Research Highlights

I am broadly interested in Distribution system planning & operation and demand side energy management applications in smart distribution grid. My focused research area includes:

Research Work

Post-Doc:

[1] Project: DST – Mission Innovation: Smart Grids Project | Development of a Prosumer Driven Integrated SMART grid.

P.I from IIT GN: Dr. Naran M. Pindoriya

Position: Research Associate-I

Partner: IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Gandhinagar, MSRIT Bangalore, Florida International University, Amplus Solar, BSES Yamuna Power Ltd

Description:

• • • • • • • A robust software and hardware architecture of portable Smart Energy Management Device (SEMD) is developed for real-time implementation.

            • An efficient day-ahead optimal energy management algorithm is developed for energy consumers to effectively utilize their DERs (roof-top PV systems, BESS and V2G enabled EV) in distribution system.

            • A Proof-of-Concept (PoC) is developed at IIT Gandhinagar campus to demonstrate the effectiveness of the SEMD for different type of energy consumers.

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[2] Project: Efficient Coupling Of Water and Energy Technologies for Smart Sustainable Cities.

P.I from IIT GN: Dr. Naran M. Pindoriya

Position: Research Associate-II

Partner: IGSTC (Indo-German Science and technology center), DLR (German Space Agency), IIT Gandhinagar, IIT kanpur, GIFT city and Sonnen GmbH

Description:

• • • • • • The integration of advanced energy storage technology and renewable energy sources to enable the coupling and modularization of electricity and water infrastructures.

          • Optimization techniques for energy-efficient management of both water and electricity in the purview of the infrastructural constraints in the smart sustainable cities.

          • Hardware and software platform to improve energy efficiency and water management. A software platform that allows real-time monitoring, analysis and controlling based on the IEC 61499 industrial standard with the grounding of systems engineering techniques.

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Doctoral:

Thesis title: Scheduling of PHEVs in Presence of Distributed Energy Resources in Distribution Systems.

Supervisor: Prof. Devender Singh

Description:

• Development of a stochastic simulation of PHEVs load considering the uncertainties related to driving pattern, based on the demand responsiveness and conventional approach.

• Develops a modified current injection Newton-Raphson (MCINR) based load flow method for modern distribution system.

• Development of a 24-hour day-ahead scheduling of PHEVs, DGs and D-BESSs to optimization of four contradictory objectives simultaneously (i.e. cost minimization, CO2 emission minimization, real power losses minimization and load flattening).

• Develops a 24-hour optimal active and reactive power scheduling of DGs and PHEVs under current and voltage unbalance constraint are proposed for three phase unbalance distribution system.

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Master:

Thesis title: Improvement of transient stability of a 9 bus multi- machine system by coordinated effect of PSS & SVC.

Supervisor: Prof. Upendra Prasad

Description:

Transient stability improvement has been tested subjected to three phase fault for 0.5 second at bus 3 on 9-bus multi-machine system. By the use of PSS, SVC and by increasing inertia of the test system, electromechanical oscillation for generator's electrical power has been damped out and the steady state power transfer has been enhanced while maintaining system constraints.

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