Power Quality in Microgrids: Issues, Challenges and Mitigation Techniques

Introduction to Power Quality in Microgrids.- Application of Computational Intelligence Methods for Power Quality Disturbance Detection, Classification and Mitigation in Microgrids.- A Comprehensive Power Quality Mitigation Tool: UPQC.- Real-Time Validation of Power Quality Enhancement Techniques in a Distribution Network. 

Surender Reddy Salkuti received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, in 2013. He was Postdoctoral Researcher at Howard University, Washington, DC, USA, from 2013 to 2014. He is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Railroad and Electrical Engineering, Woosong University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. Recently, he edited a book in "Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (Springer Nature)" titled "Next Generation Smart Grids: Modeling, Control and Optimization". His current research interests include power system restructuring issues, ancillary service pricing, real and reactive power pricing, congestion management, and market clearing, including renewable energy sources, demand response, smart grid development with integration of wind and solar photovoltaic energy sources, battery storage and electric vehicles, artificial intelligence applications in power systems, and power system analysis and optimization. He received Distinguished Researcher Award from Woosong University Educational Foundation, Republic of Korea, in 2016, and POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA), India, in 2013. He is Member of IEEE and IEEE Power and Energy Society.

Papia Ray has received her Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) degree from Government Engineering College, Bihar, Master of Technology (Power Systems) from National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, and PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 2013. She is presently serving as Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering Department of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (Govt. Univ), Burla, Odisha. She has 20 years of teaching experience. She has more than 50 research publications in journals like IET, Elsevier, and Wiley, etc. She is Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of Institution of Engineers, and Life Member of ISTE. Further, she is Recipient of the Young Scientist award by DST, New Delhi, in 2015.