Behaviour & Information Technology
The integration of emerging AI techniques with Human-Centered Design (HCD) is crucial for creating AI systems that not only perform well but are also transparent, ethical, and user-friendly. This approach ensures that AI technologies foster trust, mitigate bias, and address ethical concerns. I work on bridging these aspects by focusing on Explainable AI (XAI), trust and bias in AI, and the role of ethics in AI development. Additionally, I emphasize the use of user personas to design AI systems that cater to diverse user needs, driving AI toward societal benefit while mitigating potential risks.
Power System
For industrial development with power system expansion; stability, strengthening, reliability, technical advancements, selection and dynamic response of the power system are essential. With the growth of the power system, complexity in the networks is increased tremendously. As a consequence of this power system analysis by conventional techniques and conclusions from the acquired data, the process for the information, management of remote devices, and utility became more complicated and time-consuming. As necessity is the mother of invention, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developed with the help of sophisticated computer tools and applied to resolve all aforesaid problems for large power systems. Therefore, my future research interest is to work dynamic way of managing the energy system which would be required to ensure that technologies and services are operating at optimum level and contributing towards a cleaner and more efficient energy system.
EVs in Smart Grid
The evolution of EVs has created new dimensions in the transportation and electric power industry. EV charging can be segregated into three areas: EV charging component standards, EVGI standards, and safety standards. Among EV charging component standardization organizations, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) works on standardizing EVs as a whole, and the others work on the component level specification.
The grid integration standards handle EV charging/discharging with the grid. During charging/discharging from the grid, EVs act like a distributed energy resources (DER). Thus, the grid interconnection standards of DERs also apply to EVGI.
There has been a minimal linkage between the transportation and electric power sectors only until recently. Large-scale electrification of transport has substantially disrupted the traditional business models of electric utilities. Overall, EVs have brought both significant challenges and benefits to the electricity grid.
Phase change material for thermal energy storage
The storage of solar energy is essential so that it can be released in times of demand. A sophisticated energy storage system could also be utilized in waste heat recovery, where similar issues arise. Thermal energy storage systems can be utilized in hot and cold climates and their availability would
resolve the time mismatch between energy supply and demand.
Sensible and latent heat storage are the two main approaches used to store thermal energy. Sensible heat storage has advantages such as high heat storage capacity but also possesses certain drawbacks as eciency of storage depends upon the temperature of storage material, which is dicult to maintain at a constant temperature under real scale operations [3,4]. On the other hand, latent heat storage is in high demand because of its high energy storage density and the ability to store heat at a constant temperature, thus latent heat storage phase change materials (PCMs) have been extensively studied over the last decade.
Cadmium Selenide based Quantum Dots for Solar Cells
Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) are remarkable energy devices due to their (a) impressive ability to harvest sunlight and generate multiple pairs of electrons/holes, (b) easy manufacturing, and (c) low cost. However, the power conversion efficiencies (𝜂) of most QDSSCs (usually 4%) are lower than those (up to 12%) of dye-sensitized solar cells, mainly due to narrow absorption ranges and recombination of charge occurring at the interfaces QD–electrolyte and TiO2–electrolyte. To further increase QDSSC's 𝜂 values, new types of working electrodes, sensitizers, counter electrodes, and electrolytes would need to be created. Cadmium-based thin-film cadmium selenide (CdSe) illustration great potential for use in the field of photodetectors, solar cells, light-emitting diodes, biosensors, and biomedical imaging.
