The book is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented in the Proceedings of International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems (ICPERES 2014) held at Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India. These research papers provide the latest developments in the broad area of Power Electronics and Renewable Energy. The book discusses wide variety of industrial, engineering and scientific applications of the emerging techniques. It presents invited papers from the inventors/originators of new applications and advanced technologies.
1. Analytical and Simulation Analysis of Stator Tooth on Cogging Torque
of Brushless DC Motor Using Finite Element Analysis.-
2. Application of
Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation Based Matrix Converter as Revolutionized
Power Electronic Converter.-
3. Performance Analysis of Bio Fuels and
Gasoline in SI Engines.-
4. Simulation of Open Loop and Feedback Controlled
Bridgeless PFC Boost Converter.-
5. Modeling and Simulation of Three-phase
DCMLI Using SVPWM for Photovoltaic System.-
6. Quantification of Voltage
Unbalance Conditions.-
7. Short Term Hydrothermal Scheduling of an Indian
Utility System Using an Enhanced Bacterial Foraging Algorithm.-
8. Efficiency
Modeling of High Gain DC-DC Converter for Renewable Energy Application.-
9.
Reactive Power Optimization Using Firefly Algorithm.-
10. A New Real Time
Approach for Reactive Power Control by STATCOM in Autonomous Wind-Diesel
Hybrid Power System.-
11. Improving the Reliability of Wind Generators Using
Dynamic Voltage Restorer.-
12. Rule Weight Tuned Fuzzy Controller For Robot
Manipulator Using Quantum Inspired Firefly Algorithm.-
13. Design and
Investigation of Solar Powered Soft Switched Z-Source Inverter.-
14. An
Integrated Passive Islanding Detection Method for Grid Connected PV
Distributed Generators.-
15. Acoustic Echo Cancellation Using Variable Step
Size Based Adaptive Filtering with Performance Measure.-
16. Simulation and
Experimental Verification of MPPT Algorithms for Partially Shaded Stand-alone
Photovoltaic Systems.-
17. Performance Comparison of D-STATCOM and SVC for
Mitigation of Voltage Flicker in Electric Arc Furnace Using PSCAD/EMTDC.-
18.
The Influence of Floor Tile Colour on Lighting and Energy saving.-
19.
Voltage Control of Fixed Speed Wind Farm Under Unbalanced Grid Faults Using
Dvr.-
20. Smart Indian Railways: An Environment Friendly Model.-
21. Grid
Connected Multilevel Inverter and MPPT for Photovoltaic System.-
22.
Implementation of Anti-islanding Scheme for a Grid Connected Inverter.-
23.
THD Analysis of One-Cycle and PWM Controlled Active Power Filters.-
24.
Simulation of PWM Controlled Double Half Bridge Inverter for Partly Coupled
Induction Cooking System.-
25. Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltaic
System Using Two Input And Two Output Fuzzy System.-
26. Performance of High
Voltage Bushings Under Polluted Conditions.-
27. Simulation of Static Var
Compensator in IEEE 14 Bus System for Enhancing Voltage Stability and
Compensation.-
28. Study on Reflector Material Optimization of a Parabolic
Solar Concentrator.-
29. A New Approach for Torque Ripple Minimization of
PMBLDC Motor Drive.-
30. Grid Integration of Hybrid Generation Scheme for
Optimal Switching Pattern Based Asymmetrical Multilevel Inverter.-
31.
Reactive Power Pricing Using Group Search Optimization in Deregulated
Electricty Market.-
32. Enhanced Controllers of DFIG with Unbalanced and
Distorted Grid Voltage Conditions.-
33. FPGA Controlled Power Conditioning
System for Solar PV Fed PMDC Motor.-
34. Genetic Algorithm Based Wind-Thermal
Coordination Dispatch including Transmission Losses.-
35. A Novel MLI
Topology with Reduced Power Switches.-
36. Optimal Placement and Sizing of
Solar and Wind Based DGs in Distribution Systems for Power Loss Minimization
and Economic Operation.-
37. Control of Three Phase to Three Phase Matrix
Converter - A Direct Transfer Function Approach.-
38. Comparison of PI and
PIR regulators for DFIG during Unbalanced Grid Voltage Conditions.-
39.
Implementation of Direct Torque control for Matrix Converter Fed Induction
Motor Drive Using Fuzzy Logic Controller.-
40. Improvement of Power Quality
in Distribution System Using D-STATCOM.-
41. Simulation and Optimization
ofBiomass Based Hybrid Generation System for Rural Electrification.-
42.
Application of H-Bridge Converter Based Dynamic Voltage Restorer to Protect a
Sensitive Load on Polluted Distribution Network.-
43. Power Control of Wind
Turbine Driven Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Using Maximum Power
Point Tracking Algorithm.-
44. Performance Evaluation of Differential
Evolution and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithms for Power Loss
Optimization of a Worm Gear Mechanism.-
45. An Improved Buck Boost Converter
Using Auxiliary Resonance for Photo Voltaic Based Dynamic Voltage Restorer.-
46. A Fuzzy Logic Controller Based Multi Converter UPQC to mitigate the Power
Quality Problems.-
47. Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Controlled
Single phase Active Power Line Conditioner under non sinusoidal supply
condition: A Comparison.-
48. Design and Implementation of SMR Based
Bidirectional Laptop Adapter.-
49. Analysis of Different Current Commutation
Technique in Matrix converter.-
50. Performance Comparison of DC to DC Boost
Converters for Solar Power Installation System.-
51. DC-DC Converter Based on
Cockcroft-Walton for High Voltage Gain.-
52. New direct torque control
algorithm for high performance induction motor.-
53. Performance Analysis of
Induction Generator Using Computational Technique.-
54. Performance Analysis
of Efficiency Enrichment Technique for SPVPGS: An Experimental Assessment.-
55. Cable Laying Precautions in Offshore Wind Farms with Reactive Power
Compensation.-
56. Single Phase Soft Switching Techniques Power Factor
Correction Converter.-
57. Cuckoo search algorithm for short term
hydrothermal scheduling.-
58. Performance of Phase-Shift Control Using
High-Efficiency Switched-Capacitor-Based Resonant Converter.-
59. Single
Stage High Voltage Gain Boost Converter For Battery Charging Using PV Panels
Midhun.P.M.-
60. An Effective Energy Management with Photovoltaic Based
Dynamic Voltage Restorer Using PI And Fuzzy Logic Controller.-
61. Multiple
Winding Linear Transformer for Interleaved Step-up ZVT Converter.-
62.
Embedded Based PFC Converter for an Air Conditioner with BLDC Motor.-
63.
Photovoltaic Power System Application Using Energy Stored Quasi z Source
Inverter.-
64. Power Management of a Grid Connected PV/Battery.-
65. Design
and Comparative Analysis of Diode Clamped Multilevel Inverter for Eliminating
Total Harmonics Using High Switching Frequency Techniques.-
66. PID Control
of SAPF for Elimination of Harmonics in Power System Based on DQ Reference
Frame Theory.-
67. Power Quality Improvement in Distribution System Using
Unified Power Quality Conditioner.-
68. Hybrid Power System Based Load
Sharing and Maintaining the DC Voltage in UPS System.-
69. Analysis of Full
Bridge LCC Resonant Converter for Wide Load Variations.-
70. Power Quality
Improvement using Multilevel Inverter Based Dynamic Voltage Restorer with PI
Controller.-
71. Design and Implementation of Fractional Order Proportional
Integral Controller for the Control of Aircraft Pitch Dynamics.-
72. An
Independent Reconstruction Error Using Randomized Quantization.-
73.
Mitigation of Power Quality Issues in Three Phase Four Wire Distribution
System Employing Four-Leg D-STATCOM.-
74. Performance Investigation of Fuzzy
logic Controlled MPPT for Energy Efficient Solar PV Systems.-
75.
Identification of The Fractional Order First Order Plus Dead Time Parameters
of Two Interacting Conical Tank Process Using Bee Colony Optimization
Technique Minimizing Root Mean Square Error.-
76. Real Time simulation of
Single Machine Infinite Bus system Using dSPACE Controller Board.-
77. Real
Coded Genetic Algorithm Based Fractional Order PI Controller Design for Speed
Control of IPMSM.-
78. Optimization of Photovoltaic Power Using PID MPPT
Controller Based on Incremental Conductance Algorithm.-
79. Development of a
Universal Controller for Converter Based Switched Reluctance Motors.-
80. PSO
Based Social Welfare Maximization of Wind Thermal Coordinated System in a
Deregulated Market.-
81. Microcontroller Based BLDC Motor Drive For
Commercial Applications.-
82. Forecasting Indias Electricity Consumption
Using Particle Swarm Optimization.-
83. Frequency Regulation of Isolated
Hybrid Wind/Diesel, Power Generation with Fuel Cell System.-
84. Residential
Load Signature Analysis for Their Segregation Using Wavelet SVM.-
85.
Fuzzy-Based Torque Ripple Optimization and Digitalized Sector Selection in
DTC Scheme.-
86. A Mobile Based Novice Detection of Drivers Fatigue Level
and Accident Reporting Solution.-
87. Analysis and Position Control of
Switched Reluctance Motor Drives by Using Fuzzy Logic.-
88. Assessment of Six
Phase Synchronous Generator Using Fuzzy Controller.-
89. Power Loss
Minimization in Presence of Distributed Generation by DSM.-
90. Comparative
Study of Prototype and Simulation of SVC for Transmission Congestion
Management.-
91. Design Aspect of Blade Shape and Position for the Vertical
Axis Wind Turbine.-
92. Placement and Sizing of D-Statcom Using Particle
Swarm Optimization.-
93. Fault Tolerant Soft Starter Control for Induction
Motors.-
94. A Novel Soft switched Positive Output Super Lift Luo Converter
for Li-Ion Battery Charging.-
95. Reduction in Ripples Using Interleaved Soft
Switching Boost Converter for Hybrid Power Generation System.-
96.
Implementation of Reactor and Capacitor in Adjustable Speed Drive for Power
Quality Problem.-
97. Yaw Control of Wind Turbine Using Fuzzy Logic
Controller.-
98. Overload Protection and Speed Monitoring of Induction Motor
Using ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks andGSM Technology.-
99. Thermal
Analysis of Switched Reluctance Machine under Steady State and Transient
Conditions Using Finite Element Method.-
100. Design and Analysis of Three
Phase Four Wire Shunt Active Filter with Neural Network Controller for
Different Loading Conditions.-
101. MPPT Measurement of Photo Voltaics System
Under Partial Shading Conditions Using DPSO Algorithm.-
102. Cascaded Dual
Buck Inverter with Sensorless Current Control Method for Grid Connected Photo
Voltaic Systems.-
103. Steady State Analysis and Open Loop Modeling of
Permanent Magnet Stepper Motor.-
104. Reliability Evaluation of Tamil Nadu
Power Grid for The Year 2012.-
105. Implementation of Low Cost Single Switch
Based Switched Reluctance Motor Drive.-
106. A Novel Block-Based Selective
Embedding Type Video Data Hiding Using Encryption Algorithms.-
107. General
Regression Neural Network for Software Effort Estimation of Small Programs
Using a Single Variable.-
108. EBRP: Evolutionary Backup Routing Protocol for
Mobile Ad-hoc Networks.-
109. A QCP Approach for Bandwidth Reallocation in
Integrated Cellular Network.-
110. A Grade Prediction Methodology for
Astrocytoma Using Modified K-Clustering Network.-
111. Simulation and
Application on Power System Reliability for Bulk Electrical System.-
112.
Intelligent Load Shedding Using Ant Colony Algorithm in Smart Grid
Environment.-
113. Design of ANFIS Controller for Power System Stability
Enhancement Using FACTS Device.-
114. Application of Bacterial Foraging
Optimization for Elimination of Lower Order Harmonics in Seven Level
Inverter.-
115. Affine Invariant Shape Descriptor Using Object Area
Normalization.-
116. Automatic Classification of CC View and MLO View in
Digital Mammograms.-
117. Power quality Improvement in a Wind Farm Connected
to Grid Using FACTS Device.-
118. Development of Power Backup Device Using
Solar Energy Harvesting for Real Time Industrial Applications.-
119. An Image
Watermarking Scheme Resilient to Geometric Distortions.-
120. Intensification
of Available Transfer Capability via Real Coded Biogeography Based
Optimization.-
121. Application of SRF Algorithm and SVPDM Concept in Power
Electronic Transformer.-
122. Investigations on the Dynamics of Seven Level
Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive with Neural Based Rotor Resistance
Estimator.-
123. Comparison of Single Layer and Multilayer Feed-Forward
Architecture for On-Line Economic Load Dispatch Problem.-
124. Prediction of
Indias Industrial Sector Electricity Consumption Using ANFIS.-
125.
Enhancing the Security of AES Algorithm in Wireless Network.-
126. Effect of
Grid Impedance Variation on the Control of Grid Connected Converters with
Synchronous Reference Frame Controllers in Micro-Grids.-
127. Application of
SVM as Classifier in Estimating Market Power under Deregulated Electricity
Market.-
128. Optimal Capacitor Placement in Radial Distribution System to
minimize the Loss Using Fuzzy Logic Control and Hybrid Particle Swarm
Optimization.-
129. Vector Control Based Dynamic Voltage Restorer for Fault
Ride through of Doubly Fed Induction Generator.-
130. Design of PSO - Fuzzy
MPPT Controller for Photovoltaic Application.-
131. Voltage Control of a
STATCOM at a Fixed Speed Wind Farm under Unbalanced Grid Faults Using Fuzzy
Logic Technique.-
132. Evaluation and Prediction of Contamination Level in
Insulators Based on the Leakage Current Characteristics Using Neural
Network.-
133. A hybrid PSO-SFS-SBS Algorithm in Feature Selection for Liver
Cancer Data.-
134. Heart Disease Prediction System Using Intelligent
Network.-
135. Performance Comparison of AI Controllers for DC link Voltage
of SAPF System for Power Quality Enhancements.-
136. Online Fuzzy
SupervisedLearning of Radial Basis Function Neural Network Based Speed
Controller for Brushless DC Motor.-
137. Modeling of Wind Turbine Power
Curves Using Firefly Algorithm.-
138. An Innovative Classification Model for
CAD Dataset Using SVM Based Iterative Linear Discriminant Analysis.-
139.
Phenotypic Evolutionary Programming for Economic Operation of Thermal Wind
Coordination.-
140. Mathematical Modeling of BLDC Motor Using Two Controllers
for Electric Power Assisted Steering Application.-
141. Comparison and
Simulation of various PFC Boost Converters.-
142. Modified LBP Based Region
Growing Segmentation of MR Brain Images.-
143. A Novel Reference Current
Generation Algorithm for Three Phase Shunt Active Power Filter.-
144.
Mathematical Model of Brushless Doubly Fed Induction Generator Based Wind
Electric Generator.-
145. Design of Wideband Wide-scan Linear Tapered Slot
Antenna for an Active Electronically Scanned Array Antenna.-
146. Energy
Efficient Decoder Design for Non-Binary LDPC Codes.-
147. Automated
Segmentation of MR Images by Implementing Multi SVM Technique.-
148.
Implementation of ARM processor Based Online Learning Neural Network
Controller for Buck-Boost Converter.-
149. A Control Strategy for Harmonic
Reduction in a Single Phase High Step-up AC DC Converter Based on Matrix
Converter and Cockcroft-Walton Voltage Multiplier with PFC for Low Power
Applications.-
150. Classification of ECG Signal Using Hybrid Feature
Extraction and Neural Network Classifier.-
151. Power Flow Constrained Unit
Commitment Problem Using Improved Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm.-
152.
Investigation and Control of Principal Axes of Aircraft Using Robust method.-
153. Secret Key Sharing in Networks Using Classical Cryptography Based
Quantum Stratagem Approach.-
154. Cuckoo Search Based Color Image
Segmentation Using Seeded Region Growing.- 155.Comparative Study of PI and
PID Controller for Non Linear MIMO System.-
156. A Simple Cascade NN based
Flux Estimator to overcome Low Speed Problems in Sensor-less Direct Vector
Controlled IM Drives.
Dr. C. Kamalakannan is presently working as a Professor and Head in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India. He has completed his graduation degree in Electrical Engineering from Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata, Masters and Doctorate from Anna University, Chennai, India. He has more than thirteen years of research and teaching experience. He has published more than 15 papers in refereed international Journals and conferences. His research areas are Power Electronics and Drives, Electrical Machines. He is a life member of Indian Society for Technical Education, Institution of Engineers (India).
Dr. L. Padma Suresh obtained his doctorate from M S University and Dr. M.G.R University, respectively. He is presently working as a Professor and Head in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, India. Dr. Suresh is well known for his contributions to the field in both research and education contributing over 50 research articles in journal and conferences. He is the editorial member of International Journal of Advanced Electrical and Computer Engineering and also served as reviewer for various reputed journals. He has been a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education. He also served in many committees as Convener, Chair, and Advisory member for various external agencies. His research is currently focused on Artificial Intelligence, Power Electronics, Evolutionary Algorithms, Image Processing, and Control Systems.
Dr. S.S. Dash is presently working as a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Engineering College, SRM University, Chennai, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. He has more than seventeen years of research and teaching experience. His research areas are Power Electronics and Drives, Modeling of FACTSController, Power Quality, Power System Stability and Smart Grid. He is a Visiting Professor at Francois Rabelais University, POLYTECH, France. He is the chief editor of International Journal of Advanced Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Dr. B.K. Panigrahi is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Sambalpur University. He is serving as a chief editor to the International Journal of Power and Energy Conversion. His interests focus on Power Quality, FACTS Devices, Power System Protection, and AI Application to Power System.