Dr. Muhammad Jafar

Faculty Member

Dr. Muhammad Jafar

Assistant Professor (PhD)

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
(+9251 111 128 128) 186
muhammad.jafar@nu.edu.pk

Education

PhD (Power Electronics), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norweign, 2013

MSc (Electrical Power Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, 2008

BSc (Electrical Power Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, 1997

Summary

Dr. Muhammad Jafar is a seasoned professional with specialized expertise in electrical power engineering and an experience spanning over two decades. He holds a PhD in electrical power engineering and his areas of expertise include integration of renewable energy into the power systems, conversion of renewable energy to electrical form, flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) technology, power quality, and all topics involving power electronics. Dr. Jafar holds industrial and academic experience both in Pakistan and abroad. He has worked in manufacturing, project management, research, and consultancy sectors in the electrical engineering industry. During his stay abroad, he was considered one of the few leading authorities in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission in Europe.

He also holds teaching and research experience in Pakistan and Norway having taught at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt. and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. He has taught courses such as electric circuits, control systems, electrical machines, and power systems.

Dr. Jafar’s research interests include HVDC grids, microgrids, static compensators, and renewable energy converters.

Field of Interest:

  1. HVDC
  2. Modular Multilevel Converters
  3. Series Compensation
  4. Power Quality
  5. FACTS
  6. Renewable integration

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, "A Transformerless Series Reactive/Harmonic Compensator for Line-Commutated HVDC for Grid Integration of Offshore Wind Power", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.60, no.6, pp.2410,2419, June 2013
  2. M. Jafar, J. Silva, A. Marichalar, E. Tedeschi, “Integration of Wind Power to Supply Water Injection Systems as Controllable Loads in Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities”, Offshore Energy and Storage Symposium, Malta, July 2016
  3. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, "A series injection strategy for reactive power compensation of line commutated HVDC for offshore wind power", 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), July 2010
  4. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, T. Isobe, R. Shimada, "Transformer-Less Series Reactive/Harmonic Compensation of Line-Commutated HVDC for Offshore Wind Power Integration", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. PP, no.99, pp.1,1, 0, July 2013
  5. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, "Effects and mitigation of post-fault commutation failures in line-commutated HVDC transmission system", IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, 2009. ISIE 2009. pp.81,85, 5-8 July 2009
  6. M. Jafar, I. Konstantelos, D. Pudjianto, G. Strbac, J. D. Decker, P. Joseph, A. Flament, P. Kreutzkamp, F. Genoese, L. Rehfeldt, A. Wallasch, G. Gerdes, Y. Yang, N. Tidemand, J. Jansen, F. Nieuwenhout, A. Welle, K. Veum, “Integrated North Sea grids: The costs, the benefits and their distribution between countries”, Energy Policy, Volume 101, February 2017, Pages 28-41
  7. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, P. Tenti, "Application of conservative power theory for active power filtering of line-commutated HVDC for offshore wind power", 2011 IEEE Trondheim PowerTech, pp.1,8, 19-23 June 2011
  8. M. Jafar, , Y. Yang, G. W. Dekker, T. Langeland, M. Molinas, "The Gate-Controlled Series Capacitor for Reactive Compensation of Line-Commutated HVDC", 12th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Farms, October 2013
  9. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, "Improvement in Reactive Power Consumption of Line Commutated HVDC Converters for Integration of Offshore Wind-Power", 8th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Farms, October 2009
  10. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, "Transformer-less series voltage injection for reactive power compensation of line-commutated HVDC", 2012 15th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC), pp.DS3b.15-1, DS3b.15-5, 4-6 Sept. 2012
  11. M. Jafar, , Y. Yang, A. Yanushkevich, "Low Frequency AC Transmission for Grid Integration of Offshore Wind Power", 13th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Farms, Berlin, November 2014
  12. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, "Ride-through enhancement of line-commutated HVDC link for large offshore wind parks", 35th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics, 2009. IECON 09. pp.782,787, 3-5 Nov. 2009
  13. M. Jafar, , "Transformer-Less Series Compensation of Line-Commutated Converters for Integration of Offshore Wind Power", [Thesis]. NTNU: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Trondheim; 2013. Doctoral Theses at NTNU, 2013:126
  14. M. Jafar, A. Flament, P. Joseph; G. Gerdes, L. Rehfeldt, A. Behrens, A. Dimitrova, F. Genoese, I. Gajic, N. Tidemand, Y. Yang, J. Jansen, F. Nieuwenhout, K. Veum, I. Konstantelos, D. Pudjianto, G. Strbac, "Final Report of the NorthSeaGrid Project", available online "http://northseagrid.info/publications/final-report-northseagrid-project", March 2015
  15. M. Jafar, , M. Molinas, "Forced commutation through series voltage injection for reactive power reduction of line commutated HVDC converter terminal", 2010 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), vol., no., pp.1788,1793, 21-24 June 2010