Research Interests and Projects
Research Areas
My research interests lie at the interface of computational intelligence , electric power systems, and economics, which focuses on the development of smart energy management frameworks/tools to facilitate the optimal and viable integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as distributed generation, demand response and energy storage, into the electrical enterprise. The power system deregulation has successfully unbundled the vertically integrated structure of the conventional power systems while introducing the competition into many aspects of the system operation. For example, the retailers, distribution companies, and bulk consumers are able to choose the electricity suppliers through wholesale or spot electricity markets, and the contestable consumers can choose the retailers or service providers of their choice. However, with the advent of smart grid technologies and the proliferation of on-site DERs, the utilities and market regulators across the world are attempting to fully liberalize the electricity markets. The full liberalization allows the end-users, irrespective of their scale, to buy the electricity directly from on-site energy providers, such as solar PV or wind-based electricity generators, or the retailers of their choice. In addition, the energy producers, responsive consumers and prosumers (producer cum consumer) are allowed to trade the energy and ancillary services regionally. Although this new dimension of the deregulation sounds effective, its massive deployment is limited by many technical and operational challenges. In this research avenue, the major contributions of my research work can be found here
Current Research Topics:
Transcative Energy Systems
Renewable Energy Integration, Smart Microgrids and Mesogrids
Industry 4.0: IoT applications in Power Systems
Demand Side Management and Energy Management
Self-healing Power Grids
Industry 4.0 and Distribution System Automation
Power System resiliency
Research projects
Principal Investigator, Dynamic Energy Management in Smart Distribution Systems; Funding Agency: NU Collaborative Research Project Grant, NUCRP 01/2020- 12/2022.
Principal Investigator, Comprehensive Transactive Energy Management Systems; Funding Agency: NU Faculty Development Competitive Research Grant, NUFDCRG 01/2020- 12/2022.
Principal Investigator, Transactive Home Energy Management System; Funding Agency: NU Social Policy Grant, NUSPG 04/2018- 04/2020.