IoT and Analytics in Renewable Energy Systems (Volume 1)

O.V. Gnana Swathika (Member ’11–Senior Member ʼ20, IEEE) earned a BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Madras University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2000; an MS in Electrical Engineering at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, in 2004; and a PhD in Electrical Engineering at VIT University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2017. She completed her postdoc at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2019. Her current research interests include microgrid protection, power system optimization, embedded systems, and photovoltaic systems. K. Karthikeyan is an electrical and electronics engineering graduate with a master’s in personnel management from the University of Madras. With two decades of rich experience in electrical design, he has immensely contributed toward the building services sector comprising airports, Information Technology Office Space (ITOS), tall statues, railway stations/depots, hospitals, educational institutional buildings, residential buildings, hotels, steel plants, and automobile plants in India and abroad (Sri Lanka, Dubai, and the UK). Currently, he is Chief Engineering Manager – Electrical Designs for Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction, an Indian multinational Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contracting company. Also, he has worked at Voltas, ABB, and Apex Knowledge Technology Private Limited. His primary role involved the preparation and review of complete electrical system designs up to 110 kV. Detailed engineering stage covering by various electrical design calculations, design basis reports, suitable for construction drawings, and Mechanical Electrical Plumbing (MEP) design coordination. He is the point of contact for both client and internal project team, lead and manage a team of design and divisional personnel, day-to-day interaction with clients, peer review, managing project deadlines, Project time estimation, assisting in staff appraisals, training, and recruiting. Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban (Member’12–Senior Member’15, IEEE) received a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 2012. He was an Associate Professor at VIT University from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, he joined the National Institute of Technology, India, as a Faculty Member. In 2014, he was invited as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, funded by the Qatar National Research Foundation (Government of Qatar). He continued his research activities with the Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland, in 2014. Further, he served as an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2016 to 2018. From March 2018 to February 2021, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark. He continued his activities from March 2021 as an Associate Professor with the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) Laboratory, Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark. Presently, he is a Full Professor in Electrical Power Engineering with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Cybernetics, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway. S. Padmanaban has authored over 750+ scientific papers and received the Best Paper cum Most Excellence Research Paper Award from IET-SEISCON’13, IET-CEAT’16, IEEE-EECSI’19, IEEE-CENCON’19, and five best paper awards from ETAEERE’16 sponsored Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer book. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K. He received a lifetime achievement award from Marquis Who’s Who - USA 2017 for contributing to power electronics and renewable energy research. He is listed among the world’s top 2 scientists (from 2019) by Stanford University USA. He is an Editor/Associate Editor/Editorial Board for refereed journals, in particular the IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL, IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications, IEEE ACCESS, IET Power Electronics, IET Electronics Letters, and Wiley-International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Subject Editorial Board Member—Energy Sources—Energies Journal, MDPI, and the Subject Editor for the IET Renewable Power Generation, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, and FACETS Journal (Canada).

1. Policies for a Sustainable Energy Dependent India. 2. A Review on Internet of Things with Smart Grid Technology. 3. Securing Smart Power Grids Against Cyberattacks. 4. Stability Enhancement of Grid Connected Wind Energy Conversion System. 5. Solar Powerd Smart Irrigation System. 6. Future Transporation: Battery Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Fuel Cell Vehicles. 7. Application of AI to Power Electronics and Drives Systems: Mini Review. 8. Analysis of Economic Growth Dependance on Energy Consumption. 9. Artificial Intelligent Techniques for Smart Power Systems. 10. IoT Contribution in Construct of Green Energy. 11. Smart IoT System-Based Performance Improvement of DC Power Distribution Within Commercial Buildings Using Adaptive Nonlinear Ascendant Mode Control Strategy. 12. Artificial Intelligence Methods for Hybrid Renewable Energy System. 13. Bidirectional Converter Topology for Onboard Battery Charger for Electric Vehicle. 14. Design and Analysis of Split Source Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems. 15. Electric Vehicles and Smart Grid: Mini Review. 16. Artificial Intelligence for The Operation of Renewable Energy Systems. 17. Application of Back Propagation Algorithm for Solar Radiation Forecasting in PV System. 18. Technical and Feasibility Analysis of Interconnected Renewable Energy Sources in Three Separate Regions: A Comparative Study. 19. IoT Based Prioritized Load Management Technique for PV-Battery Powered Building: Mini Review. 20. Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System - An Overview. 21. A Critical Review of IoT in Sustainable Energy Systems.