Modeling and Control Dynamics in Microgrid Systems with Renewable Energy Resources

Ramesh C. Bansal is a Professor at University of Sharjah and Extraordinary Professor at University of Pretoria. He has over 25 years of teaching and research experience, and previously worked at University of Pretoria, University of Queensland, University of South Pacific, and BITS, Pilani. He has published over 400 journal/conf. papers, books/book chapters, and is he AE/Editor of many reputed journals. He has Google citations of over 16000 and h-index of 60. He has supervised 25 PhD, 5 Post Docs. He is a Fellow of IET-UK, IE (India), SAIEE (South Africa). Dr. J. J. Justo is currently working with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His research interests are intelligent Systems for Big Energy, Power converter control using artificial intelligent control approaches (Fuzzy, Neural Networks, adaptive systems and model predictive control) for grid-code requirements, energy efficiency and management in smart city and transportation, electric vehicle (EVs) and drives, grid integration of renewable energy resources with nano grid, AC and DC microgrid, virtual power plants (VPPs) configuration and the energy internet i.e., “Enernet”. Moreover, power system operation and dynamics, operating constraints for power pools, smart grid control, operation and protection with EVs and ESS using real-time digital simulation (RTDS) and OPAL-RT units. Dr. F. Mwasilu is currently working with Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. From 2008 to 2009 he was an Instrumentation Engineer with Illovo Sugar Ltd, Tanzania. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Utilities Engineer with the Japan Tobacco International, Tanzania. Since July 2016, he has been a Lecturer with the Department of Electrical. His current research interests include digital signal processor-based electric machine drives, electric vehicles, smart grid enabling technologies, and renewable energy sources integration into modern power systems.

• Section I Fundamentals of microgrids1. Overview of renewable energy power system dynamics2. Conceptual framework of microgrid and virtual power plants with renewable energy resources3. Overview of optimal operations of renewable energy power systems in microgrid and virtual power plants4. Hybrid microgrids: architecture, modeling, limitations, and solutions5. Techno-economic analysis of renewable integrated power system for enhanced resilience6. Techno-economic analysis of renewable power systemsSection II Modeling and control of microgrids7. Comprehensive discussions on energy storage devices: modeling, control, stability analysis with renewable energy resources in microgrid and virtual power plants8. Direct current microgrid systems with classical control techniques9. Modeling and control dynamics of microgrid with renewable energy systems10. Modeling of an isolated microgrid supplying continuous power at stable voltage using a novel pumped hydro storage system with solar energy11. Fault ride through/low voltage ride through capability of doubly fed induction generatorbased wind energy conversion system: a comprehensive review12. Fault ride through techniques based on hardware circuits for DFIG based wind turbines13. Microgrid system design, modeling, and simulation14. Data security and privacy, cyber-security enhancement, and systems recovery approaches for microgrid networks