Springer Energy Systems, Drives and Automations: Proceedings of ESDA 2019: 664 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 664)

This book gathers selected research papers presented at the Second International Conference on Energy Systems, Drives and Automations (ESDA 2019), held in Kolkata on 28–29 December 2019. It covers a broad range of topics in the fields of renewable energy, power management, drive systems for electrical machines and automation. Also discussing a variety of related tools and techniques, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers, professionals and students in electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines. From the Back Cover This book gathers selected research papers presented at the Second International Conference on Energy Systems, Drives and Automations (ESDA 2019), held in Kolkata on 28–29 December 2019. It covers a broad range of topics in the fields of renewable energy, power management, drive systems for electrical machines and automation. Also discussing a variety of related tools and techniques, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers, professionals and students in electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines. About the Author Dr. Afzal Sikander is working as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India. He has earned Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, with specialisation in Control Engineering. Dr. Afzal has over 10 years of teaching and research experience in the diverse field of Control Engineering. His areas of interest include control theory and applications, model order reduction, machine learning, optimisation, robotics and renewable energy. He is actively involved in various research projects funded by CSIR, ISRO, TEQIP, etc. He has published 48 research articles in reputed national/international journals and conferences including 17 research papers in SCI-indexed journals. He is a member of the editorial board and Guest Editor of numerous reputed journals. He has organised three international conferences on recent trends in Electrical Engineering and Soft Computing in 2017 and 2018.   Prof. Dulal Acharjee is working as Director in Applied Computer Technology, Kolkata, India. Before, he worked as a Professor in the Department of CSE & IT of Purushottam Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rourkela, Odisha. He also worked as Visiting Faculty in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Kolkata. He received M.Tech. degree in Information Technology from Tezpur University. Before, he did M.Sc. in Applied Physics and Electronics from Dhaka University. He has long experience of working in software training and development industry. His research interests are automated activity recognition system, sensor-based applications, microprocessor- and microcontroller-based embedded systems, etc. He has 80 numbers of publications, 15 in international journals, 2 book chapters and others in different national/international conferences. He has delivered 16 invited talks in international conferences. He has organised about 20 international conferences as General Chair/Chairman in organising committee. He is an editorial board member of international journal of ‘Microsystem Technologies’ of Springer Nature, a SCI-indexed journal. He is a Guest Editor of many special issues of this journal.   Dr. C. K. Chanda is working as a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIEST, Shibpur, India. He has earned Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering, B.E. College (DU), Shibpur, India, with specialisation in Power Systems. Dr. C. K. Chanda has over 30 years of teaching and research experience in the diverse field of Power Systems Engineering. His areas of interest include smart grid, resiliency, stability and renewable energy. He is actively involved in various research projects funded by Centrally Funded Organizations like DST