Dr.Sompob Plomai
ดร.สมภพ ผลไม้

E-mail: kpsompob@kmitl.ac.th

Educations

  • PhD (Electrical Engineering), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 2000
  • Eng (Electrical Engineering), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 1997
  • Eng (Electrical Engineering), King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand, 1992

 

Research Areas

  • Power system stability, dynamic & control
  • Applied superconducting devices in power systems
  • Smart Grid

 

Teaching Courses

  • Undergraduate level
  • Electric power system analysis
  • Power plant and substations
  • Power system dynamics and stability
  • Distributed generations
  • Gradudate level
  • Power system modeling and analysis
  • Power system dynamics and stability

 

Work Experiences

  • May 2000 – Jan. 2001: Lecturer of Electrical Engineering, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University (TU), Pathumthani, Thailand.
  • 2001 – Dec. 2003: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, SIIT, TU.
  • 2004 – Oct. 2006: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, SIIT, TU.
  • 2006 – Jan 2012: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, KMITL.
  • 2012 – Present: Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, KMITL.

 

Professional Society

  • IEEE Member
  • Professional Engineer, Council of Engineers, Thailand

 

Awards

  • Best paper awards in Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering Conference 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 (EECON29, EECON32, EECON34, EECON35, EECON36, EECON38).
  • Best paper awards in Electrical Power Systems, Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications, and Information Technology International Conference 2010 and 2015 (ECTI-CON 2010 and ECTICON 2015)
  • Honor Award 2014, KMITL.
  • Academic and Publication Awards 2015, 55th year anniversary of Faculty of Engineering, KMITL.
  • KMITL Award in academic publications 2015, KMITL.

 

Professional Activities and Social Services

  • Committee Member, Development of smart grid in Thailand, Energy Policy and Planning Office, Ministry of Energy, Thailand, 2015.
  • Committee Member, Study plan of development of smart grid in Thailand, Energy Policy and Planning Office, Ministry of Energy, Thailand, 2014.
  • Editor, Ladkrabang Engineering Journal, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand, 2008 – Present.
  • Editorial board member
  • Engineering Journal, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 20o8 – Present.
  • Associate Editor, ECTI Transactions on Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Communications, ECTI Association, Thailand, 2008 – 2015.
  • Committee Member, Power and Energy Society, IEEE Thailand, 2000-Present.
  • General Chairs, International Conferences
  • The 4th IASTED Asian Conference on Power and Energy System (AsiaPES 2010), November 24-26, 2010, Phuket, Thailand.
  • The 5th IASTED Asian Conference on Power and Energy System (AsiaPES 2012), November 2-4, 2012, Phuket, Thailand.
  • The 2nd AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Energy Engineering (RCEneE 2014), November 13-14, 2012, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Technical Program Committee Chairs, International Conferences.
  • The 10th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications, and Information Technology (ECTICON 2013), May 15-17, 2013, Krabi, Thailand.
  • International Conference on Engineering, Applied Science, and Technology (ICEAST2013), 21-24 August 2013, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • The 2014 International Electrical Engineering Congress (iEECON2014), 19-21 March 2014, Pattaya, Thailand.
  • Reviewer, International Journals.

 

Keynote and Invited Speakers

  • “Toward Smarter Power Grid: New Stabilizing Control Concept”, 13th Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications, and Information Technology International Conference 2016, (ECTI-CON 2016), 28 June – 1 July 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • “Smart Grid Stabilizing Control”, 36th Electrical Engineering Conference (EECON36), 11-13 December 2013, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
  • “Status of Microgrid R&D in Thailand”, Vancouver 2010 Symposium on Microgrids, Vancouver, Canada, July 21-22, 2010.
  • A Regional Workshop on Regional Power Interconnection and Trade in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, March 2-20, 2009, GMS Electric Power Technology Exchange and Training Center, Supported by Mekhong Institute, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
  • “Electrical Energy Situation in South East Asian Countries”, 26 May 2008, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan.

 

Book

  • Ngamroo, “Power System Dynamics and Stability”, August 2011, Faculty of Engineering, KMITL, 459 pp. (In Thai)

 

International Journals

  • Surinkaew and I. Ngamroo (2016). Hierarchical coordinated wide area and local controls of DFIG wind turbine and PSS for robust power oscillation damping. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. x, issue x, 2016.
  • Pahasa and I. Ngamroo (2015). PHEVs bidirectional charging/discharging and SOC control for microgrid frequency stabilization using multiple MPC. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 6, issue 2, 2015, pp. 526-533.
  • Karaipoom and I. Ngamroo (2015). Optimal superconducting coil integrated into DFIG wind turbine for fault ride through capability enhancement and output power fluctuation suppression. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 6, issue 1, Jan 2015, Article#: 2355423.
  • Surinkaew and I. Ngamroo (2015). Power system oscillations damping by robust decentralized DFIG wind turbines. Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, vol. 10, no. 2, March 2015, pp. 487-495.
  • Sa-ngawong and I. Ngamroo (2015). Intelligent photovoltaic farms for robust frequency stabilization. Renewable Energy, vol. 74, 2015, pp. 555-567.
  • Chaiyatham and I. Ngamroo (2014). Improvement of power system transient stability by PV farm with fuzzy gain scheduling of PID controller. IEEE Systems Journal. (Early access article)
  • Pahasa and I. Ngamroo (2014). Coordinated control of wind turbine blade pitch  angle and PHEVs using MPCs for load frequency control of microgrid. IEEE Systems  Journal. (Early access article)
  • Ngamroo and T. Karaipoom (2014). Cooperative control of SFCL and SMES for  enhancing fault ride through capability and smoothing power fluctuation of DFIG wind farm. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 24, issue 5, October 2014, Article#:5400304.
  • Ngamroo and T. Karaipoom (2014). Improving low-voltage ride-through performance and alleviating power fluctuation of DFIG wind turbine in DC microgrid by optimal SMES with fault current limiting function. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 24, issue 5, October 2014, Article#:5700805.
  • Vachirasricirikul and I. Ngamroo (2014). Robust LFC in a smart grid with wind power penetration by coordinated V2G control and frequency controller. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 5, issue 1, January 2014, pp. 371-380.
  • Surinkaew and I. Ngamroo (2014). Robust power oscillation damper design for DFIG-based wind turbine based on a specified structure mixed H2/H∞ control. Renewable Energy, vol. 66, June 2014, pp. 15-24.
  • Chaiyatham and I. Ngamroo (2014). Alleviation of power fluctuation in a microgrid by electrolyzer based on optimal fuzzy gain scheduling PID control. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 9, no. 2, March 2014, pp. 158-164.
  • Pahasa and I. Ngamroo (2014). Adaptive power system stabilizer design using optimal support vector machines based on harmony search algorithm. Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 42, issue 5, 2014, pp. 439-452.
  • Ngamroo and S. Vachirasricirikul (2013). Optimization of SFCL and SMES units for multimachine transient stabilization based on kinetic energy control. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 23, issue 3, part 2, June 2013, pp. 5000109.
  • Rakpenthai, S. Uatrongjit and I. Ngamroo (2013). WLAV state estimation for power system containing multi-type FACTS devices, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 8, issue. 3, May 2013, pp. 207-214.
  • Ngamroo and S. Vachirasricirikul (2012). Coordinated control of optimized SFCL and SMES for improvement of power system transient stability. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 22, issue 3, June 2012, pp.5600805.
  • Saejia and I. Ngamroo (2012). Alleviation of power fluctuation in interconnected power systems with wind farm by SMES with optimal coil size. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 22, issue 3, June 2012, pp.5701504.
  • Ngamroo (2012). Application of electrolyzer to alleviate power fluctuation in a stand alone microgrid based on an optimal fuzzy PID control. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, vol. 43, issue 1, December 2012, pp. 969-976.
  • Ngamroo (2012). Robust coordinated control of electrolyzer and PSS for stabilization of microgrid based on PID-based mixed H2/H∞ control. Renewable Energy, vol. 45, issue 1, September 2012, pp. 16-23.
  • Vachirasricirikul and I. Ngamroo (2012). Robust controller design of microturbine and electrolyzer for frequency stabilization in a microgid system with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, vol. 43, issue 1, December 2012, pp. 804-811.
  • Pahasa and I. Ngamroo (2012). Optimal least squares support vector machines for SMES controller design using wide area phasor measurements. European Transactions on Electrical Power, vol. 22, issue 5, July 2012, pp. 571-588.
  • Ngamroo (2011). Simultaneous optimization of SMES coil size and control parameters for robust power system stabilization. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 21, Issue 3, Part 2, June 2011, pp. 1358-1361.
  • Ngamroo (2011). An optimization of robust SMES with specified structure H∞ controller for power system stabilization considering superconducting magnetic coil size. Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 52, Issue 1, January 2011, pp. 648651.
  • Vachirasricirikul and I. Ngamroo (2011). Robust controller design of heat pump and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle for frequency control in a smart microgrid based on specified-structure mixed H2/H∞ control technique. Applied Energy, Vol. 88, Issue 11, November 2011, pp. 3860-3868
  • Pahasa and I. Ngamroo (2011). A heuristic training-based least squares support vector machines for power system stabilization by SMES. Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 38, Issue 11, October 2011, pp. 13987-13993.
  • Saejia and I. Ngamroo (2011). A robust centralized SMES controller design based on WAMS considering system and communication delay uncertainties. Electric Power Systems Research, Vol.81, Issue.4, April 2011, pp. 846-852.
  • Saejia and I. Ngamroo (2011). Stabilization of microgrid with intermittent renewable energy sources by SMES with optimal coil size. Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, Vol. 471, Issues 21-22, November 2011, pp. 1385-1389.
  • Khomfoi, W. Sae-kok and I. Ngamroo (2011). A fault diagnostic technique for an AC to DC converter applied in microgrid applications. Journal of Power Electronics, Vol.11, No.6, November 2011, pp.801-810.
  • Sa-ngiamvibool, S. Pothiya and I. Ngamroo (2011). Mutiple tabu search algorithm for economic load dispatch problem considering valve-point effects. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol.33, Issue 4, May 2011, pp. 846854.
  • N. Cuk Supriyadi, I. Ngamroo, S. Dechanupaprittha, M. Watanabe and Y. Mitani (2011). GPS synchronized phasor measurement units based-wide area robust PSS parameters optimization. European Transactions on Electrical Power, Vol. 21, Issue 1, January 2011, pp. 345-362.
  • Rakpenthai, S. Uatrongjit, I. Ngamroo and N.R. Watson (2011). Weighted least absolute value power system state estimation using rectangular coordinates and equivalent measurement functions. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 6, November 2011, pp.534-539.
  • Ngamroo (2010). Robust SMES controller design based on inverse additive perturbation for stabilization of interconnected power systems with wind farms. Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 51, Issue 3, March 2010, pp. 459-464.
  • Ngamroo (2010). Robust SMES controller design for stabilization of inter-area oscillation considering coil size and system uncertainties. Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, Vol. 470, Issue 22, December 2010, pp. 19861993.
  • Ngamroo, A. N. Cuk Supriyadi, S. Dechanupaprittha, M. Watanabe and Y. Mitani (2010). Wide area robust SMES controller design using synchronized PMUs for stabilization of interconnected power system with wind farms. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vol.5, No.4, July 2010, pp.428-438.
  • Pothiya, I. Ngamroo and W. Kongprawechnon (2010). Ant colony optimisation for economic dispatch problem with nonsmooth cost functions. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol.32, Issue 5, June 2010, pp.478-487.
  • Vachirasricirikul, I. Ngamroo and S. Kaitwanidvilai (2010). Coordinated SVC and AVR for robust voltage control in a hybrid wind-diesel system. Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 51, Issue 12, 2010, pp. 2383-2393.
  • Kaitwanidvilai, P. Olarnthichachart and I. Ngamroo (2010). Weight optimization and structure specified robust H∞ loop shaping control of a pneumatic servo system using genetic algorithm, International Journal of Robotic and Automation, Vol.25, No.3, pp.229-239.
  • Ngamroo, Cuk Supriyadi A. N., S. Dechanupaprittha, M. Watanabe and Y. Mitani (2009). A robust SMES controller design for stabilization of inter-area oscillations based on wide area synchronized phasor measurements. Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 79, Issue 12, December 2009, pp. 1738-1749.
  • Ngamroo, Cuk Supriyadi A. N., S. Dechanupaprittha and Y. Mitani (2009). Power oscillation suppression by robust SMES in power system with large wind power penetration. Physica C: Superconductivity and Its Applications, Vol. 469, Issue 1, 1 January 2009, pp. 44-51.
  • Vachirasricirikul, I. Ngamroo and S. Kaitwanidvilai (2009). Application of electrolyzer system to enhance frequency stabilization effect of microturbine in a microgrid system. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 34, Issue 17, September 2009, pp. 7131-7142.
  • Vachirasricirikul, I. Ngamroo and S. Kaitwanidvilai (2009). Robust voltage stabilization in an isolated wind-diesel power system using PSO based-fixed structure H∞ loop shaping control. IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy, Vol.129B, No.6, June 2009, pp.756-764.
  • Dechanupaprittha, N. Sakamoto, K. Hongesombut, M. Watanabe, Y. Mitani and I. Ngamroo (2009). Design and analysis of robust SMES controller for stability enhancement of interconnected power system taking coil size into consideration. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 19, Issue 3, Part 2, June 2009, pp.2019 – 2022.
  • Ngamroo, B. Somritvanitcha and K. Hongesombut (2008). Incorporating ObjectStab library and fuzzy logic toolbox for design of power system damping controller. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 243 – 255.
  • Pothiya and I. Ngamroo (2008). Optimal fuzzy logic-based PID controller for load-frequency control including superconducting magnetic energy storage units. Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 49, Issue 10, October 2008, pp. 2833-2838.
  • Pothiya, I. Ngamroo and W. Kongprawechnon (2008). Application of multiple tabu search algorithm to solve dynamic economic dispatch considering generator constraints. Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 49, Issue 4, April 2008, pp. 506-516.
  • Ngamroo, C. Taeratanachai, S. Dechanupaprittha and Y. Mitani (2007). Enhancement of load frequency stabilization effect of superconducting magnetic energy storage by static synchronous series compensator based on H∞ control. Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 1302-1312.
  • Dechanupaprittha, K. Hongesombut, M. Watanabe, Y. Mitani and I. Ngamroo (2007). Stabilization of tie-line power flow by robust SMES controller for interconnected power system with wind farms. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 17, Issue 2, Part 2, June 2007, pp. 2365-2368.
  • Ngamroo, J. Tippayachai and S. Dechanupaprittha (2006). Robust decentralized frequency stabilisers design of static synchronous series compensators by taking system uncertainties into consideration. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems. Vol. 28, Issue.8, pp. 513-524.
  • Pothiya, I. Ngamroo, S. Runggeratigul and P. Tantasawas (2006). Design of optimal fuzzy logic based PI controller using multiple tabu search algorithm for load frequency control. International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, Special Issue on Intelligent Control. Vol. 4, No.2, pp.155-164.
  • Dechanupaprittha, K. Hongesombut, M. Watanabe, Y. Mitani and I. Ngamroo (2006). A heuristic-based design of robust SMES controller taking system uncertainties into consideration. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 255-267.
  • Ngamroo (2005). Robust decentralized frequency stabilizers design for SMES taking into consideration system uncertainties. Electric Power Systems Research. Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 281-292.
  • Ngamroo (2005). An optimization technique of robust load frequency stabilizers for SMES. Energy Conversion and Management. Vol. 46, Issues 18-19, pp.3060-3090.
  • Ngamroo and S. Dechanupaprittha (2005). Robust decentralized design of power system stabilizers considering system uncertainties. Optimal Control Applications and Methods, Vol. 26, Issue 1, pp. 35-53.
  • Ongsakul, S. Dechanupaprittha and I. Ngamroo (2004). Constrained economic dispatch by deterministic tabu search approach. European Transactions on Electrical Power, Vol. 14, Issue 6, pp. 377-391.
  • Ongsakul, S. Dechanupaprittha and I. Ngamroo (2004). Parallel tabu search for constrained economic dispatch. IEE Proceedings, Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Vol. 151, Issue 2, pp.157-166.
  • Ngamroo and W. Kongprawechnon (2003). A robust controller design of SSSC for stabilization of frequency oscillations. Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 67, No.3, pp. 161-176.
  • Tippayachai, W. Ongsakul and I. Ngamroo (2002). Parallel micro genetic algorithm for constrained economic dispatch. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 17, No.3, pp. 790 -797.
  • Ngamroo, Y. Mitani and K. Tsuji (2000). Application of solid-state phase shifter to stabilization of system frequency in power system. Electrical Engineering in Japan, Vol. 132, pp.19-29.
  • Ngamroo, Y. Mitani and K. Tsuji (1999). Application of SMES coordinated with solid-state phase shifter to LFC. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol.9, no.2, pp. 322-325.
  • Ngamroo, Y. Mitani and K. Tsuji (1999). Robust frequency stabilization controller design of solid-state phase shifter using H control via normalized coprime factorization approach. IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy, Vol.119-B, No.12, pp.1437-1445.
  • Ngamroo, Y. Mitani and K. Tsuji (1999). Application of solid-state phase shifter to stabilization of system frequency power system. IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy, Vol.119-B, pp.901- 908.