Smart Grids for Renewable Energy Systems, Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage Systems (ePub)

Rajkumar Viral presently working as an Associate Professor in Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Amity School of Engg. & Tech., Amity University, Noida, UP, INDIA, from Aug. 2017 to till date. Additionally, he has more than 14-year teaching experience at UG and PG level in various engineering Institutes/University. He has awarded Doctoral degree and Post graduate degree in Energy Systems from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee in 2016. And 2010, respectively. He graduated in Electrical Engineering (with honors) from MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly in 2003. He has also published more than 100 of research publications in various International/national journals/conferences/Book chapters of repute and peer reviewed and awarded with several Best papers. He has served as TPC Member of several international conferences held worldwide. He also is an active member of professional societies i.e. IEEE, PES, ISTE, IEI, IDES, ACEEE, and contributing editorial board member (IJORCS, IJESCE, IJBST etc.) and reviewer of various International Journals (Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Willey etc.). Her research interests include Distribution system planning and optimizations, Renewable energy systems & applications, Smart grid, Big Data Analytics and application in Power System. He is a keen learner and research-oriented person.

Divya Asija is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Amity School of Engineering and Technology at the Amity University Noida, India, where she has been a faculty member since 2012. She has more than 14 years teaching experience at prestigious institutions/University. She completed his Ph.D. at Amity University, Noida and her postgraduate studies at YMCA, Faridabad. Her research interests include power system, ranging from congestion management, renewable energy resources, distributed generation, smart grid and electric vehicles etc. She has filed 4 patents and applied various funded projects of different government and private agencies. She is also the author of over forty research papers and book chapters in several international journals of repute She is also an active reviewer of International Journals (Energy Elsevier, IJSAEM Springer, IJEEPS Degruyter, IJECE IAES, JEET Springer and IJRER. In the interim, she was also awarded for outstanding contribution in reviewing by Energy, Elsevier for academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19. As of 2020, Google Scholar reports over 121 citations to her work with h-index 6 and i10-index 4. She was also a winner of gold award for courseware creation using Moodle for outcome-based education and ethical commitment.

U. Mohan Rao, Senior Member, IEEE, holds a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering, and a master's and doctoral degrees obtained from the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India. At present, he is a lecturer in the Department of Applied Sciences at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) in Canada. He is also a postdoctoral researcher at UQAC with the Research Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT). Dr. Mohan is a Senior Member of IEEE and Member of the IEEE DEIS. He is also the Secretary for the IEEE Technical Committee on Liquid Dielectrics. His main research interests include aging phenomena of high-voltage insulation, condition monitoring of electrical apparatus, alternative dielectric materials, transformer insulation in cold countries, and AIML applications.

Adil Sarwar received the B.Tech., M.Tech., and Ph.D. degrees from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, in 2006, 2008, and 2012, respectively. From 2012 to 2015, he was associated with the Electrical Engineering Department, Galgotia College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, India. Since 2015, he has been working with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University. He is Senior Member of IEEE since 2020. He works in the area of power converter, and renewable energy system. He has published more than 50 research papers in IEEE Transactions and SCI journals. He has presented several papers in international conferences. He has also chaired sessions in several international conferences. He has completed 3 NPIU sponsored research projects. He is a Life Member of the Systems Society of India. He has contributed a chapter in Power Electronics Handbook (4ed. Edited by M. H. Rashid).