Energy Technology and Management

Cambodian Context 

Cambodia has enjoyed an average rate of economic growth of about 7.7% during the last decade, and its economy is shifting toward industrialization guided by the adoption of the “Industrial Development Policy” under the country long-term vision toward 2030. Consequently, the country has experienced steep increases in energy demand and consumption. For sustainable development of the country, Energy Security is extremely important, requiring the development of energy sector infrastructure and human resources to match the pace of socio-economic progress.  Renewable Energy cost has drastically decreased within a short period of time, especially for solar photovoltaic and onshore wind energy. Expanding the share of renewables in the country energy mix, energy efficiency and energy conservation are key for the energy sector in Cambodia. 

The Research Unit

The research unit dedicated to Energy Technology and Management brings an expertise with international recognition in specific areas in connexion with Cambodian needs, contributing to the development of new and renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy conservation. The prioritised areas of research and collaboration including but not limited to the conversion of biomass and agricultural waste and by-products into energy, solar PV and thermal energy, innovative smart grid, micro-grid for remote area, wind energy, energy consumption measurement and analysis, energy management system, simulation of large energy system, and low emission technologies and materials.

Vision

Energy security through energy sources diversification, efficient use of energy and environmental friendliness.

Mission

• • Producing capable human resources in energy related fields.
• • Conducting researches in renewable energy and energy recovery, conversion and saving to address local and regional issues.
• • Closely collaborating with related Ministries, national and international partners and private sectors.
• • Disseminate research findings and transfer technologies to the society

Research Topics

The multidisciplinary team addresses scientific issues in the following sectors:

• • New and Renewable Energy: Biomass, Solar PV, Solar PV/T, and Wind Turbine with a focus on design and modelling of processes, fuel and emissions measurements, lab and pilot scale equipment;
• • Energy Efficiency and Conservation: Heat recovery, Waste to energy, thermal systems optimization, energy consumption measurement and modelling;
• • Smart grid: connexion from renewable sources and optimization of grid electricity distribution and micro-grid for remote areas.
• • Energy Management: modelling and optimization of large energy systems 

Projects and Research Topics

Table: Research topics in ETM unit for the academic year 2018-2019

 

No.	Project/Research Topic	Fund
1	Impact of heat stress to labor productivity in garment and construction sectors	Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA)
2	Development of solid fuel briquettes using fish residue as binder and its application for drying meat	ARES-CCD
3	Building Energy structure and Lifestyle Database of Asia (BELDA II)	Waseda University
4	Energy efficiency study and solar photovoltaic-thermal applied in a hospital's building in Phnom Penh	Government of Cambodia
5	Electric consumption measurement and evaluation in ITC	Takahashi Foundation
6	Towards an Innovative Micro-Grid for Rural Electrification in Cambodia	JURC for Zero-Emission Energy Research,Kyoto University
7	Development of a Virtual Cambodian Power System-Towards an Innovation Microgrid in Cambodia	Government of Cambodia
8	Planning of rural low-voltage DC microgrid distribution systems with integration of PV sources and Storage: A case study of Cambodia	BGF and Government of Cambodia
9	Experimental and numerical investigation on the novel Savonius wind turbine performance for urban wind energy exploitation and street lighting system in Cambodia: Statistical Design	Government of Cambodia

Researchers

Dr. AM Sokchea, Ph.D in Energy Engineering, France

Energy Power System

Dr. CHAN Sarin, Ph.D. in Engineering, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia and Keio University, Japan

Renewable energy, waste heat recovery and heat-activated cooling system

Dr. VONGCHANH Kinnaleth, Ph.D. Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) and Hokkaido University (HU)

Energy Efficiency, Renewable energy, Biomass energy, Drying, Heat Stress

Dr. OR Chanmoly, Ph.D. in Petroleum Production Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

Enhanced oil recovery; reservoir engineering; CO2 sequestration; biomass to energy

Dr. BUN Long, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, INP Grenoble, France

Power system, renewable energy system, fault diagnosis

Dr. CHRIN Phok, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Renewable energy, frugal engineering, asynchronous generator

Dr. VAI Vannak, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Université Grenoble Alpes, France

Power distribution system planning, Rural electrification, Optimization

Academic and Research Partners

INP Toulouse, France

INP Grenoble, France

CIRAD, France

UCL, Belgium

Waseda University, Japan

Kyoto University, Japan

Hong Kong Polytechnique University, Hong Kong China

Bandung Institute to Technology, Indonesia 

Non-academic partners

Ministry of Mines and Energy, Cambodia

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Cambodia

Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, Cambodia

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia

Cambodian Climate Change Alliance

The Energy Conservation Center Japan (ECCJ)

Industrial Partners and NGOs

Electricité du Cambodge

GERES

SMEs involved in Solar Energy development