1st Edition

Smart Grid Systems Modeling and Control

Edited By N. Ramesh Babu Copyright 2017
308 Pages 26 Color & 92 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

308 Pages 26 Color & 92 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

308 Pages 26 Color & 92 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

Electric power systems are being transformed from older grid systems to smart grids across the globe. The goals of this transition are to address today’s electric power issues, which include reducing carbon footprints, finding alternate sources of decaying fossil fuels, eradicating losses that occur in the current available systems, and introducing the latest information and communication... Read more

Smart Grid Overview

Saminathan Ganesan, V. Ramesh, and S. Umashankar

Design of PV Systems with Battery Storage

J. Prasanth Ram and N. Rajasekar

Grid Integration of Wind Turbines: Issues and Solutions

A. Rini Ann Jerin, K. Palanisamy, and S. Umashankar

Control Strategies for Renewable Energy Systems

Ramji Tiwari, K. Kumar, and N. Ramesh Babu

DCDC Converters for Renewable Energy Applications

S. Saravanan, N. Prabaharan, and N. Ramesh Babu

Design and Control of DCAC Inverters

S. Umashankar and V. Sridhar

Hybrid Energy Storage: Introduction and Management for Renewable Microgrids

Amjed Hina Fathima and Palanisamy Kaliannan

Energy Forecasting: Techniques

N. Ramesh Babu and P. Arulmozhivarman

Energy Management System in Smart Grids

Vikram K. and Sarat Kumar Sahoo

Smart-Grid Interaction with Electric Vehicles

Ramji Tiwari and N. Ramesh Babu

Smart Grids: Global Status

Ramji Tiwari and N. Ramesh Babu

Biography

N. Ramesh Babu, PhD, is currently Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Instrumentation at the School of Electrical Engineering at VIT University in Vellore, India. He has over 15 years of teaching experience with eight years of research experience. He has chaired or organized many conferences, workshops, and faculty development programs and has been the keynote speaker, session chair, and technical program member. He is an active reviewer for many international journals, including those published by Elsevier, IEEE, and IET. He is serving as Associate Editor for the IEEE Access Journal and is an editorial board member for several other journals. He has published several technical papers in national and international conferences and journals with high impact factors. His current research includes wind speed forecasting, optimal control of wind energy conversion systems, solar energy, and soft computing techniques applied to electrical engineering.