King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Biography
Khaled Y .Al-Soufi
Qualifications:Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1985.
Area of Specialization
• High Voltage Engineering
• Power systems analysis
• Testing High Voltage equipment
Mr. Al-Soufi has actively participated in many research projects related to power systems and high voltage, such as:
• Voltage Unbalance: Power quality issues
• Voltage dip study in Jubail industrial area
• Public campaign awareness about energy labels for household equipment
• Environmental effect on polymer insulator properties
• Economic and Feasibility study for establishing Central Electrical Laboratory in Saudi Arabia
• High voltage insulator performance in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Electrical and physical properties of soils in Saudi Arabia.
• Study of water trees in underground high voltage cables using nuclear microscopy.
• Electric and Magnetic field guideline evaluation and magnetic field exposure for live-line workers
• High Voltage Laboratory tests and services
Publications
1. K. Y. Al-Soufi, I.O. Habiballah, A. Ul-Hamid “Diagnosis the aging conditions of HV insulatorâ€, Accepted for presentation at the 6th Jordanian International Electrical & Electronics Engineering Conference 2005 (JIEEEC). November 15-17, 2005, Amman, Jordan
2. Ahmed1, M. Al-Ohali1, M. Garwan1, Z. Al-Hamouz, K. Al-Soufi, R. Minqin, I. Rajta and F. Watt “A systematic approach to nuclear microscopy of water trees for a large number of field-aged HV cable samplesâ€, European Transaction on Electrical Power, 2005; 15:1–12, Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) . (DOI: 10.1002/etep.64)
3. Al-Soufi, K. Y. and I. O. Habiballah (2004). A review of electric utility’s experiences with polymeric insulators. Presented in GCC CIGRE 14th seminar, December 1-2, Kuwait.
