Intelligent Paradigms for Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Systems (Algorithms for Intelligent Systems)

This book addresses and disseminates state-of-the-art research and development in the applications of intelligent techniques for smart grids and renewable energy systems. This helps the readers to grasp the extensive point of view and the essence of the recent advances in this field. The book solicits contributions from active researchers which include theory, case studies and intelligent paradigms pertaining to the smart grid and renewable energy systems. The prospective audience would be researchers, professionals, practitioners and students from academia and industry who work in this field. From the Back Cover This book addresses and disseminates state-of-the-art research and development in the applications of intelligent techniques for smart grids and renewable energy systems. This helps the readers to grasp the extensive point of view and the essence of the recent advances in this field. The book solicits contributions from active researchers which include theory, case studies and intelligent paradigms pertaining to the smart grid and renewable energy systems. The prospective audience would be researchers, professionals, practitioners and students from academia and industry who work in this field. About the Author B.Vinoth Kumar received the B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Periyar University in 2003, and the M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the Anna University in 2009 and 2016, respectively. He is Associate Professor with 16 years of experience at PSG College of Technology. His current research interests include computational intelligence, memetic algorithms and image processing. He has established an Artificial Intelligence Research (AIR) Laboratory at PSG College of Technology. He is Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI), International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE). He is the author of more than 26 papers in refereed journals and international conferences. He has edited three books with reputed publishers such as Springer and CRC Press. He serves as Guest Editor/Reviewer of many journals with leading publishers such as Springer, Inderscience and De Gruyter. P. Sivakumar received the B.E. degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Anna University in 2006, and the M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Embedded System from Anna University in 2009 and 2018, respectively. He is Assistant Professor with 10 years of experience at PSG College of Technology. His current research interests include model-based design of automotive software and computational intelligence. He is Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). He has published papers in peer-reviewed national/international journals and conferences and Reviewer of international journals. He has reviewed the 8th edition of a book titled “Understanding of Automotive Electronics” Elsevier. M. M. Rajan Singaravel received his B.Tech. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India, in 2008, and the M.E. degree in Power Electronics and Drives from PSG College of Technology (Anna University), Coimbatore, India, in 2010. He was admitted as Ph.D. Research Scholar with MHRD (Govt. of India) fellowship in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, and completed his dissertation in the year 2015. He is currently working as Faculty in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal. His interests are battery storage systems, hybrid wind–solar systems and power electronics for renewable systems, micro-grids and distributed generator.   K. Vijayakumar obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) in the year 2006 from Coimba