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Asma Zaynah Dhunny
Country of origin: Mauritius Currently in: Mauritius, Port Louis General field of specialization: Physics-
Degrees
2016 Doctorate Physics -
Current Research Activities
Physics
My curent research is towards an optimum design method which considers the optimal wind farm location and wind turbine layout, developed using an approach that couples a Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) mesoscale model with a Genetic Algorithm (GA). The model minimizes the Levelised Cost Of Energy (LCOE) with respect to the power output of the farm. I am also building an optimized model which will find the optimum coral farming location in any region around the world. This will contribute towards re-establishing the ecosystem of the sea world.
Publications resulting from Research:
1-Dhunny AZ , . Samkhaniani N., Lollchund, M. and Rughooputh, S., Investigation of multi-level wind flow characteristics and pedestrian comfort in a tropical city, Urban climate, Vol24 pp-185-204, 2018
2-Dhunny, A., Lollchund, M. and Rughooputh, S., Validation of CFD in highly complex geography and layout Optimization of wind turbine placement in Mauritius, Journal of Renewable Energy, Vol 101 pp 1-9, 2017.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306034405_Wind_Energy_Evaluation_for_a_highly_complex_terrain_using_Computational_Fluid_Dynamics_CFD
3-Dhunny, A., F.Toja-Silva, C.Peralta, Lollchund, MR. and Rughooputh, S. CFD simulation and full-scale experimental validation of the wind flow in an urban area: Campus of University of Mauritius Wind Engineering Journal pp 1-12, 2016.http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0309524X16666460
4-Dhunny, A., Lollchund, M. and Rughooputh, S. ,Numerical Analysis of wind flow over Complex Hilly terrains: Comparison between two commonly used CFD software, International Journal of Global Energy Issue, Vol. 39(3/4) pp 181-203, 2016.http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJGEI.2016.076339
5-Dhunny, A., Lollchund, M. and Rughooputh, S. , Evaluation of a wind farm project for a smart city in the South-East Coastal Zone of Mauritius Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, Vol. 27(1) pp 39-60, 2016.http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1021-447X2016000100006
6-Dhunny, A., Lollchund, M. and Rughooputh, S. ,Long-Term Wind Characteristics at Selected Locations in Mauritius for Power Generation. Journal of Wind EnergyVol. 2015, Article ID 613936.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/613936, 2015.
7-Dhunny, A., Lollchund, M. and Rughooputh, S. , A high resolution mapping of wind energy potentials for Mauritius using computational fluid dynamics , Wind and Structures Vol. 20(4), pp 565-578. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/was.2015.20.4.565, 2015.
8-Dhunny, A., Lollchund, M., Boojhawon, R. and Rughooputh, S. , Statistical modelling of wind speed data for Mauritius, International Journal Of Renewable Energy Research Vol. 4(4) pp 1057-1064, 2014.http://www.ijrer.org/ijrer/index.php/ijrer/article/view/1664
9-Ndlovu SC, Marais A, Shabangu PT, Noto LL, Greiner JN, Engelbrecht NE and Dhunny AZ. Diversity of participant representation within the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. South African Journal of Science. Vol 114 No ¾. 2018
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchPost Doctoral Fellow
