Ali Pourmousavi Kani

Dr Ali Pourmousavi Kani

Senior Lecturer

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology


Prospective HDRs and Postdocs

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Current major projects
1. Assessment, design and operation of battery-supported electric mining vehicles and machinery", known as "Mine Operational Vehicles Electrification (MOVE)"

About the project: In this project, we will provide the Australian mining industry with the tools and information needed to help transition their operations to using battery-supported electric vehicles (BEVs) and associated stationary machinery on mine sites. The Project will enable the resources sector to reduce costs and improve the reliability of energy, improve occupational health and safety (OHS), and reduce the carbon footprint of production.

Project partners: BHP Nickel West, IGO Limited, Energetics Pty Ltd, Allkem, Multicom Resources Limited, the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining (DEM), Queensland’s Department of Energy and Public Works (DEPW), the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA) and the University of Western Australia

More detail: my personal website, UoA news, FBICRC news

 

2. Flexible Aggregator Simulation Platform (FRESNO)

About the project: This project aims to create a platform to simulate, test and verify advanced smart grid operation mechanisms at the distribution level. It is a revolutionary platform that facilitates studying larger amounts of renewable integration into the grid to provide a secure environment for larger adoption of electric vehicles by avoiding the excessive capital cost of grid upgrades.

Project partners: Watts from Denmark

More detail: my personal website

 

Public/Media engagement

 

About me

BSc, MSc, and PhD with first-class honours in Power Systems Engineering

IEEE Senior Member

My research interests are optimal stationary and mobile battery storage sizing, operation, and aggregation for power system applications and Ancillary Services through demand response for the future smart grid. We use advanced optimisation techniques, time series analysis, and artificial intelligence (AI) to solve existing and upcoming issues in the power systems' operation at the transmission and distribution levels.

 

 

My Research at a Glance

Research on Flexibility AggregationResearch on MicrogridResearch on Electricity Market

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2019 - 2022 Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2017 - 2019 Research Fellow University of Queensland
    2017 - 2017 Postdoc Technical University of Denmark
    2014 - 2016 Researcher NEC Laboratories America Inc.
    2014 - 2014 Power Systems Engineering Specialist California ISO
    2011 - 2011 Research Intern NEC Laboratories America Inc.
  • Awards and Achievements

    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2022 Award SA Power Networks Best Paper Award 32nd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference Australia AUD500
    2022 Award Best Paper Award 32nd Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference Australia AUD500
    2021 Award 5th place in the IEEE-CIS technical challenge IEEE Australia USD1000
    2019 Invitation Invited Guest Researcher Technical University of Denmark Denmark -
    2015 Award Spot Recognition NEC Laboratories America United States -
    2015 Award Spot Recognition NEC Laboratories America United States -
    2014 Award Don Pierre Graduate Student Publication Montana State University United States -
    2011 Award Don Pierre Graduate Student Publication Montana State University United States -
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2009 - 2014 Montana State University United States PhD
    2005 - 2008 Amirkabir University of Technology Iran MSc
    2001 - 2005 University of Mazandaran Iran BSc
  • Certifications

    Date Title Institution name Country
    2018 Advanced Data Analytics for Energy Systems INESC Technology and Science Portugal
    2018 Research Data Science Winter School Australian Academy of Science Australia
    2016 Energy Storage: An introduction to Technologies, Applications and Best Practices Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers United States
    2016 Internet of Things (IoT): Roadmap to Connected World Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States
    2016 Managing Chaos American Management Association United States
    2015 Essentials of Project Management for Non-Project Manager American Management Association United States
  • Research Interests

Date Project/ No. Investigators Funding Body Amount
2024 The development of EV charging infrastructure (EV-CI) regulatory framework and

adoption of standards for Namibia (Consultancy)
CI VoltGate Engineering and Electric Control Board (ECB) of Namibia $12K
2022 Risk reduction study (Consultancy) Co-CI Sovereign Propulsion Systems PTY LTD $5K
2021-2024 Mine Mobile Fleet Electrification Project Leader FBICRC ~$1.16M
2021 Price, Cooling and Heating Demand Prediction Tools (Consultancy)

Chief Investigator
Center Denmark  ~$15K
2021-2025 Flexibility Aggregator Simulation Platform (FRESNO) Chief Investigator UAiPhD and Watts, Denmark ~$550K
2020 Distributed Energy Resources Sizing Validation for ARENA grant (Consultancy) Investigator Riverina County Water Council ~$25K
2019 Research Infrastructure Grant Chief Investigator School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Adelaide ~$36K
2019 PhD Scholarship Grant Chief Investigator startup grant at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Adelaide ~$82K

Courses Summary

Date Taught Developed  Coordinated Course Title Institution Course Level/ Code URL
2020-Present X X X Electricity Market and Power Systems Operation University of Adelaide ELEC ENG 4087-7087 Link
2020-Present X   X Electronic Circuits University of Adelaide ELEC ENG 2101 Link
2020-2023 X     Electronic Circuits M University of Adelaide ELEC ENG 2105 Link
2018 X     Electricity Market Operation and Security (Half a course) University of Queensland ELEC 7310 Link
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor Long-term thermal energy storage system using packed beds Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Shohreh Nasri
    2023 Co-Supervisor Explainable, Transparent and Trustworthy Data-Driven, Modelling of Underground Electric Mining Trucks Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Tamsa .
    2022 Co-Supervisor Optimal Energy Storage and Infrastructure Design and Operation for Mining's Electrified Mobile Fleet Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Behnam Hashemian Ataabadi
    2022 Principal Supervisor Energy and storage infrastructure design for charging mine operational battery supported electric vehicles (EV) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Shah Islam
    2021 Principal Supervisor UAiPhD - Flexibility Aggregator Simulation Platform (FRESNO): Prosumers Price Response Modelling (FRESNO B) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Rui Yuan
    2021 Principal Supervisor Flexible Aggregator Simulation Platform (FRESNO): Local Energy and Ancillary Services Markets (FRESNO C) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Trong Nam Dinh
    2021 Principal Supervisor Industry PhD Flexible Aggregator Simulation Platform (FRESNO): Optimal Bidding in the Wholesale and Local Markets (FRESNO A) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yogesh Pipada Sunil Kumar
    2021 Principal Supervisor Redox Flow Battery Modelling and Energy Management Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hao Wang
    2020 Principal Supervisor A Battery Storage Sizing Optimisation Model for Improving the Profits of Renewable Plants from Participating in Electricity Markets Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sahand Karimi-Arpanahi
  • Other Supervision Activities

    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 - 2022 External Supervisor V2G and G2V operation within local market environment Northumbria University, United Kingdom - Doctorate Full Time Mahsa Bagheri Tookanlou
    2019 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Artificial Intelligence for Flexible Energy Systems Operation Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - Doctorate Full Time Emma Margareta Viktoria Blomgren
    2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Aggregator role at distribution networks Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - Doctorate Full Time Julian Lemos Vinasco
    2019 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Storage as a source of inertia for power systems with high amount of renewable resources The University of Queensland, The University of Adelaide - Doctorate Full Time Umer Akram
    2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Thermal Modelling and Cost Analysis of Large-scale Battery Energy Storage System in a PV plant The University of Queensland - Master - Md Mehedi Hasan
    2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Leveraging consumers' flexibility for the provision of ancillary services Technical University of Denmark, The University of Queensland - Doctorate Full Time Giulia De Zotti
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83138311
  • Email: a.pourm@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Ingkarni Wardli, floor 3
  • Org Unit: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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