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Assistant Director
Edward Antwi is a lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Kumasi Polytechnic. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and MSc in Mechanical Engineering (Thermofluids and Energy Systems option). He is presently working on efficient woodfuels cookstoves, the use of biodiesel in vehicles and review of national energy policy. He is a founding member of CEESD.
Relevant publications in Renewable Energy Technologies
- Bensah E. C., Mensah M., Antwi E. (2011). Status and prospects for household biogas plants in Ghana – lessons, barriers, potential, and way forward. International Journal on Energy and Environment, Volume 2, Issue 5, 2011 pp.887-898
- Antwi E., Bensah E. C., Ahiekpor J. (2011). Use of solar water distiller for treatment of fluoride-contaminated water: the case of Bongo district of Ghana, Desalination, doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.05.044
- Bensah E.C., Antwi E., Ahiekpor J. (2011). Promoting enterprise-based ecological public toilets in Ghana: technology and economics, 2nd National Environmental Sanitation Conference – NESCON 2011, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Kumasi, Ghana
- Bensah E.C.,Antwi E., Ahiekpor J. Promoting decentralized solar water purification systems in Ghana: a case study at Bongo, 3rd Ghana Water Forum, Ministry of Water, Works and Housing, Accra
- Antwi, E., Quansah, A., Bensah, K., Arthur, R. And Ahiekpor, J. (2010). Ghana’s Liquid Biofuel Policy: Challenges and The Way Forward’, IJEE, Volume 1, Issue 5, 2010, pp.805-814
- Arthur, R. Badoo, M. R. and Antwi, E., (2010), Biogas as a Potential Renewable Energy Source: A Ghanaian Case study, Renewable Energy, vol. 36, issue 5, pp 1510 – 1516.
- Co-Author, (2009). Guidebook of Modern Bioenergy Conversion Technologies in Africa. UNIDO project
Other presentations
Bensah E. C., Antwi E. (2011). Anaerobic wastewater treatment plant for the treatment of organic waste and wastewater at Kumasi abattoir: A CDM project. Growing green through the rule of law: Capacity Building for carbon markets for Africa, ACDLP, GIMPA, Accra, Ghana, July
Scientific Exhibition
Energy Research Group, Kumasi Polytechnic: Exhibition of research projects on Twig Light, Gel Ethanol, CDM Project at Kumasi Abattoir, Solar Dryer, Biochar, and Solar Still. First Ghana Science Congress, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana; August 2 – 5, 2011
Energy Research Group, Kumasi Polytechnic: Exhibition of solar dryer designs at the 3rd National Food and Agric Show (FAGRO 2011), Efua Sutherland Park, Accra
| Date of birth | April 30th, 1979 |
| Sex | Male |
| Citizenship | Ghanaian |
| Research interest | Bio-ethanol, biodiesel, biogas, solar thermal applications, energy efficiency |
| Education | ||||
| 2006 – 2008 | MSc – Mechanical Engineering – Thermofluids and Energy Systems, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana | |||
| 1999 – 2003 | BSc – Chemical Engineering, 2nd Class Upper, KNUST, Ghana
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| Employment record | ||||
| 12/2008 – Date | Senior Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department., Kumasi Polytechnic, Ghana | |||
| 09/2009 – Date | Assistant Director, Centre for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (CEESD), Non-profit, Kumasi, Ghana | |||
| 7/2003 – 6/2004 | Teaching and Research Assistant, Faculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering, KNUST, Ghana | |||
| Education | ||||
| 2006 – 2008 | MSc – Mechanical Engineering – Thermofluids and Energy Systems, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana | |||
| 1999 – 2003 | BSc – Chemical Engineering, 2nd Class Upper, KNUST, Ghana
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| Employment record | ||||
| 12/2008 – Date | Senior Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department., Kumasi Polytechnic, Ghana | |||
| 09/2009 – Date | Assistant Director, Centre for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (CEESD), Non-profit, Kumasi, Ghana | |||
| 7/2003 – 6/2004 | Teaching and Research Assistant, Faculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering, KNUST, Ghana
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| Professional experience record | ||||
| Date | Location | Position | Project | |
| 8/2011 – Date | Ghana | Team member | First CDM programme activity on Envirofit cookstoves in Ghana | |
| 6/2010 – 6/2012 | Kumasi Polytechnic | Team member | Research and development of solar dryers for large scale drying of agricultural produce in Ghana | |
| 10/2010 – Date | Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
Cote D’Ivoire |
Team member – KNUST | Integrated Waste Management in Western Africa (IWWA), 7thFramework Programme, European Commission | |
| 08/2010 – Date | Kumasi Polytechnic | Team member | Research and development of decentralized biochar reactors and small scale compost plants for agricultural applications in Ghana | |
| 05/2009 – Date | Ghana | Team member | Production and testing of gel ethanol (from sugarcane) as household fuel in Ghana | |
| 9/2010 | Bongo | Coordinator | Design and installation of solar water distillers at AnaafoBisi, Bongo, Upper East Region | |
| 09/2010 | Kumasi Polytechnic | Team coordinator | Design and fabrication of gel-ethanol stoves | |
