Soft Computing Applications in Modern Power and Energy Systems - Select Proceedings of EPREC 2023, Volume 4

This book includes select proceedings of EPREC 2023. It provides rigorous discussions, case studies, and recent developments in the areas of soft computing and its applications in power systems enabled with power electronics-based equipment, energy systems, and the energy community. The other topics to be covered are optimal planning, analysis, operation, and control related to modern power and energy systems, and applications of various soft computing methodologies. The readers find this book useful for enhancing their knowledge and skills in the domain areas.

About the author

Om Hari Gupta received B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from UP Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India in 2007 and the M.Tech. degree in power electronics & ASIC design from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 2011 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, in 2017. He is an awardee of the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship for research visiting Canada and from March 2017 to June 2017, he was a visiting Researcher at the Ontario Tech University, Canada. Since 2018, Dr. Gupta has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. He is one of the founding organizing secretaries of the conference series "Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference - EPREC". Dr. Gupta is the author of four books and has morethan 70 publications including 25 journal papers. He is a senior member of IEEE and a reviewer of many reputed journals like IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IET Generation and Transmission, Electric Power Systems Research, Electric Power Components and Systems, and International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems. His research interests include power system protection, microgrid, renewable-based distributed generation, and electric power quality.
Narayana Prasad Padhy, Director, MNIT Jaipur and Director, IIIT Kota, is a Professor (HAG) of Electrical Engineering and has served as Dean of Academic Affairs, IIT Roorkee, Founder Head Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Professor In-Charge Training and Placement, NEEPCO, and Institute Chair Professor at IIT Roorkee. Dr. Padhy is a prolific researcher in the area of Power Systems Engineering and Smart Grid. He has contributed significantly to the domain by way of securing research grants, supervising scholars, publishing research articles, writing books, securing patents, laboratory development and developing online NPTEL courses. Dr. Padhy has held visiting positions at eminent international universities and established research engagements and institutional tie-ups with these universities. He has collaborated with top industries and government agencies for research, laboratory development, and as a knowledge partner. He is well recognised in international and national professional bodies and has actively contributed in various capacities towards their growth. He also represents the country at various international research platforms.
Dr. Padhy is a well awarded and honoured scholarly professional at the national and international levels.

Sukumar Kamalasadan is a Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of electric power engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) and the Director of power energy and intelligent systems lab (PEISL) within the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at UNCC. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toledo, OH in 2004. His research interests include data-driven approaches to power grid modernization, smart grid, microgrid, power system operation and optimization, power system dynamics, stability and control and renewable-energy-based distributed generation. Prof. Kamalasadan is an Associate Editor and paper review chair of the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies, and Editor of Elsevier Electrical Engineering Journal. He is a recipient of several awards, including the National Science Foundation Faculty Early CAREER Award in 2008, best paper awards from IEEE in 2015, 2018, and 2021, outstanding teaching awards in 2004, and Duke Energy Professorship in 2019. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. Prof. Kamalasadan is the past chair of the IEEE Lifelong Learning Subcommittee (LLLSC),and Inaugural Chair of Selection and Quality Control Subcommittee which selects all the webinars and tutorials of IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES). He is a member of PES University Chairs, a group that designs and monitors IEEE PES University. He is also a member of IEEE PES oscillation location taskforce committee, co-chair for subtask under the oscillation location task force, a member of dynamic equivalent systems taskforce, member of working groups in Power System Relaying Committee, Member of IEEE PES distribution subcommittee and Energy storage and DER interconnection Taskforce. Past chair of IEEE IAS Industrial Automation and Control Committee, Chair of IEEE PES Power and Energy Education Committee, and past chair for IEEE PES Charlotte section. He has delivered more than 30 lectures/panels and keynotes in more than 10 countries. He is supervising/has supervised more than 25 M.S. and 30 Ph.D. level research students. He is the author of more than 200 archival type technicalpublications including a book (monograph type) and 4 patents.

Product details

• Assisted by: Om Hari Gupta (Editor), Sukumar Kamalasadan (Editor), Narayana Prasad Padhy (Editor), Narayana Prasad Padhy (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.02.2024
• EAN: 9789819980062
• ISBN: 978-981-9980-06-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 17 mm x 235 mm
• Illustrations: X, 360 p. 205 illus., 165 illus. in color.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical En; Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Hardware