Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 1st ed. 2021
Select Proceedings of ETAEERE 2020
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Series, Vol. 691

This book comprises select proceedings of the international conference ETAEERE 2020, and primarily focuses on renewable energy resources and smart grid technologies. The book provides valuable information on the technology and design of power grid integration on microgrids of green energy sources. Some of the topics covered include solar PV array, hybrid microgrid, daylight harvesting, green computing, photovoltaic applications, nanogrid applications, AC/DC/AC converter for wind energy systems, solar photovoltaic panels, PEM fuel cell system, and biogas run dual-fueled diesel engine. The contents of this book will be useful for researchers and practitioners working in the areas of smart grids and renewable energy generation, distribution, and management.

Prof. Karma Sonam Sherpa has completed his B.E. (Electrical Engineering) from the MREC, Jaipur, and M.Tech. (Power Electronics and Machine Drives) from I.I.T., Kharagpur in the year 1996 and 2003 respectively. He is a doctorate from Sikkim Manipal University. He has been serving SMIT, Sikkim for the last 19 years. Presently, Prof. Sherpa is Registrar, SMU and Ex-Associate Director (Research & Development) Ex-HOD and professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. His areas of research are DC Power Conversion and nonlinear dynamics, Voltage Stability and Load Management in Power Distribution Systems and Electromagnetic Levitation Systems. He is life member of ISTE, IEI and System Society of India (SSI). His areas of interests are Electric Power Distribution System, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives. Prof. K.S. Sherpa is a member of Academic Senate since and University Research Committee (2013 onwards). He has published papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has also organized several workshops, seminars and conferences.

Dr. Akash Kumar Bhoi has completed his B.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering) from Trident Academy of Technology, BPUT University, Odisha and M.Tech. (Biomedical Instrumentation) from Karunya University, Coimbatore in the year 2009 and 2011 respectively. In 2019 he is awarded Ph.D. from Sikkim Manipal University, India. He is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), India since 2012. He is member of ISEIS and IAENG, associate member of IEI, UACEE and editorial board member reviewer of Indian and international journals. His areas of research are biomedical signal processing, medical image processing, sensors and transducers, and medical instrumentation. He has published several papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has also served on numerous organizing pa