Publications

Peer-reviewed journals

• Vibhu Jately, Brian Azzopardi, Jyoti Joshi, Balaji Venkateswaran V, Abhinav Sharma and Sudha Arora, “Comprehensive Review of Hill-Climbing MPPT Algorithms under Low Irradiance Levels,” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 150. October 2021. (IF: 14.982) doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111467

• Vibhu Jately, Somesh Bhattacharya, Brian Azzopardi, Antoine Guerin de Montgareuil, Jyoti Joshi and Sudha Arora, “Voltage and Current Reference Based MPPT under Rapidly Changing Irradiance and Load Resistance,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2297-2309, September 2021. (IF: 4.501) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2021.3058454  

• Vibhu Jately and Sudha Arora, “Development of a dual-tracking technique for extracting maximum power from PV systems under rapidly changing environmental conditions,” Energy, Vol. 133, pp. 557–571, August 2017. (IF: 6.082)
  doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.05.049

• Arpit Jain, Abhinav Sharma, Vibhu Jately, Brian Azzopardi and Sushabhan Choudhury, “Real-Time Swing-up Control of Non-Linear Inverted Pendulum using Lyapunov based Optimized Fuzzy Logic Control,” IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 50715-50726, February 2021. (IF: 3.745) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3058645

• Abhishek Sharma, Abhinav Sharma, Moshe Averbukh, Vibhu Jately, and Brian Azzopardi, “An Effective Method for Parameter Estimation of a Solar Cell,” Electronics, Vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1–22, January 2021. (IF: 2.412) doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10030312  

• Abhishek Sharma, Ankit Dasgotra, Sunil Tiwari, Abhinav Sharma, Vibhu Jately and Brian Azzopardi, “Parameter Extraction of Photovoltaic module using Tunicate Swarm Algorithm,” Electronics, Vol. 10, no. 8, March 2021. (IF: 2.412) doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10080878  

• Jyoti Joshi, Anurag Swami, Vibhu Jately and Brian Azzopardi, “A Comprehensive Review of Control Strategies to Overcome Challenges during LVRT in PV Systems” IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 121804-121834, August 2021. (IF: 3.367) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3109050 

• Balaji Venkateswaran V, Vibhu Jately and Brian Azzopardi, “Techno-Economic Framework for Optimal Capacity Expansion of Active Microgrid in the Mediterranean: A Case Study in Malta” IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 120451-120463, August 2021. (IF: 3.367).
  doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3108959

• Abhishek Sharma, Abhinav Sharma, Ankit Dasgotra, Vibhu Jately, Mangey Ram, Shailendra Rajput, Moshe Averbukh, and Brian Azzopardi, “Opposition-based Tunicate Swarm Algorithm for Parameter Optimization of Solar Cells,” IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 125590 - 125602 , September 2021. (IF: 3.367).
  doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3110849 

• Vibhu Jately, Stefan Azzopardi, Balaji Venkateswaran V and Brian Azzopardi, “Design and Performance Investigation of a Pilot Microgrid in the Mediterranean: MCAST Case Study,” Energies, Vol. 14, no. 20, October 2021. (IF: 3.004).
  doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14206846

• Aayush Shrivastava, Abhishek Sharma, Manjaree Pandit, Vibhu Jately and Brian Azzopardi, “Hybrid protection scheme based optimal overcurrent relay coordination strategy for RE integrated power distribution grid,” Energies, Vol. 14, no. 20, October 2021. (IF: 3.004). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217192  

• Abhishek Sharma, Abhinav Sharma, Vibhu Jately, Moshe Averbukh, Shailendra Rajput and Brian Azzopardi, “A Novel TSA-PSO Based Hybrid Algorithm for GMPP Tracking under Partial Shading Conditions,” Energies, Vol. 15, no. 9, April 2022. (IF: 3.004). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093164

• Abhishek Sharma, Abhinav Sharma, Moshe Averbukh, Shailendra Rajput, Vibhu Jately, Sushabhan Choudhury and Brian Azzopardi, “Improved moth flame optimization algorithm based on opposition-based learning and Lévy flight distribution for parameter estimation of solar module,” Energy Reports, Vol. 8, May 2022. (IF: 6.87). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.05.011

• Fatemeh Jamshidi, Mohammad Reza Salehizadeh, Reza Yazdani, Brian Azzopardi, and Vibhu Jately, “An Improved Sliding Mode Controller for MPP Tracking of Photovoltaics,” Energies, Vol. 16, no. 5, p. 2473, Mar. 2023, (IF: 3.004) doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16052473 

• Abhishek Sharma, Abhinav Sharma, Moshe Averbukh, Vibhu Jately, Shailendra Rajput, Brian Azzopardi and Wei Hong Lim, “Performance investigation of state-of-the-art metaheuristic techniques for parameter extraction of solar cells/module,” Scientific Reports, 13, 11134, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37824-4 

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

Jyoti Joshi, Anurag Swami, Somesh Bhattacharya, Vibhu Jately and Brian Azzopardi, “Performance Evaluation of Current Control Techniques for Grid Connected PV System under Unbalanced Grid Faults” In the IEEE 48th International Photovoltaic Specialists (PVSC) Virtual Conference, June 2021. USA. (Scopus-Indexed) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518765 

Jyoti Joshi, Anurag Swami and Vibhu Jately, “Active Power Curtailment in PV array under LVRT condition,” In the 4th Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, pp. 65-74, November 2020. India. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1510-8_7 

Vibhu Jately, Brian Azzopardi, Renata Mikalauskiene and Somesh Bhattacharya, “Techno-Economic Assessment of PV System for self-consumption: Case Study Malta,” In the IEEE 47th International Photovoltaic Specialists (PVSC) Conference Virtual Meeting, pp. 2151-2153, June 2020. Canada. (Scopus-Indexed) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300680 

Brian Azzopardi, Stefan Azzopardi, Brian Bartolo, Vibhu Jately, et al. “Micro-grid campus concept from data to design: Case study Malta,” In the IEEE 47th International Photovoltaic Specialists (PVSC) Conference Virtual Meeting, pp. 2001-2004, June 2020. Canada. (Scopus-Indexed) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300418 

Somesh Bhattacharya, Brian Azzopardi, Brian Bartolo, Renata Mikalauskiene and Vibhu Jately, “Energy-Water Nexus for a Comfort Maltese Household using PVs,” In the IEEE 47th International Photovoltaic Specialists Conference Virtual Meeting (IEEE PVSC), pp. 2154-2158, June 2020. Canada. (Scopus-Indexed) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300734 

Vibhu Jately, Sudha Arora and Brian Azzopardi, “Design and Performance Evaluation of an Efficient Boost Converter for Renewable Energy Applications,” In the 19th Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) International Conference, November 2019. Malta. (Scopus-Indexed)

Asefa Sisay and Vibhu Jately, “Dynamic Performance of Grid-Connected Wind Farms with and Without UPFC: A Case Study on Ashagoda Wind Farm,” In the 3rd Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices (ICICCD), pp. 559-568, December 2018. India. (Scopus-Indexed) doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8618-3_58 

Vibhu Jately and Sudha Arora, “Performance investigation of Hill-Climbing MPPT techniques for PV systems under rapidly changing environment,” In the 2nd Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices (ICICCD), pp. 1145-1157, April 2017. India. (Scopus-Indexed)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5903-2_120  

Vibhu Jately and Sudha Arora, “An efficient hill-climbing technique for peak power tracking of photovoltaic systems,” In the 7th IEEE Power India International Conference (PIICON), pp. 1-5, November 2016. India. (Scopus-Indexed)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/POWERI.2016.8077327 

Books/Chapters

Vibhu Jately, Jyoti Joshi and Rajendra Kumar Jatley, “Climate change and Covid-19: An Interplay,” in Use of AI, Robotics, and Modern Tools to Fight Covid-19, River Publishers, February 2021. (Scopus-Indexed) doi: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9446701