Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Proceedings of ETAEERE-2016

Clustered Prosumer Penalty Framework on Smart Grid.- Critical Evaluation of Offline MPPT Techniques of Solar PV for Standalone Applications.- Design of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator for Wind Energy Conversion System using.- Design and Development Of Buck-Boost Regulator For DC Motor Used In Electric Vehicle For The Application Of Renewable Energy.- The Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm for maximum power extraction of solar PV array.- PV Fed Eleven Level Capacitor Switching Multi-Level Inverter for Grid Integration.- Daylight Harvesting Concepts and Its Application: A Review.- Smart Switching algorithm between IC and PO Algorithms for Grid connected PV System.- A Novel Educational Proposal and Strategies towards promoting Cloud Computing, Big-Data, and Human Computer Interaction in Engineering Colleges and Universities.- Annual energy, exergy and environmental benefits of N half covered concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) air collectors.- An Experimental Realizationof Grid Connected PV System with MPPT using dSPACE DS 1104 Control Board.- Study on the effect of tilt on the variation of aperture area shading in a linear Fresnel reflector field for two different configurations.- Design Analysis and Implementation of MPPT using PSIM.- A New Switching Pattern Scheme Based Com-pact Integrated 15-Level Smart Inverter for Mi-cro-Grid System using Fuzzy Controller.- Experimental Investigation of VFD fed scalar control of Induction Motor for Pumping Application.- Fuzzy Based Micro Grid Energy Management System using Interleaved Boost Converter and Three Level NPC Inverter with Improved Grid Voltage Quality.- Design and Implementation of Solar Powered Low Cost Model of Greenhouse System.- Energy Storage Considerations for High Renewable Power Penetration: A Case Study.- PEM Fuel Cell System Identification and Control.- Harvesting insolation using Mo-W-Sulfide compound nanoparticle semiconductor as photocatalyst: a pollution controlling material.- ThermalPerformance Analysis of a Box-Type Solar Cooker with Finned Pot: An Experimental Approach.- Quantum streaming instabilities in multicomponent plasma with dust particles.- Deterministic node deployment for connected target coverage problem in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks for monitoring wind farm.- Review of Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms for Photovoltaic Applications.

Prof (Dr) Sabyasachi Sengupta received his undergraduate degree from Calcutta Univ. (B. E. College) in the year 1974 and his M. Tech & Ph.D degrees from IIT Kharagpur. He is currently working as Professor in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. Prof. S. Sengupta was the Vice Chancellor, West Bengal University of Technology till June 2012. He is the Chairman, Eastern Regional Committee, AICTE and also member of All India Council for Technical Education. He has guided 6 Ph.D. students (3 ongoing) with more than 30 M.Tech students for their thesis work and taught different courses in UG and PG level.  His primary research focus is on Elementary Particle Physics and Newtonian Dynamics. He was also Past-Member of National Steering Committee of NaMPET, MoDIT. He convened Second National Power Electronics Conf (NPEC05) at IIT Kharagpur, Dec 2005 and performed as selection committee member of several IITs, NITs and several Government and private technicalInstitutes. He has published several research papers and attended invited lectures on various topics. Prof. S. Sengupta is engaged with several sponsored research and industrial consultancy projects as Principal Investigator. He has also filed two patents in connection with the SMES-UPS project. 

Ahmed Faheem Zobaa received his B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical power and machines from Cairo University, Egypt. Also, he received a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from University of Exeter, U.K. He was an instructor, a teaching assistant, and an assistant professor at Cairo University during 1992-2007. He moved to UK as a Senior Lecturer in renewable energy at University of Exeter in 2007. He was Associate Professor (on leave) at Cairo University during 2008-2013. He was promoted to Full Professor (on leave) at Cairo University in 2013. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in power systems, an MSc Course Director -Sustainable Electrical Power and a Full Member of the Institute of Energy Futures at Brunel University London, U.K. His main areas of expertise are power quality, (marine) renewable energy, smart grids, energy efficiency, and lighting applications. Dr Zobaa is the Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology and Technology and Economics of Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy. He is also an Editorial Board member, Editor, Associate Editor, and Editorial Advisory Board member for many international journals. Dr Zobaa is a registered Chartered Engineer, Chartered Energy Engineer, European Engineer, and International Professional Engineer. He is also a registered member of the Egypt Syndicate of Engineers, and the Egyptian Society of Engineers. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of U.K. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Energy Institute of U.K., the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Royal Society of Arts, the African Academy of Sciences, and the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Also, He is a member of the International Solar Energy Society, and the European Power Electronics and Drives Association. 

Prof (Dr) Karma Sonam Sherpa has completed his B.E. (Electrical Engineering) from MREC, Jaipur, and M.Tech. (Power Electronics and Machine Drives) from I.I.T., Kharagpur in the year 1996 and 2003 respectively. He is a doctorate from Sikkim Manipal University. He has been serving SMIT, Sikkim for the last 18 years. Presently, Prof. K.S. Sherpa is Dean (Research & Development). He is head and professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. His areas of research are DC Power Conversion and nonlinear dynamics, Voltage Stability and Load Management in Power Distribution Systems andElectromagnetic Levitation Systems. He is life member of ISTE, IEI and System Society of India (SSI). His areas of interests are Electric Power Distribution System, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives. Prof. K.S. Sherpa is a member of Academic Senate since and University Research Committee (2013 onwards). He has published several papers in national and international journals and conferences.