G-SET received Especially Interesting Innovation Award at TEIT2019

 

Asst.Prof.Umarin Sangpanich received the Especially Interesting Innovation Award at TEIT2019 for the innovation of Decentralized Group-Based Battery Energy Management : DBEM. Assoc.Prof. Sathaporn Chuepeng (The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Sriracha) and Asst.Prof.Kulwadee Somboonviwat also attended the award ceremony.

Thailand Energy Innovation and Technology Awards 2019 (TEIT2019) was organized by Energy Regulation and Conservation Division, Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, Ministry of Energy. TEIT2019 is a national contest to select innovative research and development achievements that best utilize existing technologies to enhance the efficiency in energy conversation and alternative energy systems.

DBEM (Decentralized Group-based Battery Energy Management) is an innovation developed by Asst.Prof.Dr.Umarin Sangpanich and G-SET researchers with a funding from Energy Policy and Planning Office, Ministry of Energy (FY2017). The key benefits of DBEM are four-fold: (1) to prolong the battery lifetime, (2) to minimize the loss of power supply, (3) to reduce the cost of energy, and (4) to reduce the wasted electrical energy.