Role of Plug-In Electric Vehicles in Grid Management Services

Provides a comprehensive exploration of how PEVs are transforming modern power networks, offering solutions for demand-side management, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) integration, and energy storage.

Ark Dev is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. He completed his Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from WBUT in 2013, followed by a Master of Technology (M. Tech.) in Power and Control Systems in 2017. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from NIT Manipur in 2021. His primary research interests include frequency stability in power systems, microgrids, renewable energies, sliding mode control, event-triggered control, and optimization techniques. He has published multiple scientific articles focused on frequency stability in power systems, microgrid stability, and optimization, contributing to advancements in these fields.

Vineet Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, India. He completed his B. Tech. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India in 2013, and an M. Tech in Power System from NIT Hamirpur, India in 2017. He completed his doctoral studies from NIT Hamirpur in Power System in 2023. His research expertise is in optimization, metaheuristic techniques, and unit commitment problems.

Vivek Prakash is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Automation at Banasthali Vidyapith in Tonk, India, an institution accredited with NAAC A++ and ranked 35th in the NIRF 2021 rankings. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Electrical Engineering Department at Malaviya National Institute of Technology in Jaipur in 2019. He was also a postdoctoral research fellow at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) at the University of Zagreb in Croatia. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 research publications and 5 patents. Additionally, he is actively involved in scholarly endeavors as an editorial board member of the Electrical Engineering journal published by Springer Nature, a prestigious SCI journal with an impact factor of 1.8. He also holds the position of editorial member for the Journal of Energy and have had the honor of serving as a guest editor for Energies, a publication with an impact factor of 3.25.