Planning and Operation of Active Distribution Networks

Introduction - Philosophy of new systems.- Transition from old to new markets.- Demand response.- Smart grids enabling smart cities and urban energy planning.- The role of electric vehicles in smart grids.- Energy storage in different time scales.- Optimal techniques applied to smart grids.- Power flow in isolated and connected microgrids.

A . C. Zambroni de Souza holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1987), a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1990) and a PhD in Electrical Engineering - University of Waterloo Canada (1995). He is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Itajubá. He was a Visiting Professor (CAPES Scholarship) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2000. In 2008 he was with the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He acts in the area of stability of electrical systems, with special emphasis on the topic of voltage stability in transmission and distribution systems. As sub-topics, it works on voltage control and reactive power and analysis of electrical losses. Nowadays, his focus is on smart grids and smart cities, which includes the social effects of technologies. He is associate editor of the Journal of Control, Automation & Electrical Systems. Since 2015 he has been anAssociate Editor of the Renewable Power Generation (IET-RPG) and of the IET Power Electronics, both under the coordination of The Institution of Engineering and Technology in the United Kingdom. He has served as a reviewer in national and international magazines and conferences. He is Fellow Member of the "IET - The Institution of Engineering and Technology", and has edited a book with Springer on "Microgrids Design".
Bala Venkatesh received a Ph.D. degree from Anna University, India in 2000. He is a Professor and Academic Director, Centre for Urban Energy, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. His research interests include Power System Analysis and Optimization. He is both founding academic director and head of the Centre for Urban Energy (CUE) at Ryerson University. He is also a tenured professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He specializes in electric power systems with interests in transmission and distribution systems, renewables, energy