower pollination optimization. Energies, 12(8):1477–1495, 2019. doi: doi.org/10.3390/en12081477.
• Akintunde Samson Alayande, Adisa A Jimoh, and Adedayo A Yusuff(2019). Identification of critical elements in interconnected power networks. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction of Electrical Engineering, pages 1–15, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s40998-019-00235-1.
• Daniel E Okojie, Adisa A Jimoh, Yskandar Hamam, and Adedayo A Yusuff(2019). Optimal capacity utlilisation of transmission lines network in power flow operations - a survey. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 17(5):1056–1076, 2019. doi: 10.1108/JEDT-01-2019-003.
• A. Z. Obaro, J. L. Munda, W. S. Mukwanga, and A. A. Yusuff(2018). Energy dispatch of decentralized hybrid power system. International Journal of  Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), 8(4):2131 – 2145, 2018.
• Isaiah G. Adebayo, Adisa A. Jimoh, and Adedayo A. Yusuff(2018). A study of the effect of power electronic system interaction with power system voltage stability. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 28(8):e2574, 2018. doi: 10.1002/etep.2574. URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/etep.2574. e2574 ETEP-17-0026.R1.
• Isaiah G. Adebayo, Adisa A. Jimoh, Adedayo A. Yusuff, and Yanxia Sun(2018). Alternative method for the identification of critical nodes leading to voltage instability in a power system. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 10(3):323–333, 2018. doi: 10.1080/20421338.2018.1461967.
• Akintunde Samson Alayande, AbdulGaniyu Adisa Jimoh, and Adedayo Ademola Yusuff(2018). Reinforcement of topologically weak power networks through network structural characteristics theory. International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, 19, 2018. doi: 10.1515/ijeeps-2017-0219.
• Isaiah Adebayo, Adisa Jimoh, and Adedayo Yusuff(2018). Techniques for the identification of critical nodes leading to voltage collapse in a power system. International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, 19(2), 2018. doi: 10.1515/ijeeps-2017-0129.
• Thapelo Mosetlhe, Adedayo Yusuff, and Yskandar Hamam(2018). Investigating seasonal wind energy potential in vredendal, south africa. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 29(2):77–83, Jun. 2018. doi: 10.17159/2413-3051/2018/v29i2a2746.

Peer reviewed conferences

Conference papers: 2022

• A.A. Yusuff, K. Moloi, T. Mosetlhe, R. Ayodele and A.S. Ogunjuyigbe. Decomposition of active power supply from generators to load nodes in an electric power Network. In SAUPEC, 2022, Durban, South Africa, 25-27 January 2022. IEEE, SAIEE.
• T.C. Mosetlhe, O. M. Babatunde, T.R. Ayodele and A. A. Yusuff. Fault Analysis in a Grid-tied Microgrid System. In SAUPEC, 2022, Durban, South Africa, 25-27 January 2022. IEEE, SAIEE.

Conference papers: 2023 - 2018

• A. Yusuff and T. Mosetlhe, "Quantification of strategic reserve for a wind farm based on a linear regression machine learning scheme: A case study of Great Kei Local Municipality, South Africa,” in 2024 32nd Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2024, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 1-5, SAIEE, IEEE, 24 - 25 January 2024.
• Yusuff and T. Mosetlhe, "Short-term hours ahead forecast of expected available solar power using linear regression machine learning scheme,” in 2024 32nd Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2024, Stellenbosch, South Africa,1-5, SAIEE, IEEE, 24 - 25 January 2024.
• T. Shoba, SC and A. Yusuff, "Energy Management of Hydrogen Fuel cell and Battery Freight Locomotive,” in 2024 32nd Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2024, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 1-6, SAIEE, IEEE, 24 - 25 January 2024.
• Mosetlhe and A. Yusuff, "Predicting the cooling energy requirement for an inland building in South Africa,” in 2024 32nd Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2024, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 1-4, SAIEE, IEEE, 24 - 25 January 2024.
• Yusuff and T. Mosetlhe, "Comparative analysis of CO₂ emission in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa,” in Fourth International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering, ICECCE 2023, Dubai, UAE, pp. 1-5, IEEE, 30 - 31 December 2023.
• Ramdari, T. Mosetlhe, and A. Yusuff, "Towards more reliable community load profiling for future renewable energy projects,” in Fourth International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering, ICECCE 2023, Dubai, UAE, pp. 1-5, IEEE, 30 - 31 December 2023.
• Yusuff and T. Mosetlhe, "Comparative analysis of energy consumption in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and North America,” in 2023 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, Marrakech, Morocco, pp. 1-5, IEEE, 6 - 10 November 2023. Paper presented.
• Mosetlhe, A. Yusuff, T. Ayodele, and A. Ogunjuyigbe, "An energy management system with optimal loadshedding scheme for off grid system,” in 2023 IEEE PES/IAS Power- Africa, Marrakech, Morocco, pp. 1-5, IEEE, 6 - 10 November 2023. Paper presented.
• Ayodele, A. Ogunjuyigbe, P. Ehinlaiye, T. Mosetlhe, and A. Yusuff, "Hybrid solar/hydro renewable energy system with hydrogen storage for powering a typical remote BTS station,” in 2023 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, Marrakech, Morocco, pp. 1-5, IEEE, 6 - 10 November 2023.
• Ogunjuyigbe, T. Ayodele, J. Babalola, T. Mosetlhe, and A. Yusuff, "Development of a biogas waste-to-energy map for the city of Ibadan, Nigeria,” in 2023 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, Marrakech, Morocco, pp. 1-5, IEEE, 6 - 10 November 2023.
• Olarewaju, A. Ogunjuyigbe, T. Ayodele, C. Lasarus, T. Mosetlhe,
• C.D. Roycroft and A.A. Yusuff(2021). Development of weather invariant electric power transformer oil purification system. In 2021 Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference/Robotics and Mechatronics/Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA), pages 1–7, 2021. doi: 10.1109/SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA52254.2021.9377025.
• K. Moloi and A. A. Yusuff(2021). Power distribution system fault diagnostic using genetic algorithm and neural network. In 2021 Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference/Robotics and Mechatronics/Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA), pages 1–5, 2021. doi: 10.1109/SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA52254.2021.9377241.
• E J Raubenheime, T S Hlalele, and A. A. Yusuff(2020). A system based protection test solution for eskom subtransmission lines. In SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA, 2020, pages 752–758, Cape Town, South Africa, 27-29 Jan. 2021 2020. IEEE, SAIEE.
• R O Olanrewaju, A S Ogunjuyigbe, T R Ayodele, and A A Yusuff(2020). Performance investigation of a proposed 75 mw grid connected solar pv in kankia, nigeria. In IEEE PES-IAS PowerAfrica 2020, Virtual, 25 - 28 August 2020. IEEE.
• A A Yusuff(2020). Allocation of active power loss to load nodes in the context of smart grid. In 6th IEEE International Energy Conference, pages 994 – 998, Hybrid(Virtual-Physical) Conference, Tunisia, 28th Sept.-1st. October 2020. IEEE.
• X P Yokwana, A A Yusuff, and T C Mosetlhe(2020). Faults in a large-scale photovoltaic installation: A review. In 6th IEEE International Energy Conference, pages 474 – 478, Hybrid (Virtual-Physical) Conference, Tunisia, 28th Sept.-1st. October 2020. IEEE.
• A A Yusuff, M Ntombela, and T Mosetlhe(2019). Enhancement of modeling environment for power distribution network in gridlad-d on emacs. In AFRICON, 2019 IEEE, Accra, Ghana, 25-27 September 2019. IEEE.
• K Moloi and A A Yusuff(2019). A support vector machine based fault diagnostic technique in power distribution networks. In SAUPEC, 2019, pages 229 – 234, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 27-30 January 2019. IEEE, SAIEE.
• A A Yusuff(2018). A framework for allocation of transmission loss in electric power network to generators. In SAUPEC, 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24-26 January 2018. SAIEE.
• P S P Xaba and A A Yusuff(2018). Powering gautrain stations and deport buildings based on renewable energy resource. In IEEE PES-IAS PowerAfrica 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, 26 - 29 June 2018. IEEE.
• K Moloi and A A Yusuff(2018). Moehoek 22 kv power distribution feeder reliability assessment-performance indices. In IEEE PES-IAS PowerAfrica 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, 26 - 29 June 2018. IEEE.
• A A Yusuff(2018). Loss allocation to load nodes based on node-edge sets in electric power networks. In IEEE PES-IAS PowerAfrica 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, 26 - 29 June 2018. IEEE.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Professional Affiliation

• IEEE, Member
• SAIEE, Member
• NSE, Member.

Awards

• Tertiary Education Support Fund (TESP) ESKOM funding.
• DSI/NRF SARChi chair Power, Energy, Network and Optimisation (PENO)

Projects

• The dynamic behavior of distance protection relays on series compensated lines;
• Impact of transmission line’s mutual coupling on impedance relay protection settings.
• Optimal operation of electrical power systems with hydroelectric stations.
• Adaptive shifting of residential load.
• Impact of renewable energy integration on small signal stability of a power system.
• Assessment of network flexibility for an optimal operation.
• Identification of faulty modules in a large scale photovoltaic installation.
• Development of energy management interface for renewable energy based installation

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Short Biography

Adedayo Yusuff (D.Tech.) is a lecturer and a researcher in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a Professor at the University of South Africa (Unisa).

Prof. Yusuff has lectured as a Lecturer and a Senior Lecturer at Ladkoe Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso and, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, respectively.

He joined UNISA in 2016 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Mining Engineering. Adedayo Yusuff is currently a full professor in the department.

He has extensive experience in the industry in the areas of signal processing and control, network optimisation, and machine translation. Prof Yusuff specialises in adaptive electric power transmission networks; application of computational intelligence schemes for operation, control, and protection of advanced power grid; and integration of intermittent and renewable energy sources to power grid. He has been involved in research projects in South Africa and Nigeria. He is a recipient of the Tertiary Education Support Fund (TESP) from Eskom.

His current research works are on:

• Modelling of power and energy systems,
• Adaptive electric power transmission network and smart networks,
• Integration of renewable energy sources to electric power system,
• Signal decomposition, segmentation, feature extraction, feature selection, and pattern classification,
• Fault detection, classification, diagnosis, and prognosis,
• Application of Computational Intelligence and Evolutionary schemes in power system: Neural Network and Fuzzy Logical, Particle Swarm Optimisation, Genetic Algorithm, and
• Online parameter characterisation and optimisation of networks.