Power Quality in Modern Power Systems

P. Sivaraman (Member'20, Senior Member'21 IEEE) completed B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, M.E. in Power Systems Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2012 & 2014, respectively. He has more than seven years of industrial experience in the field of power system analysis and studies, renewable energy integration studies, solar PV systems, wind power plants, and power quality studies. He is working as an Assistant Lead Engineer at the Leading Engineering Organization in Chennai, India. He has trained more than 500 personnel on renewable energy and power quality. He carried out power quality assessments for over 300 sites all over India in the last 7 years and has validated over 200 power quality reports. He is an expert in power system simulation softwares like ETAP, PSCAD, DIGSILENT POWER FACTORY, PSSE, and MATLAB. He is an active participant in the IEEE standards association and is a working group member of IEEE standard P2418.5 (Standard for Blockchain in Energy), P1854 (Guide for Smart Distribution Systems), P2688 (Recommended Practice for Energy Storage Management Systems in Energy Storage Applications), and P3001.9 (Design of Power Systems Supplying Lighting Systems in Commercial and Industrial Facilities). He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE), a Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India), and The European Energy Center (EEC).

B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, M.E. in Power Systems Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India

C. Sharmeela holds a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, M.E. in Power Systems Engineering from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 1999, 2000, and 2009 respectively. She did P.G Diploma in Electrical Energy Management and Energy Audit from Annamalai University, Chidambaram in 2010. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of EEE, CEG campus, Anna University, Chennai, India. Over the past twenty years, she has taught a variety of courses to undergraduates and postgraduates. She did several research projects and consultancy work in renewable energy, power quality & design of PQ compensators for various industries. She published more than 30 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, and more than 50 research papers in international and national conferences in India and abroad. She has been talking about the importance of power quality for more than 10 years. Under her supervision are 14 PhDs (5 completed and 9 ongoing), 58 master's students, 10 undergraduates, and 4 AMIE students. Over the years, she conducted a short-term course on power quality for Tamilnadu Electricity Board engineers. Her paper won the best paper award at IEEE POWERCON 2004 held in Singapore. She is a senior member of IEEE, a Life member of CBIP, a Life-member of the Institution of Engineers (India), ISTE, and SSI.

Associate Professor, Department of EEE, CEG Campus, Anna University, Chennai, India

Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen currently works at the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University and Head of the Esbjerg Energy Section. On this research, activities established the Center for Bioenergy and Green Engineering in 2009 and serve as the Head of the research group. He has vast experience in the field of Bio-refinery concepts and Biogas production–Anaerobic Digestion. Implementation projects of Bio-energy systems in Denmark with provinces and European states. He served as the technical advisory for many industries in this field. He has executed many large scale European Union and United Nation projects in research aspects of Bioenergy, bio refinery processes, the full chain of biogas and Green Engineering. He has authored more than 100 scientific papers. He was a member on invitation with various capacities in the committee for over 250 various international conferences. Focus areas Renewable Energy - Sustainability - Green jobs for all.

Head of the Esbjerg Energy Section, Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark

Mr. P. Sivaraman completed B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, M.E. in Power Systems Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2012 & 2014 respectively. He has more than five years of experience in the field of power quality studies & harmonic assessments, trouble shooting for various power quality problems, power system analysis and studies, micro grid planning and design, renewable energy integration studies, solar PV system, providing the techno economical solution to various power quality problems for industries across all over India. Presently he is working as an Assistant Engineering Manager in Leading engineering organisation in Chennai, India. He is expert in power system simulation software’s like ETAP, PSCAD, DIGSILENT POWER FACTORY and MATLAB and also speaker who is well versed on both National and International Standards. He is a member of The European Energy Center (EEC).

Assistant Engineering Manager, Leading Engineering Organisation in Chennai, India