Core business
Willy Magloire Nkounga is a teacher-researcher in Smart Energy. After obtaining a Master's degree in Physics in Cameroon, he went on to complete a Master's degree in Renewable Energy and Electrical Systems in Senegal, followed by a Doctorate in Engineering Sciences in France (under joint supervision with Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal). His research and development activities focus on the Smart Grid, Smart Cities and the intelligent management of multi-source systems based on renewable energies (solar/wind). It uses digital tools such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and sensor-based instrumentation to enhance the value of its research results (test beds, demonstrators, publications).
Prospective
Today, the energy transition represents a solution to sustainable development and global warming. To support this transition, the Group's scientific approach is based on three pillars: research, development and innovation. In terms of research, the aim is to break down scientific and technological barriers based on a critical review of the literature. In terms of development, our approach is to develop new solutions to meet existing challenges. In terms of innovation, the approach consists of implementing solutions developed on test benches and demonstrators. The demonstrators developed serve as channels for collaboration with companies, cooperation with research laboratories and research institutes, and as models for responding to calls for projects.
360°
Willy's research work is carried out within the Smart Energy research laboratory. He is currently working on a collaborative project between the Smart Energy laboratory and Energix on the issue of optimizing energy consumption and the energy community.
About Willy Magloire Nkounga
He holds a PhD in engineering sciences and is qualified as a lecturer in Section 63 (Electrical, Electronic, Photonic and Systems Engineering). He has many years' experience in the management and coordination of R&D projects and in higher education in France and abroad. In recent years, he has been in charge of managing and coordinating several European projects in partnership with several research laboratories and companies. Today, he applies his skills to teaching, research and student supervision in the context of research projects. He is the author of a dozen publications in international journals (EnergyElsevier, Springer Nature and IEEExplore).
Areas of expertise
- Smart Grid,
- Smart Cities
- Energy Management
- Short-circuit fault current limitation
- Solar energy
- Wind energy
- Electric mobility
- IoT
- Artificial intelligence
- Superconducting current limiter
Teaching activities
2018-2019: applied physics, solar energy, wind energy
2022-2023: asynchronous machines, three-phase transformers, DC machines
2024 to date: Smart Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Development.
Research and development activities
2024: ENERGIX PROJECT
Energix- ISEN Yncrea
Intelligent optimization of energy consumption in an energy community
2022-2023: SAFe project (superconductivity applied to the rail network)
SNCF, Nexans, Junia
Sizing railway substation components using superconducting technologies.
2019-2022: Autonomous, connected charging station
Université Savoie Mont Blanc/ Cheikh Anta Diop University
Renewable energy-based multi-source system to power a charging station for electric vehicles
2019 - 2020 : Sea4Cities project (Sustainable Energy Acces for Cities,)
Austrian Partnership Programme in Higher Education and Research for Development
Vienna Polytechnic, Thies Polytechnic, APPEAR
Development of an intelligent energy access tool for smart cities
2018 - 2020: International Development Research Center (IDRC)
ECONOLER (Canada, Senegal, Togo, Benin)
Low-carbon energy efficiency policy.
Publications
Newspaper
- W. M. Nkounga, M. F. Ndiaye, O. Cisse, F. Grandvaux, L. Tabourot, and M. L. Ndiaye, Automatic control and dispatching of charging currents to a charging station for powerassisted bikes, Energy, vol. 246, p. 123415, May 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.123415.
Books
- W. M. Nkounga, M. F. Ndiaye, and M. L. Ndiaye, " Management of Intermittent Solar and Wind Energy Resources: Storage and Grid Stabilization" , in Sustainable Energy Access for Communities, A. Fall and R. Haas, 'Ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022, 109-118. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-68410-5-10.
- W. M. Nkounga, " Energy in Development Objectives: How the Energy Ecological Footprint Affects Development Indicators?" in Sustainable Energy Access for Communities, Fall and R. Haas, 'Ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022, p. 159-170. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-68410-5-15.
Conferences
- W. M. Nkounga, Khaled Almaksour, Benoit Robyns, Christophe Saudemont, Herve Caron, Arnaud Allais , "Sizing methodology and optimal location of superconducting faults current limiter in DC substations for railways applications", ELECTRIMACS 2024 - Castello de la Plana, Spain, 27-30 May 2024
M. Nkounga, Khaled Almaksour, Benoit Robyns, Christophe Saudemont, Herve Caron, Arnaud Allais , "Diodes I2t optimisation and Faults current limitation in a Railway DC substation based on Superconducting technology", 25th European Conference on Power Electronic and Applications, September 2023
M. Aly, M. Falilou Ndiaye, M. C. Aidara, W. M. Nkounga, and M. L. Ndiaye, " Power Quality Improvement of a Wind Turbine System in Mauritania Using a Fuzzy Logic Controlled Dynamic Voltage Restorer" , in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Sciences and Technologies in Maghreb (CISTEM), Tunis, Tunisia, Oct. 2022, p. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/CISTEM55808.2022.10043924.M. Nkounga, M. F. Ndiaye, O. Cisse, M. BOP, M. L. Ndiaye, F. Grandvaux, L.
Tabourot, " Short-term multi horizons forecasting of solar irradiation based on Artificial Neural Network with meteorological data: Application in the north-west of Senegal" Fifteenth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), Monaco, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/EVER52347.2021.9456600
M. Nkounga, M. F. Ndiaye, M. L. Ndiaye, F. Grandvaux, L. Tabourot, and M. Conde, " Sizing optimization of a charging station based on the multi-scale current profile and the particle swarm optimization: application to electric bikes" , Fifteenth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), Monaco, 2021, DOI:10.1109/EVER52347.2021.9456626
M. Nkounga, M. F. Ndiaye, M. L. Ndiaye, O. Cisse, M. BOP,A. Sioutas, " Shortterm forecasting for solar irradiation based on the multi-layer neural network with the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm and meteorological data: application to the Gandon site in Senegal " 2018 7th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research of intermittent solar and wind resources and Applications (ICRERA), Paris, France, 2018, pp. 869-874. DOI: 10.1109/ICRERA.2018.8566850
Cisse Omar, M. F. Ndiaye, W.M. Nkounga, P. A. Ndiaye, A. Sioutas, " Water and Energy Management based on Fuzzy Logic and Linear Programming for a Photovoltaic/ Wind/Battery Pumping System in Rural Environment" . 2018 7th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), Paris, France, 2018, pp. 1115-1120. DOI: 10.1109/ ICRERA.2018.8566980
Mohammed Cherif Aidara, M.L. Ndiaye, Willy Magloire Nkounga, " Correlation between Dirt on The Photovoltaic Module Surface and Climatic Parameters in the Dakar Region, Senegal". 2018 7th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), Paris, France, 2018, pp. 517-521. DOI:10.1109/ICRERA.2018.8566807
