Modern Power Converters for Renewable Energy Applications: Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Control

Modern Power Converters for Renewable Energy Applications offers a comprehensive guide to the modeling, analysis, design, and control of these critical technologies, tailored for solar PV, wind energy, and energy storage applications.

Muthu Selvan N.B., Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics has 20 years of teaching experience which includes 10 years of research experience in the field of power system optimization. Prior to joining SSN he was with Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore during the year 2004-2005.

He received his B.E (EEE - Distinction) degree (2000) and M.B.A (Finance) degree (2002) from Madurai Kamaraj University. He obtained an M.E. degree (2004) and a Ph.D. degree (2013) in the field of Power System Engineering from Anna University, Chennai. His area of interest includes Power System Optimization, Application of Power Electronics controllers to Power System, Renewable energy system.

During his Ph.D. he developed an enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm by the combined application of Gaussian and Cauchy distribution for solving various power system optimization problem. His Ph.D. thesis titled, ＂Application of Gaussian and Cauchy Inspired PSO Algorithms for Power System Optimization Problems＂ was well commended by the examiners and Eminent Professors from IISc Bangalore and IIT Madras.

He has published 20 research papers in refereed international journals and more than 25 research papers in proceedings of international and national conferences. He is a recognized supervisor to guide Ph.D. degree programs offered by Anna University, Chennai. He has successfully guided 4 PhD Scholars in the field of Power Electronics and Power Systems. He has received a research grant of Rs. 5.5 Lakhs from SSN Trust for project titled, ＂Realization of swarm intelligence using real-time deep learning algorithm＂.

He is a Senior Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (SMIEEE) and Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE), and Fellow The Institution of Engineers India (FIE). He is a recognized Chartered Engineer from The Institution of Engineers (India). He is the recipient of Professional Award titled, ＂Innovative Technological Scientific Research & Dedicated Professor Award＂ from Society of Engineers and Technicians Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in association with the Journal of Engineering Technological Research, in the year 2017.

He has organized several International Conference, National Conferences, Workshops, and STTP courses along with ISTE at SSN. He has also successfully conducted six-day AICTE-ISTE Induction/ Refresher Programmes sponsored (Rs. 3 Lakhs) by AICTE-ISTE titled ＂Renewable Energy Sources Integrated Smart Power Grid Scenarios and Control aspects using HVDC and FACTS Controllers＂ in July 2018.

He has delivered invited lectures, Keynote addresses, and Chaired technical sessions in various international conferences. He is also an active reviewer for various International Journals and Technical Book publications.

Thiyagarajan V., Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has about 8 years of teaching experience. He received his B.E degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with distinction, and M.E. degree in Power Systems Engineering with distinction from Anna University, Chennai. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Division of Power System Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy (CEG), Anna University, Chennai.

He has published 30 research papers in refereed international journals and 75 research papers in the proceedings of various international conferences. He has coordinated and organized various National level Workshops and International Conferences. He has received several best paper awards for his research papers at various international conferences.

He is a recognized supervisor for Anna University. His areas of research include Power Converters, Stability, and control of electric power grids, Renewable energy systems and Microgrid.

He is the reviewer for many International Journals. He is a Senior Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (SMIEEE) and Member of The Institution of Engineers India (MIE).

Cheng Siong Chin, Chair Professor in Intelligent Systems Modelling and Simulation at Newcastle University and an Adjunct Professor at Chongqing University, School of Automotive Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Control Engineering at Research Robotics Centre at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2008 and his M.Sc. (Distinction) in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering from The University of Manchester in 2001. Before moving into academia, he worked in the consumer electronics industry for a few years.

He obtained 6 Economic Development Board (EDB)-Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP) and 2 Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) grants from the Singapore government in intelligent systems design, simulation, and predictive analytics as a PI and Co-PI. He has obtained more than 170 publications, 5 authored books, 2 Singapore Patent Applications, and 3 US Patents.

He also received DCASE2019 Judges’ Award in IEEE AASP Challenge on DCASE2019. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Access Journal, Applied Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Transportation Electrification Community (TEC) eNewsletter, and editorial board member of Electronics. He has served as General Chair, Keynote Speaker, Session Chair, and Technical Committee at numerous international conferences.