Practical Guide for Advanced Methods in Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Dr. Adel Mellit is a Professor of Electronics at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Jijel University, Algeria. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electronics from the University of Sciences Technologies (USTHB) Algiers in 2002 and 2006, respectively. His primary research interest is in the application of artificial intelligence techniques in photovoltaic systems and micro-grids (control, fault diagnosis, optimization and real-time applications). He has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journals (mostly with Elsevier); papers in conference proceedings (mostly with the IEEE); and eight book chapters, and has edited one proceedings volume with Springer. He is the Director of the Renewable Energy Laboratory at Jijel University (Algeria) and is an Associate Member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy). He is currently serving on the editorial boards of the journals Renewable Energy and Energy (Elsevier Ltd). Dr. Mohamed Benghanem is a Professor at Islamic University, Faculty of Science, Physics Department (since 2017). He previously served at Taibah University, Faculty of Science, Madinah, Saudi Arabia (2004–2016). He was a Regular Associate and Senior Associate at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy (2004–2018). He obtained his B.E., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic School of Algiers and USTHB University, Algiers (Algeria), respectively. His research interests include solar instrumentation, data acquisition systems, photovoltaic systems, renewable energy systems, and the prediction and modeling of solar radiation data. He is currently serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of Energy (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) and of the Management Research Journal.

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