Renewable Energy and Future Power Systems

This book discusses advanced technologies for applications in renewable energy and power systems. The topics covered include neural network applications in power electronics, deep learning applications in power systems, design and simulation of multilevel inverters, solid state transformers, neural network applications for fault detection in power electronics, etc. The book also discusses the important role of artificial intelligence in power systems, and machine learning for renewable energy. This book will be of interest to researchers, professionals, and technocrats looking at power systems, power distribution, and grid operations. 

Prof. (Dr.) V. K. Singh received his Ph. D. (Electronic and Communication Engineering) from Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, B.U. Rajasthan  and M. Tech. in Digital Communication System from Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi in the years 2013 and 2009, respectively. He has completed B. Tech. (Electrical Engineering) from Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IET Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. He is having about eighteen years of experience in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Currently he is working as a Professor and Head, Electrical Engineering Department, S.R. Group of Institutions, Jhansi UP, India. He is a senior member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT) and International Association for the Engineers & Computer Scientists (IAENG). He is also a member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has been working as a coordinator of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), IIT Kanpur and also a nodal coordinator of Virtual Labs, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He is the vice editor In Chief Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Pvt. Ltd (BEI-ESP). Prof. Singh has published more than 200 research papers in the renowned International Journals such as IEEE, Springer and Willey. He is the author of edited book of renowned publisher, IGI Global (USA) and two reference books. He has guided 6 PhD scholars and more than 30 MTech students. He has guided for the project selected for financial grant under Council of Science & Technology Govt. of UP (CST UP). He has delivered expert lectures in many seminars and workshops. Also, he has organized many interactive workshops and seminars. He was appointed as the external examiner for PhD defence viva in many Universities. Prof. Singh has chaired the sessions such as IEEE Conference (ICACAT-2018) at LNCT Bhopal, Springer Conference (ICSC-2019)at Institute of Hydro power Engineering and Technology Tehri, Uttarakhand, International conference (ICRESE-2016) at Govt. VYTPG, Raipur C.G.. He is the reviewer of many renowned SCI Journals and International and national conferences. 

Dr. Akash Kumar Bhoi has completed his B.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering) from Trident Academy of Technology, BPUT University, Odisha, and M.Tech. (Biomedical Instrumentation) from Karunya University, Coimbatore in the year 2009 and 2011, respectively. He received his Ph.D. from Sikkim Manipal University, India, in 2019. He is working as Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), India, since 2012. He is a University Ph.D. Course Coordinator for “Research & Publication Ethics (RPE).” He is a member of IEEE, ISEIS, and IAENG, an associate member of IEI, UACEE, and an editorial board member reviewer of Indian and international journals. He is also a regular reviewer of repute journals, namely IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, Inderscience, etc. His research areas are Biomedical Technologies, the Internet of Things, Computational Intelligence, Antenna, Renewable Energy. He has published several papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has 90+ documents registered in the Scopus database by the year 2020. He has also served on numerous organizing panels for international conferences and workshops. He is currently editing several books with Springer Nature, Elsevier and Routledge & CRC Press. He is also serving as Guest editor for special issues of the journal like Springer Nature and Inderscience. 


Dr. Anurag Saxena currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, SR Group of Institutions; Jhansi. His research area is RF energy harvesting, improvement in the performance oftextile antenna, effect of radio frequency on human body and SAR calculation of different antenna design for high frequency range like 4G, 5G etc on different body parts of human being. He is having about ten years of experience in the field of electrical and electronics engineering. He has been working as a member of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) and Virtual Labs, SRGI, Jhansi. Dr. Saxena has published more than 25 research papers in the renowned international journals such as IEEE, Springer etc. He is the author of one book “Basic Radar Systems”, Amazon (Kindle Book Publisher-USA). He has published more than 10 book chapters in Springer, IGI Global etc. He has guided for the project selected for financial grant under Council of Science & Technology Govt. of UP (CSTUP). He has delivered expert lectures in many seminars and workshops. Also, he has organized many interactive workshops and seminars. He is reviewer of many renowned international and national conferences. 


Dr. Ahmed F. Zobaa received his Doctoral of Science from Brunel University London, the UK in 2017. He has spent more than 28 years in the academia at Cairo University (Egypt), University of Exeter (UK) and Brunel University London (UK). Currently, he is a Reader in electrical and power engineering at Brunel University London, UK. His main areas of expertise include power quality, (marine) renewable energy, smart grids, energy efficiency, and lighting applications. Dr Zobaa is an Executive Editor for the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, an Executive Editor-in-Chief for Technology and Economics of Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy, and an Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education. He is a registered Chartered Engineer, Chartered Energy Engineer, European Engineer, and International Professional Engineer. He is also a registered member of the Engineering Council, UK; the Egypt Syndicate of Engineers; and the Egyptian Society of Engineers. He is a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK; Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Energy Institute, UK, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, UK, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK, The Royal Society of Arts, UK, The African Academy of Sciences, and Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors, UK. He is a senior member of the IEEE. 
Dr. Sandeep Biswal received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from NIT Raipur, India, in 2019, in the field of power system protection and MTech in Power System Engineering from VSSUT (UCE) Burla, Odisha in 2013. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, O P Jindal University, Raigarh, India. He is the active reviewer of many reputed journals like IEEE Transaction on Power Delivery, IEEE Transaction on Power System, IEEETransaction on Circuit and System-I, IEEE Transaction on Circuit and System-II, IEEE Systems Journal, Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems, Taylor and Francis, European Transaction on Electrical Power, Electric Power System Research and many more. His research interests include power system relaying and monitoring, microgrid protection etc. Dr. Biswal received the POSOCO Power System Award, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 2019.