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This book covers recent technologies developed for energy harvesting as well as energy storage applications. The book includes the fabrication of optoelectronic devices such as high-efficiency c-Si solar cells, carrier selective c-Si solar cells, quantum dot, and dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells, Li-ion batteries, and supercapacitors. Aiming at beginners in the respective areas, the basic principles and mechanism of the optoelectronic phenomena behind every application are detailed in the book. The book offers schematics, tables, graphical representations, and illustrations to enable better understanding. Among the nine chapters, the first four chapters are dedicated to various types of high-efficiency solar cells and the remaining chapters discuss the methods for energy storage such as the fabrication of batteries and supercapacitors. The book is a useful reference for active researchers and academicians working in energy harvesting and energy storage areas.

The book covers all the emerging paradigms of machine learning and bio-inspired algorithms and their synergies with communication networks which may prove to a core 5G and 6G enablers. It consists of 11 chapters with varied fields. The book introduces the fundamentals of broadband wireless networks and issues related to energy efficiency and optimization. Also, it discusses the efficient bio-inspired algorithms and their utility in wireless networks for 5G, B5G, and IoT. Different fitness functions for different bio-inspired and other artificial intelligence algorithms are described in the book. More importantly it also introduces the concept, implementation, and technological challenges of efficient wireless energy harvesting methods. The book discusses different methodologies for efficient antenna designs. It also covers real-time applications on the Internet of Medical Things (IOMT). The book helps the readers to understand the subject and solve many real-time issues. It proves a ready reference to the researchers working in RF, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and communication networks.

This book reveals key challenges to ensuring the secure and sustainable production and use of energy resources and provides corresponding solutions. This book covers the advanced technologies applied in renewable energy generation, energy storage, an alternative to petroleum fuels, waste to energy, solar energy, the impact of fossil fuel combustion on the environment, green buildings, social sustainability, etc. It goes beyond theory and describes practical challenges and solutions associated with energy and sustainability. This book is of particular interest to graduate students and academic or industrial researchers/professionals working in renewable energy, sustainability, bioenergy, and mechanical and automobile engineering. This book makes a forceful foundation for the establishment of the role of renewable energy in energy transition for a sustainable, cleaner, and greener future. This book is unique compared to other available books because it covers a wide variety of topics on a single platform.

This textbook provides a compact but comprehensive treatment that guides students through the analysis of circuits, using Proteus®. The book focuses on solving problems using updated market-standard software, corresponding to all key concepts covered in the classroom. The author uses his extensive classroom experience to guide students toward a deeper understanding of key concepts while they gain facility with the software they will need to master for later studies and practical use in their engineering careers. The book includes detailed exercises and examples that provide better grasping to students. This book will be ideal as a hands-on source for courses in computer-aided circuit simulation, circuits, electronics, digital logic, and power electronics. Though written primarily for undergraduate and graduate students, the text will also be useful to Ph.D. scholars and practitioners in engineering who are working on Proteus.

This book describes many aspects of power transformers. And it mainly provides valuable knowledges such as two deals with power transformer construction, different types of transformers and connections, power transformer core modelling, and the low-frequency and mid-frequency modelling of transformers. Moreover, it also introduces a new method for high-frequency modelling of transformer which can attract many students learning the power transformer research field. The goal of this book is to educate the postgraduate students and engineers about principals and modeling of the transformers.

The book deals with integrated distributed energy resources in existing power systems optimally to mitigate power quality issues in power systems. The book is designed for research using modern optimization techniques and a thorough analysis of renewable energy. The book provides an in-depth study of recent trends of research scope around the globe and also includes modern heuristic approaches, hands-on data, and case studies of all important dimensions of distributed energy resources. It addresses key issues such as the integration of DERs and electric vehicles, optimization algorithms, management of DERs with electric vehicles, energy pool management mechanisms, protection, and reliability in the restructured power system. This book will be useful for students, research scholars, practitioners, and academicians.

This book approaches the design of functionally superior optoelectronic devices through the use of bio-inspired nanostructures and multiscale material structures through a step-by-step approach. The book combines both the fundamental theoretical concepts involved in understanding and numerically modelling optoelectronic devices and the application of such methods in addressing challenging research problems in nanostructured optoelectronic design and fabrication. The book offers comprehensive content in optoelectronic materials and engineering and can be used as a reference material by researchers in nanostructured optoelectronic design.

This monograph focuses on the modern power system and its reliable operation on a national scale. The contents focus on the analysis and root cause of different power system blackouts, the introduction of a phasor measurement unit incorporating a polygon-shaped graphical algorithm for out-of-step protection of the synchronous generator, predictive out-of-step protection, dual-slope relay setting, novel apparent stability concept, among others. This volume will be beneficial to academia and industry during the testing, development, and modeling of protective relays for generators, transformers, and transmission lines.

This book details the characteristics of an ECG signal through the functionality and electrical activity of the human heart. This book provides a basic introduction and needs for developing implantable cardiac pacemaker systems. This book provides comprehensive details on ECG signal processing techniques that are useful for fast and accurate diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. The book discusses the characteristics and parameters of a typical ECG signal and various noises that can corrupt an ECG signal. It also covers various challenges involved in different stages of signal acquisition, preprocessing, and detection of an ECG signal. The book also presents a detailed survey of various ECG signal detection and data compression techniques. The book contains detailed information on ECG signals and various noises that corrupt an ECG signal. It also includes de-noising techniques, ECG peak detection techniques, and ECG data compression techniques. It also includes step-by-step details to design various filters in MATLAB. This book, through detailed explanations, provides the reader with necessary information on ECG signal, ECG signal acquisition process, noise removal techniques, and the detection of ECG peaks.

The book presents a broad overview of emerging smart grid technologies and communication systems, offering a helpful guide for future research in the field of electrical engineering and communication engineering.

The topics covered include neural network applications in power electronics, deep learning applications in power systems, design and simulation of multilevel inverters, solid state transformers, neural network applications for fault detection in power electronics, etc.

This book focuses on various challenges, solutions, and emerging technologies in the operation, control, design, optimization, and protection of microgrids in the presence of hybrid renewable energy sources and electric vehicles. This book provides an insight into the potential applications and recent development of different types of renewable energy systems including AC/DC microgrids, RES integration issues with the grid, electric vehicle technology, etc. The book serves as an interdisciplinary platform for the audience working in the focused area to access information related to energy management, modeling, and control. It covers fundamental knowledge, design, mathematical modeling, applications, and practical issues with sufficient design problems and case studies with detailed planning aspects. This book will serve as a guide for researchers, academicians, practicing engineers, professionals, and scientists, as well as for graduate and postgraduate students working in the area of various applications of RES, Electric Vehicles, and AC/DC Microgrid. 

The topics covered include neural network applications in power electronics, deep learning applications in power systems, design and simulation of multilevel inverters, solid state transformers, neural network applications for fault detection in power electronics, etc.

This book discusses key issues in the planning and operation of large-scale integrated energy systems (LSIES). It establishes individual-based models for LSIES and develops multi-objective optimization algorithms and multi-attribute decision making support systems, which are applied to the planning and optimal operation of LSIES.

This book illustrates operation and maintenance practices/guidelinesfor economic generation and managing health of a thermal power generator beyondits regulatory life.

The book provides a detailed analysis of issues related to sub-threshold interconnect performance from the perspective of analytical approach and design techniques.

The book begins with availability, importance and applications of solar energy, definition of sun and earth angles and classification of solar energy as thermal and photon energy. Energy conservation by solar energy and energy matrices based on overall thermal and electrical performance of hybrid system are also discussed.