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Associate Professor Ir Dr Rodney Tan Hean Gay

Associate Professor of Renewable Energy, Power Electronics & Power Quality

PEng, CEng, MIEM, MIET, MIEEE

Associate Professor | Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Academic Qualifications

PhD Electrical Engineering

MSc Microelectronic and Information System

BSc Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Areas of Interest
Photovoltaic System
Power Electronic Converter
Power Quality
Solar PV System
Battery Energy Storage System Control Strategy
Professional Bodies

  1. Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate registered from Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM, Malaysia) 
  2. Chartered Engineer registered from Engineering Council (EC, UK) 
  3. Member of The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM, Malaysia)
  4. Member of Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET, UK)
  5. Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – (IEEE, US)
  6. Coopted Member of IEM Electrical Engineering Technical Division (2014/2015)
  7. Assistant Secretary of IET Malaysia (2014/2016)
  8. Committee Member of IEEE Power & Energy Society Malaysia (2015)

Research

Research Grants ( Completed )

  1. PSIF Proj-In-FETBE-040 - Completed 
  2. PSIF Proj-In-FETBE-019 – Completed 
  3. FRGS 2015 - Completed 

Research Grants

  1. Nmae of grant:FRGS
    Funder: KPT
    Project Title: A Theoretical and Experimental Modeling of Mono c-Si, Poly c-Si, a-Si Photovoltaic Module Performance under Partial Shading Condition and Fundamental Study of its Impact to Large Photovoltaic System
    Durations: 3 years
    Role: PI
    Amount: RM 85200
    Status: Closing
  2. Nmae of grant: PSIF
    Funder: UCSI University
    Project Title: A Theoretical and Experimental Modeling of Mono c-Si, Poly c-Si, a-Si Photovoltaic Module Performance under Partial Shading Condition and Fundamental Study of its Impact to Large Photovoltaic System
    Durations: 3 years
    Role: PI
    Amount: RM 85200
    Status: Closing

 

Current Research Project

  1. An Empirical Modelling of Standalone Off-Grid Solar Photovoltaic System for Small to Medium Load Applications.

Publications

  1. Junying Wong, Feifei Bai, Tapan Kumar Saha, Rodney H.G Tan, “A Feasibility Study of the 1.5-axis Tracking Model in Utility-Scale Solar PV Plants”, Solar Energy, Vol. 216, 2021, 171-179. 
  2. Rodney H.G. Tan, Chong Boon Chuin, Sunil Govinda Solanki, “Modeling of Single Phase Off-Grid Inverter for Small Standalone System Applications”, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive System (IJPEDS), Vol. 11, No. 3, September 2020, pp. 1398-1405. 
  3. J.C. Teo, Rodney H.G. Tan, V.H. Mok, Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy, ChiaKwang Tan, “Impact of Bypass Diode Forward Voltage on Maximum Power of a Photovoltaic System under Partial Shading Conditions”, Energy, Vol. 191, 15 January 2020 
  4. J.C. Teo, Rodney H.G. Tan, V.H. Mok, Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy, C.K. Tan, “The Impact of Energy Yield of a Photovoltaic System Under Partial Shading”, 5th IET International Conference on Clean Energy and Technology (CEAT2018), 2018 page (6 pp.)
  5. J.C. Teo, Rodney H.G. Tan, V.H. Mok, Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy, C.K. Tan, “Impact of Partial Shading on the P-V Characteristics and the Maximum Power of a Photovoltaic String”, Energies 2018, 11, 1860, July 2018.
  6. J.C. Teo, Rodney H.G. Tan, V.H. Mok, Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy, C.K. Tan, “Effect of Bypass Diode Configurations to the Maximum Power of Photovoltaic Module”, International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy, Vol.6, No.4, October 2017
  7. Landon Hoo, Rodney H.G. Tan, Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy, C.K. Tan, “Ideality Factor Estimation on a Monocrystalline PV Module”, IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON), 30-31 Oct 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  8. Gavin Mangeni, Rodney H.G. Tan, T.H. Tan, S.K. Cheo, V.H. Mok, J.Y. Pang, “Photovoltaic Module Cell Temperature Measurements using Linear Interpolation Technique”, 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 22-25 May 2017, Torino, Italy.
  9. Mallek Moh A Aggiag, Rodney H.G. Tan, “Evaluation of Power Quality Experience in UCSI University North Wing Campus”, 2017 International Conference on Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, 10-12 May 2017, Hiroshima, Japan.
  10. D.O. Akinyele, R.K. Rayudu, Rodney H.G. Tan, “Comparative Study of Photovoltaic Technologies Based on Performance, Cost and Space Requirement: Strategy for Selection and Application”, International Journal of Green Energy, 2015 

Networks and Collaborations on Research

  1. UQ Solar - University of Queensland, Australia

Conferences

  1. Jian Wen Hoon, Rodney H.G. Tan, “Grid-Connected Solar PV Plant Surplus Energy Utilization Using Battery Energy Storage System”, (IEEE SCORED 2020), Sept 27-28, 2020 

  1. Rodney H.G. Tan, Er Chee Kang, Sunil Govinda Solanki, “Modeling of Photovoltaic MPPT Lead Acid Battery Charge Controller for Standalone System Applications”, International Conference on Power, Energy and Electrical Engineering (CPEEE 2020) 

  1. Junying Wong, Feifei Bai, Tapan Kumar Saha, Rodney H.G. Tan, “Investigation on Power Generation Valley of Single Axis Tracking Arrays at a Solar PV Plant in Australia”, 2019 IEEE PES General Meeting, Atlanta USA, 4-8 Aug 2019