Jha Amitkumar Vidyakant

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Assistant Professor at KIIT University

In the wake of the increasing integration of cyber-physical systems within power grids, ensuring the security and stability of these systems has become paramount. This paper presents a comprehensive security analysis of cyber-physical power systems (CPPS) employed for frequency control in deregulated power markets. In the era of evolving power grid...

In the contemporary global context, excessive fossil fuel consumption remains a critical issue, particularly within the transportation sector. Electric vehicles offer a promising alternative due to their durability and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. However, their rapid adoption has introduced significant challenges, including increased network...

Underwater wireless sensor network (UWSN) is a pervasive technology with different characteristics and requirements, where energy conservation is a stringent requirement. Improving the network lifetime can have tremendous practical utility in these networks. The energy of the nodes in the network can be conserved by devising an efficient cluster he...

Although single‐stage inverters are popular for simpler design they face difficulties in shoot‐through mode operation. Insufficient DC voltage regulation and complicated LC network are principal drawbacks of these topologies. A new split source inverter (SSI) can solve problems with single‐stage inverters. In this paper, SSI replaced the voltage so...

The advent of the sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication technology brings forth immense opportunities for enhancing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). We investigate the potential of 6G in revolutionizing transportation systems by analyzing the standards, technologies, and challenges associated with its implementation. Building upon t...

Binaural beats are a low-frequency form of acoustic stimulation that may be heard between 200 and 900 Hz and can help reduce anxiety as well as alter other psychological situations and states by affecting mood and cognitive function. However, prior research has only looked at the impact of binaural beats on state and trait anxiety using the STA-I s...

Drinking water is the most precious resource on Earth. In the past few decades, the quality of drinking water has significantly degraded due to pollution. Water quality assessment is paramount for the well-being of the people since the presence of pollutants can have serious health issues. Particularly, in developing countries such as India, water...

Smart Grid 3.0 is the latest evolution of the smart grid and incorporates advanced computing and communication technologies. The synchrophasor communication system plays a critical role in wide-area measurement systems (WAMS) for real-time protection and control of power systems, supporting the objectives of Smart Grid 3.0. This system relies on sy...

Energy management systems (EMS) in smart grid (SG) are complex and dynamic systems that require intelligent decision-making to optimize energy usage and reduce costs. Integrating renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, and SG technologies has significantly increased data volume and complexity in EMS. Machine learning (ML) and deep learnin...

DevOps is a potential solution to time and quality restrictions in software development. It aims to increase the frequency, quality, and speed of software delivery using automated procedures. DevOps is a culture transformation, not just a toolchain. DevOps emphasizes cooperation, automation, measurement, information sharing, and web service utiliza...

Introduction The Cyber Physical System (CPS) completely transformed the way people interact with engineered systems. The CPS is an enabling technology for the interconnected smart world. The numerous applications of the CPS are envisioned such as smart transportation, smart grid, smart healthcare, smart city, electric vehicle, etc. The recent devel...

This paper presents ocean wave energy control using the Aquila optimization (AO) technique. An oscillating water column (OWC)-type wave energy converter has been considered that is fitted with a Wells turbine and doubly fed induction generator (DFIG). To achieve maximum power point tracking (MPPT), the rotor speed of the DFIG must be controlled as...

The oscillating water column (OWC) wave power plants’ rotor speed control is suggested in this book chapter. To get the most electrical output power from ocean waves, a Type 2 Fuzzy Logic Controller (T2FLC) is used to manage the rotational speed. A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method is created that offers the best rotor speed reference to d...

Particle swarm optimisation (PSO) is one of the widely adopted meta-heuristic methods for solving real-life problems. Its practical utility can be further enhanced by improving its performance. In order to acheive this, academics have presented several variants of the original PSO over the past few years, including the quantum PSO (QPSO), bare-bone...

In recent years, the Smart Grid (SG) has been conceptualized as a burgeoning technology for improvising power systems. The core of the communication infrastructure in SGs is the Synchrophasor Communication Network (SCN). Using the SCN, synchrophasor data communication is facilitated between the Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) and Phasor Data Concentr...

Metamaterial absorbers are used in the terahertz frequency regime as photo-detectors, as sensing elements, in imaging applications, etc. Narrowband absorbers, on account of their ultra-slender bandwidth within the terahertz frequency spectrum, show a significant shift in the absorption peak when an extrinsic entity relative to the absorber, like re...

The advent of synchrophasor technology has completely revolutionized the modern smart grid, enabling futuristic wide-area monitoring protection and control. The Synchrophasor Communication Network (SCN) is a backbone that supports communication of synchrophasor data among Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) and Phasor Data Concentrators (PDCs). The ope...

The smart grid cyber–physical system (SGCPS) is the latest evolution of the traditional power system. Synchrophasor application in the SGCPS is responsible for wide area monitoring and control of the grid. Its communication network referred to as the synchrophasor communication network (SCN) has to be resilient. The resiliency measures the system’s...

The conventional electrical grid is undergoing substantial growth for reliable grid operation and for more efficient and sustainable energy use. The traditional grid is now metamorphosing into a smart grid (SG) that incorporates a diverse, heterogeneous blend of operating measures such as smart appliances, meters, and renewable energy resources. Wi...

A terahertz metamaterial absorber, capable of detecting cancerous cells, is proposed in this letter. The proposed design consists of several merged circular ring resonators over a gallium arsenide substrate. It achieves an absorption of 99% at 3.71 THz and a high quality factor ( Q -factor) of 92.75. The resonance frequency shifts with alterations...

The conventional power grid is modernizing into a cyber-physical smart grid. In this system, there are several applications, an important being the synchrophasor measurement system. Sensors called the phasor measurement units, measure the synchrophasors and communicate them to the phasor data concentrator using the synchrophasor communication netwo...

The power grid is evolving into a smart grid due to the diverse energy generation and distribution. This complex grid has to be continuously monitored in real-time for its safe operation. Sensors known as phasor measurement units (PMUs) are used for obtaining health information pertaining to the grid in terms of time-synchronized voltage and curren...

The Cyber Physical System (CPS) is a disruptive technology that has combined the burgeoning technologies from various domains. The CPS is continuously evolving with the incorporation of next-generation technologies. A CPS capable of supporting next-generation applications is referred to as the Next Generation Cyber Physical System (NG-CPS). This pa...

Renewable energy-based hybrid power systems are being increasingly deployed across the globe to reduce carbon emissions. The system frequency and tie-line power tend to fluctuate due to system operating conditions. These fluctuations can be maintained within the desired limits using optimally designed controllers. In this article, the recently deve...

Real time monitoring and control of a modern power system has achieved significant development since the incorporation of the phasor measurement unit (PMU). Due to the time-synchronized capabilities, PMU has increased the situational awareness (SA) in a wide area measurement system (WAMS). Operator SA depends on the data pertaining to the real-time...

Metamaterial absorbers, on account of their inherent property of electromagnetic radiation absorption, have become a center of attraction for many researchers in recent times. This paper proposes a unique design of a terahertz metamaterial absorber that can be used to sense biomedical samples. The proposed design consists of two identical circular...

The research on advanced material is moving at a pace to achieve better performance with limited resources and time. Electromagnetic materials made up of materials such as metals and dielectrics when scaled down to subwavelength dimensions and when arranged in a periodic manner, begin to exhibit some unique properties that cannot be obtained or tha...

The Internet of Things (IoT) plays a vital role in interconnecting physical and virtual objects that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies intending to connect and exchange data with devices and systems around the globe over the Internet. With a multitude of features to offer, IoT is a boon to mankind, but just as two sides of...

The present article proposes a three-phase resonant boost inverter (TPRBI) to feed a permanent magnet brushless DC (PMBLDC) motor at the requested torque with low ripples due to the sinusoidal current injected into the PMBLDC motor. PMBLDC motors have the highest torque-to-weight ratio compared to other motors and are the best choice for electric v...

The smart grid (SG), which has revolutionized the power grid, is being further improved by using the burgeoning cyber physical system (CPS) technology. The conceptualization of SG using CPS, which is referred to as the smart grid cyber physical system (SGCPS), has gained a momentum with the synchrophasor measurements. The edifice of the synchrophas...

This paper presents an optimized algorithm for event-triggered control (ETC) of networked control systems (NCS). Initially, the traditional backstepping controller is designed for a generalized nonlinear plant in strict-feedback form that is subsequently extended to the ETC. In the NCS, the controller and the plant communicate with each other using...

Warehouses and cold storage mechanisms are integral and important components for the storage of the agricultural products beyond their intended life-period. Configurability and self-adaptability can greatly enhance the functional efficiency of these systems and minimize wastage of resources. This paper explores the technical glitches faced by the c...

The recent developments in embedded system design and communication technologies popularized the adaption of the cyber-physical system (CPS) for practical applications. A CPS is an amalgamation of a physical system, a cyber system, and their communication network. The cyber system performs extensive computational operations on the data received fro...

The load frequency control (LFC) and tie-line power are the key deciding factors to evaluate the performance of a multiarea power system. In this paper, the performance analysis of a two-area power system is presented. This analysis is based on two performance metrics: LFC and tie-line power. The power system consists of a thermal plant generation...

The Novel Coronavirus Disease (nCOVID) has grabed the whole world recently since its origin in Wuhan city of China. There is very dire consequences the whole world is going through because of nCOVID. The unprecedented nCOVID and associated consequences pushed the public health system in the crisis. Undoubtedly, it has affected almost all countries...

The automatic load frequency control for multi-area power systems has been a challenging task for power system engineers. The complexity of this task further increases with the incorporation of multiple sources of power generation. For multi-source power system, this paper presents a new heuristic-based hybrid optimization technique to achieve the...

Electricity, which is the greatest invention of nineteenth century, is distributed to the geographically distributed loads through the help of the power grid, which acts as a backbone to the system. Power grid is a complex infrastructure that is intended to transmit the electricity from the generation stations to the consumers by encompassing sever...

The unification of advanced communication technologies with compact sensors has enabled the materialization of e-health applications, such as telemedicine, telemonitoring, e-prescriptions, and health informatics, among others, which have revolutionized the field of health care. An important factor in their successful implementation is the reliabili...

This work focuses on the design of a fractional-order PID (FOPID) controller for output stabilization of a fractional-order networked control system (FONCS). It is widely discussed that the real systems are fractional in nature and can be better modelled in terms of fractional order. It has been considered in this paper that the FONCS and FOPID con...

The stringent criteria of the fifth-generation (5G) radio networks have sparked research on waveforms beyond the fourth-generation mobile radio networks (4G). Recently, filtered multicarrier (FMC) transmission-based techniques have been proposed as the waveforms for 5G systems. These techniques have their own merits and demerits. Some major demerit...

The developments in communication technologies paved way for the materialization of the envisioned smart grid (SG). The SG is the next generation power grid with enhanced capabilities for monitoring and control. Especially, the development of high-speed digital processing devices known as the phasor measurement units (PMUs) has increased the monito...

A centralized airflow control scheme for a complex ocean energy network (OEN) is proposed in this paper to reduce the output power variation (OPV). The OEN is an integrated network of multiple oscillating water columns (OWCs) that are located at different geographical sites connected to a common electrical grid. The complexity of the OWC-OEN increa...

This paper suggests a simple approach to design a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller for regulating the turbine speed of the oscillation water column (OWC) system. The objective of PID controller is to achieve the maximum wave energy extraction from OWC. The first prerequisite for PID controller development is to reduce and linearize...

From its origin in Wuhan city of China, the Novel Coronavirus Disease (nCOVID) has recently engulfed the whole world into its dire consequences. This unprecedented disease has put the whole world into a public health crisis. Undoubtedly, most of the countries are facing dire consequences in terms social and economical losses. However, it has also b...

This work focuses on the design of a fractional-order PID (FOPID) controller for output stabilization of a fractional order networked control system (FONCS). As it is widely discussed that the real systems are fractional in nature and can be better modelled in terms of fractional order. It has been considered in this paper that the FONCS and FOPID...

—A conventional DC motor has remained the area of interest for a wide range of applications. With the invention of BLDC motor which has many advantages over conventional DC motor, it has found it application in almost all the application by replacing conventional DC motor. Here, in this paper, we analyze the performance of BLDC motor using PID cont...