Enabling Methodologies for Renewable and Sustainable Energy
暫譯: 可再生與永續能源的啟用方法論

本書旨在提供實用的面向以及各種技術進步工具的應用介紹，包括人工智慧 (AI)、機器學習 (ML) 和物聯網 (IoT)，以便對可再生能源開發進行建模、特徵化、優化、預測和性能預測，並包含現有政策與案例研究，以幫助理解可再生能源的生成。

Gaurav Saini is presently working as the Professor (Assistant) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He has Post-Doctoral Fellow experience with the Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Prior to joining IIT Kanpur, he was serving as the Professor (Assistant) in the School of Advanced Materials, Green Energy and Sensor Systems, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur, India. He received his Ph.D. in Turbomachines (Hydrokinetic Turbines) in the year 2020 and M. Tech (Fluid Machinery and Energy Systems) in the year 2014 from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. After his Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, he was working as project fellow in the department of hydro and renewable energy, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. His research areas include renewable energy (hydrokinetic energy, wind power, and biomass), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and fluid mechanics and turbomachines; fluid power. He has published several research publications on renewable energy technologies in different international journals of repute. He has also presented his research at different international and national platforms and he received accolades from various peers working in the same area across the globe. He is skilled in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) - numerical modelling and roto-dynamics analysis, multiphase flow analysis, modeling of various renewable energy resources viz. wind, marine, solar and hydrokinetic energy for rural applications, wind and hydrokinetic - technology selection and design, installation strategies, performance evaluation and O&M issues.

Ramani Kannan is a Senior Lecturer in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He received his BEng degree from Bharathiar University, India. Later, he completed his MEng and PhD in Power Electronics and Drives in Anna University. He holds more than 125 publications in reputed international and national journals and conferences; also, he has published six books. He has completed five funded projects and has seven research projects in progress. The grants are FRGS, ASEAN-India, YUTP, KETTHA, and STIRF. He is a chartered engineer (CEng, the UK), active senior member of IEEE (the USA), and member of IE (I), IET (the UK), ISTE (I), and Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAENS). Dr. Ramani is recognized with many awards, including "Career Award for Young Teacher" from AICTE India, 2012; "Young Scientist Award" in power electronics and drives, 2015; "Highest Research Publication Award" 2017; Award for Outstanding Performance, Service and Dedication 2019 at UTP, Malaysia; "Outstanding Researcher Award" at UTP, Q Day 2019; and Best Presenter Award, IEEE CENCON 2019 international conference at Indonesia. He actively serves as Secretary, IEEE Power Electronics Society, Malaysia, since 2020. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Asian Scientific Research (2011-2018) and Regional Editor of the International Journal of Computer-Aided Engineering and Technology, Inderscience Publishers, the UK, from 2015. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Access journal since 2018. He is Editor of International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems (ITEES Wiley) since 2021 and is Section Editor of Platform: A Journal of Engineering, UTP Press, MY, since 2020. He is an Associate Editor of the Advanced Materials Science and Technology journal since 2020. Dr. Ramani serves as a guest editor for many publishers such as Elsevier, Inderscience, IGI Global, CRC, Taylor & Francis, Bentham Science, and IJPAM. His research interest involves power electronics, inverters, modeling of induction motor, AI, machine learning, and optimization techniques.

Ernesto Benini graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering (1996) And obtained his PhD in Energy Technology (2000). He is currently a Professor of "Fluid Machinery" at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padua, Italy. He has more than 20 years of experience in the research and development of advanced methods for the design and optimization of fluid machines involving renewables. He is responsible for numerous private and European research projects and is a scientific advisor for major international companies in the renewable energy sector. He is a senior member of ASME and AIAA. He serves as Editor of authoritative scientific journals such as ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power and International Journal of Turbo & Jet Engines. He has authored and co-authored about 300 scientific publications concerning the fluid dynamics of machines. He has received numerous awards for his academic and scientific activities, including numerous "Best Paper Awards" and the gold medal for the Best Academic Curriculum, and was nominated for the New York Academy of Sciences' "Outstanding Young Researchers" award.

Krishna Kumar is presently working as a Research and Development Engineer at UJVN Ltd. Before joining UJVNL, he worked as an Assistant Professor at BTKIT, Dwarahat (Uttarakhand), India. He received his B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) from Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India, and M. Tech (Digital Systems) from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India. He is also pursuing his PhD in the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. He has more than 12 years of industrial and teaching experience and has published numerous research papers in international journals such as IEEE, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer, and Wiley. His research area includes renewable energy, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of things.

**Gaurav Saini** 目前擔任印度烏塔爾邦坎普爾哈爾科特·巴特勒技術大學機械工程系的助理教授。他曾在印度理工學院坎普爾的可持續能源工程系擔任博士後研究員。在加入印度理工學院坎普爾之前，他曾在印度工程科學與技術學院（IIEST）希布普爾的先進材料、綠色能源和傳感器系統學院擔任助理教授。他於2020年獲得了渦輪機（水動力渦輪）博士學位，並於2014年獲得了流體機械與能源系統碩士學位，均來自印度烏塔爾邦魯爾基的印度理工學院。獲得博士學位後，他在印度理工學院魯爾基的水力與可再生能源系擔任項目研究員。他的研究領域包括可再生能源（水動能、風能和生物質能）、計算流體力學（CFD）、流體力學和渦輪機；流體動力。他在多個國際知名期刊上發表了多篇有關可再生能源技術的研究論文，並在不同的國際和國內平台上展示了他的研究，獲得了來自全球同行的讚譽。他擅長計算流體力學（CFD） - 數值建模和轉子動力學分析、多相流分析、各種可再生能源資源（如風能、海洋能、太陽能和水動能）在農村應用中的建模、風能和水動能的技術選擇與設計、安裝策略、性能評估及運營與維護問題。

**Ramani Kannan** 是馬來西亞石油科技大學的高級講師。他在印度巴哈提亞大學獲得了工程學士學位，隨後在安娜大學完成了電力電子與驅動的碩士和博士學位。他在國際和國內知名期刊及會議上發表了超過125篇論文，並出版了六本書籍。他已完成五個資助項目，並有七個研究項目正在進行中。這些資助包括FRGS、ASEAN-India、YUTP、KETTHA和STIRF。他是英國特許工程師（CEng）、美國IEEE的活躍高級會員，以及IE (I)、IET (英國)、ISTE (印度)和高級工程與科學學會（IAENS）的會員。Ramani博士獲得了多項獎項，包括2012年印度AICTE頒發的「青年教師職業獎」；2015年電力電子與驅動的「青年科學家獎」；2017年「最高研究出版獎」；2019年在馬來西亞UTP頒發的「卓越表現、服務與奉獻獎」；2019年UTP Q日的「卓越研究者獎」；以及2019年在印尼舉行的IEEE CENCON國際會議的最佳演講者獎。自2020年以來，他擔任馬來西亞IEEE電力電子學會的秘書。他是《亞洲科學研究期刊》（2011-2018）的主編，並自2015年起擔任英國Inderscience Publishers的《國際計算機輔助工程與技術期刊》的區域編輯。自2018年以來，他是IEEE Access期刊的副編輯。自2021年以來，他是《國際電能系統交易》（ITEES Wiley）的編輯，自2020年以來，他是UTP Press的《平台：工程期刊》的部分編輯。他自2020年以來是《先進材料科學與技術期刊》的副編輯。Ramani博士還擔任多家出版商的客座編輯，如Elsevier、Inderscience、IGI Global、CRC、Taylor & Francis、Bentham Science和IJPAM。他的研究興趣包括電力電子、逆變器、感應電動機建模、人工智慧、機器學習和優化技術。

**Ernesto Benini** 於1996年以優異成績畢業於機械工程，並於2000年獲得能源技術博士學位。他目前是意大利帕多瓦大學工業工程系的「流體機械」教授。他在可再生能源流體機械的設計與優化方面擁有超過20年的研究與開發經驗。他負責多個私人和歐洲研究項目，並擔任可再生能源領域主要國際公司的科學顧問。他是ASME和AIAA的高級會員。他擔任ASME《燃氣渦輪與電力工程期刊》和《國際渦輪與噴氣發動機期刊》等權威科學期刊的編輯。他已發表約300篇有關機械流體力學的科學論文，並因其學術和科學活動獲得多項獎項，包括多次「最佳論文獎」和最佳學術履歷金獎，並被提名為紐約科學院的「傑出青年研究者獎」。

**Krishna Kumar** 目前在UJVN Ltd擔任研究與開發工程師。在加入UJVNL之前，他曾在印度烏塔爾邦的BTKIT Dwarahat擔任助理教授。他在印度烏塔爾邦的Govind Ballabh Pant工程學院獲得電子與通信工程學士學位，並在印度阿拉哈巴德的Motilal Nehru國立技術學院獲得數位系統碩士學位。他目前也在印度理工學院魯爾基攻讀博士學位。他擁有超過12年的工業和教學經驗，並在IEEE、Elsevier、Taylor & Francis、Springer和Wiley等國際期刊上發表了多篇研究論文。他的研究領域包括可再生能源、人工智慧、雲計算和物聯網。