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MB Abdelghany

Integrated energy and industrial systems

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Integrated energy research begins where separate component models stop: at the interfaces among electricity, hydrogen, thermal processes, storage, markets, industrial production, and the operators responsible for coordinating them.

Research scope

I study the coordinated design and operation of renewable and industrial energy systems across electricity, hydrogen, gas, and thermal domains. The work connects infrastructure configuration with storage, conversion, demand, markets, operating modes, and industrial decarbonization.

Research objectives

The objective is to develop modular modelling and control frameworks that preserve each subsystem’s physical meaning while identifying feasible operating domains, co-optimizing coupled resources, and supporting reliable and lower-carbon infrastructure decisions.

System architecture

The system architecture coordinates renewable availability, conversion efficiency, storage limits, industrial demand, market exchange, and operating modes within one decision framework while retaining the physical role of each subsystem.

Wind and solar generation connected to a multi-layer controller, hydrogen and battery storage, electric and fuel-cell vehicles, loads, and the main grid.
Renewable generation, two forms of storage, mobility demand, local loads, and the grid are coordinated through one multi-layer operating architecture.Source: Abdelghany et al., Journal of Power Sources 591 (2024), Fig. 1 (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 4.0

Industrial validation

H2GLASS extends energy-system analysis to furnace behaviour, product quality, sensing, digital twins, maintenance, safety, and plant-specific operation, with validation in glass and aluminium demonstrators.

H2GLASS concept connecting green hydrogen, furnace technology, sensing, digital twins, and industrial demonstrators.
H2GLASS translates system modelling into furnace technology, sensing, digital twins, and validation across industrial demonstrators.Source: H2GLASS project concept graphic (opens in a new tab)

Field implementation

HAEOLUS implements dynamic modelling, mode-specific control, and market-aware operation for electricity storage, mini-grid operation, and fuel production at a wind-powered hydrogen site in northern Norway.

Wind turbines at Raggovidda wind farm in northern Norway.
At Raggovidda, wind generation, hydrogen production, storage, local demand, and the grid become a physical operating problem rather than an abstract network.Source: Bjarne Riesto / Varanger Kraft (opens in a new tab)

Selected publications

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Related projects

  • Industrial hydrogen project

    H2GLASS

    Hydrogen-ready production, sensing, digital twins, and industrial validation connect system modelling with glass and aluminium decarbonization.

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  • European wind-hydrogen project

    HAEOLUS

    Dynamic modelling and control were developed for electricity-storage, mini-grid, and fuel-production operating modes at a wind-powered hydrogen plant.

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  • Current funded project

    Autonomous renewable-hydrogen microgrids for Arctic communities

    The integrated framework extends to isolated polar systems through electrical-hydrogen-thermal digital twins, sizing, resilience, and supervisory control.

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Research opportunities

Research enquiries may focus on multi-vector modelling, renewable-hydrogen microgrids, industrial decarbonization, digital twins, resilience, or system-level optimization. Availability and supervision capacity are discussed directly.