Springer Advances in Smart Grid Automation and Industry 4.0: Select Proceedings of ICETSGAI4.0: 693 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 693)

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends for Smart Grid Automation and Industry 4.0 (ICETSGAI4.0 2019). The contents discuss the recent trends in smart grid technology and related applications. The topics covered include data analytics for smart grid operation and control, integrated power generation technologies, green technologies as well as advances in microgrid operation and planning. The book highlights the enhancement in technology in the field of smart grids, and how IoT, big data, robotics and automation, artificial intelligence, and wide area measurement have become prerequisites for the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. The book can be a valuable reference for researchers and professionals interested in smart grid automation incorporating features of Industry 4.0. From the Back Cover This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends for Smart Grid Automation and Industry 4.0 (ICETSGAI4.0 2019). The contents discuss the recent trends in smart grid technology and related applications. The topics covered include data analytics for smart grid operation and control, integrated power generation technologies, green technologies as well as advances in microgrid operation and planning. The book highlights the enhancement in technology in the field of smart grids, and how IoT, big data, robotics and automation, artificial intelligence, and wide area measurement have become prerequisites for the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. The book can be a valuable reference for researchers and professionals interested in smart grid automation incorporating features of Industry 4.0. About the Author Dr. M. Jaya Bharata Reddy received his  B.Tech. Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from  Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. He received his M.E. and Ph.D. degree from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Ranchi, India. He is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of  Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India. He has a total experience of 16 years  in teaching and research. In 2010, he received the prestigious national level IEI Young Engineer's Award in the field of Electrical  Engineering in recognition of his research. Subsequently in 2013, he  received the SERC Fast Track Young Scientist Award from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. He holds two  patents. He has published more than 100 journal and conference papers.  His current research interests include smart grid, substation  automation, wide-area protection, digital relaying, soft computing  applications in power system and power system protection. He is a Senior Member of IEEE (USA), Member of IEEE Power and energy Society.  He is an Editor of Power Components & Systems (Taylor & Francis); Associate Editor of IET High Voltage; Associate Editor of IEEE Access as well as of IET Generation, Transmission Distribution.  Prof. Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta received his B. Sc. Engg. (Electrical) degree from the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. He received his M.E. degree from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India, and Ph. D. (Engg.) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is an IEEE senior member. He has a total experience of 26 years in teaching and the industry. He was an electrical engineer in the captive power plant of the National Aluminum Company (NALCO), Angul, India. His current research interests include the power quality analysis, soft computing applications, power system planning, phasor measurement unit placement and reliability analysis. He is an editor of Electric Power Components and Systems journal, Associate Editor  of IEEE Access; Subject Editor of IET Generation, Transmission   Distribution; guest editor-in-chief, special issu