Overview
This book presents a comprehensive overview of smart grids, beginning with their motivation, evolution, challenges, opportunities, components, operation, management, control and protection. This book consists of nine chapters, which focuses on core topics such as, benefits and challenges of smart grid, renewable energy sources, and energy storage systems. One chapter is dedicated to Plugin Electric Vehicles and their role in grid support. This book also covers crucial topics like demand side management, monitoring, protection and power electronic converters which are included as part of effort to provide a complete operational scenario of smart grid. Each chapter ends with several challenges that instilling critical thinking. The book can be used by undergraduate and post graduate students, faculty as a basic textbook and as a training resource for industrial engineers to gain the essential knowledge of various smart grid technologies and their fundamentals concepts in the areas of renewable energy integration, storage, e-mobility, demand side management, monitoring, operation and protection.
Full Product Details
Author: Abdul Gafoor Shaik
Publisher: BSP Books Private Limited
Imprint: BSP Books Private Limited
ISBN: 9789349562059
ISBN 10: 9349562057
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Abdul Gafoor Shaik is a B.Tech. graduate from NIT Warangal (formerly known as REC Warangal) in Electrical Engineering with Gold Medal. He topped in his master's degree (M. Tech). at IIT Kanpur with specialization in Power Systems. He completed Ph.D. from NIT Warangal in the area of Wavelet Based Protection Schemes for power system components. He has been serving various academic positions followed by industrial experience. He is currently affiliated to Electrical Engineering Department of IIT Jodhpur in the capacity an Associate Professor. He is actively engaged in teaching basic and advanced courses which was recognized by Teaching Excellence Award at IIT Jodhpur. His research contributions include supervision of several Ph.D theses and publications in reputed journal and conferences in the areas of Multi Agent System based Smart Grid Protection, Power quality detection and mitigation to enhance Renewable Energy penetration, AI based V2G technologies and Economic Emission Dispatch and EV charging Infrastructure. His research has been recognized at institute by C V Raman Gold medal for his Ph.D. supervision. He has been recognized among top 2% researches of 2024 globally.
