Course Code: Course Name: L T P C

AMETR101 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 4 0 0 4

Course Objective
 To acquaint the students with basic concepts of research methods and processes
 To develop research skills for planning ,designing, conduct and reporting of
research
Course Outcomes
Candidate can able to design research problems
Candidate can design experiments, collect and analyze the data
 Candidate can able to review and write research articles and thesis
UNIT I - ELEMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD 12 Hrs
Research-purpose, relevance and scope, Generalization and Transferability of research data; Objectivity and
value-neutrality in scientific research; ethical dilemmas in Research. Types of Research- basic, applied,
strategic, anticipatory and adaptive research; historical, descriptive and experimental research, Qualitative and
Quantitative research methods, Experimental and ex-post facto approaches, survey research, action research,
participatory research, case study method, content analysis

UNIT II - STEPS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH PROCESS 12 Hrs

Identifying and defining researchable problems, Formulation of research objectives; Hypothesis- meaning,
types, development of hypothesis and its testing; constructs, Nature, types of variables ;Types and levels of
measurements; Types of reliability and validity and their measurement

UNIT III - METHODS OF OBSERVATION AND DATA COLLECTION FOR RESEARCH 12Hrs
Selection of appropriate tools for analysis of research data; Formats of research report -writing
thesis/dissertation, research articles-abstracts, literature review materials and methods, results and discussion
summary and references

UNIT IV - COMPUTATIONAL METHODS 12 Hrs

Computer and web based tools and resources for research Data Analysis; Statistical methods: Measures of
central tendency and dispersal ;probability distributions (Binomial, Poisson and normal);Sampling
distribution; difference between parametric and non-parametric statistics, confidence interval ;errors; levels of
significance; regression and correlation ;t-test; analysis of variance;X2 test ; basic introduction to Multivariate
statistics etc.;

UNIT-V - TEACHING TECHNOLOGY 12 Hrs

Meaning, concept and scope; Instructional design: Objective based Skill based Lecture, Seminar, Symposium,
Project approach and Workshop, Electronic media in Education, Instructional media: concept, selection, Use
and variety ,e-learning and e-resources- book, e-Journals, Web based learning-Access and teaching issues
Total: 60 Hours
References
1. Kothari,C.R,(1998)Research Methodology Second Edition Wishwa Prakashan
2. Fred N Kerlinger (1983)Foundations of Behavioural Research,Surjeet Publications, Delhi
3. Walliman.N(2001)Your Research Project: a step by step guide for the first time
researcher Sage Pub.
Course Code: Course Name: L T P C
APHEEPS03 RENEWABLE ENERGY 3 1 0 4
Course Objective
 Learn various renewable sources of power/energy such as solar, wind and others
 Understand and learn important issues associated with grid integration of renewable energy sources.
 Learn smart grid, technologies and communication network in smart grid
Course Outcomes
 Evaluate the potential of solar, wind and other sources of energy.
 Apply smart grid concepts and technologies of smart grid.
UNIT 1 SOLAR ENERGY 12 Hrs
Introduction to the Major Photovoltaic System Types, Current–Voltage Curves for Loads, Grid-Connected
Systems: Interfacing with the Utility, DC and AC Rated Power, Capacity Factors for PV Grid Connected
Systems¸ Grid-Connected System Sizing, PV Stand-Alone Systems – MPPT Tracking - off grid systems
and scope for inclusive growth of rural India.

UNIT 2 WIND ENERGY 12 Hrs

Wind measurements, Wind speed and power relation, wind distribution and wind speed predictions. Wind
Turbine system components, Types of Turbine, Basics of Wind turbine generator design, Choice of
generators, electrical load matching, power control, Effect of wind speed variations, tower height and its
effect, Variable speed operation, maximum power operation, control systems, system design features, stand
alone and grid connected operation ,Indian electrical Grid code systems (IEGCS)

UNIT 3 EFFECTS ON POWER SYSTEMS 12 Hrs

Biomass – various resources, energy contents, technological advancements, conversion of biomass in other
form of energy – solid, liquid and gases. Tidal and wave energy, Geothermal and Ocean-thermal energy
conversion (OTEC) systems – schemes, feasibility and viability. Fuel cell- types and operating
characteristics, power curve, efficiency, energy output of fuel cell.

UNIT 4 GRID INTEGRATION 12 Hrs

Concept of micro gird, formation of micro grid and economics hybrid with fuel cell, solar-wind, wind –
hydro systems, mode controller, load sharing, system sizing. Grid integration with the system: Interface
requirements, Stable operation, Transient-safety, Operating limits of voltage, frequency, stability margin,
energy storage, and load scheduling.

UNIT 5 SMART GRID 12 Hrs

Concept of Smart Grid, Definitions, Need and Functions of Smart Grid, Opportunities & Barriers of Smart
Grid, Concept of Resilient & Self-Healing Grid, Present development & International policies in Smart
Grid. Smart Grid Technologies: Introduction to Smart Meters, Real Time Pricing, Smart Appliances,
Outage Management System (OMS), Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), Vehicle to Grid, Smart
Sensors, Home & Building Automation.
Total: 60 Hours
Text Books :
1. Renewable energy technologies - R. Ramesh, Narosa Publication.
2. Energy Technology – S. Rao, Parulkar
3. Clark W. Gellings, “The Smart Grid: Enabling Energy Efficiency and Demand Response”,CRC Press
4. Renewable Energy Technologies – Chetan Singh Solanki, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Reference Books:
1. Wind and solar systems by Mukund Patel, CRC Press.
2. Solar Photovoltaics for terrestrials, Tapan Bhattacharya.
3. Solar & Wind energy Technologies – McNeils, Frenkel, Desai, Wiley Eastern.
5. Solar Energy – S.P. Sukhatme, Tata McGraw Hill.
6. Ali Keyhani, Mohammad N. Marwali, Min Dai “Integration of Green and Renewable Energy in Electric
Power Systems”, Wiley
 Course Code: Course Name: L T P C
APHEEPS04 SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES 3 1 0 4
Course Objective
 To expose the concepts of feed forward neural networks.
 To provide adequate knowledge about feedback neural networks.
 To teach about the concept of fuzziness involved in various systems.
 To expose the ideas about genetic algorithm
 To provide adequate knowledge about of FLC and NN toolbox
Course Outcome
 Also will be able to know the different operations on the fuzzy sets.
 Will be capable of developing ANN based models and control schemes for non-linear system.
 Will get expertise in the use of different ANN structures and online training algorithm.
 Will be knowledgeable to use Fuzzy logic for modelling and control of non-linear systems.
 Will be competent to use hybrid control schemes and P.S.O and support vector Regressive.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 12 Hrs
Introduction to intelligent systems- Soft computing techniques- Conventional Computing versus Swarm
Computing - Classification of meta-heuristic techniques - Properties of Swarm intelligent Systems -
Application domain - Neuron- Nerve structure and synapse- Artificial Neuron and its model - Neural
network architecture- single layer and multilayer feed forward networks- Mc Culloch Pitts neuron model-
perceptron model- Adaline and Madaline- multilayer perception model- back propogation learning
methods- effect of learning rule coefficient -back propagation algorithm- factors affecting back propagation
training- applications.

UNIT II ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY 12 Hrs

Counter propagation network- architecture- functioning & characteristics of counter Propagation network-
Hopfield/ Recurrent network configuration - limitations and applications- Hopfield v/s Boltzman machine-
Adaptive Resonance Theory- Architecture- classifications- Implementation and 33 training - Associative
Memory.

UNIT III FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEM 12 Hrs

Introduction to crisp sets and fuzzy sets- basic fuzzy set operation and approximate reasoning -
Fuzzification inferencing and defuzzification-Fuzzy knowledge and rule bases-Fuzzy modeling and control
schemes for nonlinear systems. Self organizing fuzzy logic control- Fuzzy logic control for nonlinear time
delay system.

UNIT IV GENETIC ALGORITHM 12 Hrs

Evolutionary programs – Genetic algorithms, genetic programming and evolutionary programming -
Genetic Algorithm versus Conventional Optimization Techniques - Genetic representations and selection
mechanisms; Genetic operators- different types of crossover and mutation operators - Procedures in
evolutionary programming.

UNIT V HYBRID CONTROL SCHEMES 12 Hrs

Fuzzification and rule base using ANN–Neuro fuzzy systems-ANFIS – Fuzzy Neuron - Optimization of
membership function and rule base using Genetic Algorithm –Introduction to Support Vector Machine-
Evolutionary Programming-Particle Swarm Optimization - Case study – Familiarization of NN, FLC and
ANFIS Tool Box.
TOTAL : 60 Hours

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Laurene V. Fausett, “Fundamentals of Neural Networks: Architectures, Algorithms And Applications”,
Pearson Education.
2. Timothy J. Ross, “Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications” Wiley India, 2008.
3. Zimmermann H.J. "Fuzzy set theory and its Applications" Springer international edition, 2011.
4. David E.Goldberg, “Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning”, Pearson
Education, 2009.
5. W.T.Miller, R.S.Sutton and P.J.Webrose, “Neural Networks for Control” MIT Press”, 1996.
6. T. Ross, “Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications”, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1995.
7. Ethem Alpaydin, “Introduction to Machine Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning
Series)”, MIT Press, 2004.
8. Corinna Cortes and V. Vapnik, " Support - Vector Networks, Machine Learning” 1995.

Course Code: Course Name: L T P C

RPE RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION 4 0 0 4
ETHICS
Course Objective
 To develop the students with basic awareness about the publications ethics and publication misconducts
Course Outcomes
 Candidate can able to focus on basics of philosophy of science and ethics, research integrity,
publication ethics.
 Candidate can design to identify research misconduct and predatory publications
 Candidate can able to index and citation databases, open access publications, research metrics and
plagiarism tools
THEORY:
RPE 01: PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS 3 Hrs
Introduction to philosophy: definition, nature and scope, concept, branches – Ethics: definition, moral
philosophy, nature of moral judgements and reactions.

RPE 02: SCIENTIFIC CONDUCT 5 Hrs

Ethics with respect to science and research – Intellectual honesty and research integrity – Scientific
misconducts: Falsification, Fabrication and Plagiarism (FFP) – Redundant publications: duplicate and
overlapping publications, salami slicing – Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data.

RPE 03: PUBLICATION ETHICS 7 Hrs

Publication ethics: definition, introduction and importance – Best practices / standards setting intiatives and
guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc. – Conflicts of interest – Publication misconduct: definition, concept, problems
that leads to unethical behavior and vice versa, types – Violation of publication ethics, authorship and
contributorship – Identification of publication misconduct, complaints and appeals – Predatory publishers and
journals.

PRACTICE
RPE 04: OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING 4 Hrs
Open access publications and initiatives - SHERPA / RoMEO online resource to check publisher copyright &
self-archiving policies – Software tool to identify predatory publications developed by SPPU – Journal
finder / journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggester, etc.
RPE 05: PUBLICATION MISCONDUCT 4 Hrs
A. Group Discussions 2 Hrs
Subject specific ethical issues, FFP, authorship – Conflicts of interest – Complaints and appeals:
examples and fraud from India and abroad.
B. Software Tools 2 Hrs
Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools.

RPE 06: DATABASE AND RESEARCH METRICS 7 Hrs

A. Database 4 Hrs
Indexing databases – Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
B. Research Metrics 3 Hrs
Impact factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score – Metrics: h-index,
g-index, i10 index, altmetrics.

Total: 30 Hours
References
1. Bird A. (2206), Philosophy of Science, Routledge.
2. MacIntyre, Alasdair (1967), A Short History of Ethics, London.
3. P. Chaddah, (2018), Ethics in Competitive Research: Do not get Scooped; do not get plagiarized, ISBN:978-
9387480856.
4. National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine, (2009), On being a
Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research: Third Edition, National Academies Press
5. Resnik, D.B. (2011), What is ethics in research & why is it important. National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, 1-10. Retrieved from https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/index.cfm
6. Beall J, (2012). Predatory publishers are corrupting open access. Nature, 489(7415), 179-179.
7. https://doi.org/10.1038/489179a
8. Indian national Science Academy (INSA), Ethics in Science Education, Research and Governance (2019), ISBN:
978-81-939482-1-7. http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/Ethics_Book.pdf

Course Code: Course Name: L T P C

SMART GRID PLANNING AND 3 1 0 4
OPERATION
Course Objective
 To expose the features of Smart Grid.
 To provide adequate knowledge about analysis and planning of Smart Grids
 To teach about the concept of modeling and analysis of smart grid dynamics
 To expose the ideas about different control schemes of smart grid operation
 To provide adequate knowledge about influence of the smart grid on the power system
Course Outcome
 Understand the features of Smart Grid.
 Understand the analysis and planning of Smart Grids
 Evaluate the tools for modeling and analysis of smart grid dynamics,
 Analyze and synthesize different control schemes of smart grid operation
 Assess the influence of the smart grid on the power system
UNIT I Introduction to Smart Grid 12 Hrs
Basics of power systems, the definition of smart grid, need for smart grid, smart grid domain, enablers
of smart grid, smart grid priority areas, regulatory challenges, smart-grid activities in India.

UNIT II Analysis of Smart Grid System 12 Hrs

Smart grid concepts, smart grid components, and control elements, Distributed generation resources
and Energy Storage, Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), Smart Homes, Microgrids, Load
Flow study for AC/DC smart grid analysis, Economic Dispatch, State Estimation for low voltage
networks, smart grid Monitoring, smart grid standards, and policies.
UNIT III Smart Grid Planning 12 Hrs
Planning Aspects of smart grid, Operation and control of AC, DC, and hybrid smart grid, Optimal power flow,
Demand side management of the smart grid, Demand response analysis of smart grid, Energy Management, Planning
and Design of smart grid systems

UNIT IV Voltage and Frequency Regulation of Smart Grid 12 Hrs

Automatic generation Control, Load frequency control, Tie-line power sharing, Voltage Stability
Assessment, Voltage stability Indexing, Concepts on the design of smart grid stabilizers to improve
voltage stability, frequency & voltage regulations, and volt-VAR support.

UNIT IV Operation and Control of Smart Grids 12 Hrs

Evolutionary programs – Genetic algorithms, genetic programming and evolutionary programming -
Genetic Algorithm versus Conventional Optimization Techniques - Genetic representations and selection
mechanisms; Genetic operators- different types of crossover and mutation operators - Procedures in
evolutionary programming.

TOTAL : 60 Hours

Text Books:
1. J. Momoh, “Smart Grid: Fundamentals of Design and Analysis,” Wiley-IEEE Press, 1st Edition,
2012.
2. S. K. Salman, “Introduction to the Smart Grid: Concepts, Technologies and Evolution,” IET
Energy Engineering Series, 1st Edition, 2017.

Reference Books:
1. Mini S Thomas and J. D MacDonald, “Power System SCADA and Smart Grid,” CRC Press, 1st Edition,
2015.
2. N. Hatziargyriou, “Microgrids Architecture and control”, Wiley-IEEE Press Series, 1st Edition 2013.
3. D. Mah, P. Hills, Victor O.K. Li, R. Balme, “Smart Grid Applications and Developments,” Springer-
Verlag London, 1st Edition, 2014.