Hybrid-Renewable Energy Systems in Microgrids (ePub)

controllers, microgrid.

Palanisamy received the B.E. degree from Madras University, and the M.E degree in electrical engineering from Anna University. He completed the Ph.D. degree in 2013 from VIT University, and has been teaching in the area of power systems for over 15 years in the School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University. He has also been pursuing research in the field of FACTS devices, renewable systems and smart grids. He is currently the Head of Department of Energy and Power Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, and is also serving as editor and reviewers in various journals. He has more than 40 publications on renewable energy, smart grids, optimization, FACTS and MLI’s. His major interests are Smart grids, renewable energy, MLI’s, FACTS and custom power devices.

Akhtar Kalam received the B.Sc. degree from Calcutta University in 1969 and the B.Sc. degree in engineering from Aligarh Muslim University in 1973. He received the M.S. degree from the University of Oklahoma and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Bath for his work on the application of distance protection to series-compensated extra high-voltage line. He has been actively engaged in the teaching of power systems for over 20 years, both in the School of Electrical Engineering, Victoria University of Technology, and overseas. He has conducted research, provided consultancy, and has more than 280 publications on power system protection and independent power generation. His major interests are power system analysis, power system protection, and expert system application in power system, cogeneration, and renewable energy.

Saad Mekhilef received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Setif in 1995, and the M.Eng.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya in 1998 and 2003, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Malaya and has been actively involved in industrial consultancy for major corporations in the power electronics projects. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 publications in international journals and proceedings. His research interest includes power conversion techniques, control of power converters, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.

Jackson John Justo received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from University of Dar es Salaam and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and electrical engineering from Dongguk University. He is currently working as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam and since April 2016, he has been a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His current research interests include energy efficiency and management for smart city and transportation, power converter control for electric vehicles and drives, smart grid with renewable energy, energy storage systems, and simulation using real-time digital simulators and OPAL-RT units.