Bio-sketch

Dr. Bhavnesh Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Instrumentation & Control Engineering, NSUT Delhi. He holds Bachelor of Technology in Electrical & Electronics from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow and Master of Technology in Control & Instrumentation from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. He earned his Ph.D degree from Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida in the area of artificial intelligent controllers for induction motor drives. With a teaching experience of more than ten years he had served GBU, Greater Noida, Airports Authority of India, KNGD Modi Engineering College, Modinagar. He has published various research papers in journals and conferences of repute. He has presented his research work in many international conferences. He is a member of various professional bodies such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), ISTE.  He is Technical Reviewer for various international journals indexed in SCI/SCIE.

Publications in International Journals

• K. Anand, and B. Kumar, “An Experimental Investigation on PV assisted Temperature regulation of Biogas Plant”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-05777-x
• Avinash Gaurav, Arjun Tyagi, S.K. Jha, Bhavnesh Kumar, “Optimal sizing and economic assessment of grid connected active distribution network for reliable rural electrification in India,” Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 311, 2024, 118505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118505.
• A. K. Singh, A. K. Mishra and B. Kumar, "A Hybrid Energy Sources Based System for Powertrain of Electric Vehicles," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2024.3385753.
• Bashista, P., Mishra, A., Kumar, B. Kumar and A. Tyagi, “Single-Sensor based CSPO Algorithm for Maximum Power Point Tracking under Dynamic Shading Conditions,” J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. B (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40031-024-01012-3,
• Urvashi Chauhan, Himanshu Chhabra, Prince Jain, Ark Dev, Neetika Chauhan, Bhavnesh Kumar, “ Chaos Inspired Invasive Weed Optimization Algorithm for Parameter Estimation of Solar PV Models,” IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, 100239, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacsc.2023.100239
• Kundan Anand, Alok Prakash Mittal, Bhavnesh Kumar, ‘Dual heating of anaerobic digester substrate using variable speed drive and fractional order PID controller tuned with ant colony optimization’, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023. DOI 10.1007/s13399-023-05068-x
• Arjun Tyagi, Ashu Verma, Bhavnesh Kumar, ‘Purchase cost based reconfiguration of distribution system under varying loads and renewable generation’, Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 36, pp. 101169, 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2023.101169
• Manish Kumar, Bhavnesh Kumar, Asha Rani, “Flux Optimization Strategy for Efficiency Enhancement of Induction Motor Driven Electric Vehicle under Dynamic Operating Conditions,” Energy Efficiency, 2023.
• Kundan Anand, Alok Prakash Mittal, Bhavnesh Kumar, ‘Cost-inclusive heuristic power management of hybrid power generation plant with ANN-regulated biogas plant,’ Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 97, 2023, 104770, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104770.
• Kundan Anand, Alok Prakash Mittal, Bhavnesh Kumar, “Feasibility analysis of biogas plant for the northern plains of India,” Energy for Sustainable Development, 2023.
• Kundan Anand, Alok Prakash Mittal, Bhavnesh Kumar, “ANN-based sensorless adaptive temperature control system to improve methane yield in an anaerobic digester,” Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13, pages7265–7285, 2023.
• Urvashi Chauhan, Himanshu Chhabra, Asha Rani, Bhavnesh Kumar and Vijander Singh, “Efficient MPPT Controller for Solar PV System Using GWO-CS Optimized Fuzzy Logic Control and Conventional Incremental Conductance Technique”, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Electrical Engineering, 47, pages463–472, 2023.
• Jaswant Singh, SP Singh, KS Verma, Bhavnesh Kumar, “Comparative Analysis of MPPT Control Techniques to Enhance Solar Energy Utilization and Convergence Time Under Varying Meteorological Conditions and Loads,” Frontiers in Energy Research, vol.10, 2022.
• Karan Yadav, Bhavnesh Kumar, Josep M. Guerrero, Abderezak Lashab, “A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Grey Wolf Optimizer Technique for faster Global Peak Detection in PV System under Partial Shading”, Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 35,100770, 2022.
• Manish Kumar, Bhavnesh Kumar, and Asha Rani, “ A Novel Loss Model Control-Based Efficiency Enhancement Scheme for IFOC Induction Motor Drive”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 47, pages14267–14282, 2022.
• Kundan Anand, Alok Prakash Mittal, Bhavnesh Kumar, “Modelling and simulation of dual heating of substrate with centralized temperature control for anaerobic digestion process,” Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 325, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129235.
• Manish Kumar, Bhavnesh Kumar, and Asha Rani, “Neuro-fuzzy Based Estimation of Rotor Flux for Electric Vehicle Operating Under Partial Loading,” Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy System (IOS Press), vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 5653-5663, 2021.
• Jaswant Singh, Surya Prakash Singh, Kripa Shanker Verma, Arif Iqbal and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Recent control techniques and management of AC microgrids: A critical review on issues, strategies, and future trends,” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Vol. 31, Issue11, e13035, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.13035 
• Anuj Rawat, S.K. Jha, Bhavnesh Kumar and Mohan, Vijay, “Nonlinear Fractional Order PID Controller for Tracking Maximum Power in Photo-voltaic System,” Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 6703-6713, 2020.
• Urvashi Chauhan, Vijander Singh,  Bhavnesh Kumar and Rani, Asha, “An Improved MVO Assisted Global MPPT Algorithm for Partially Shaded PV System,”   Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 6715-6726, 2020.
• Karan Yadav, Bhavnesh Kumar, Swaroop D., “Mitigation of Mismatch Power Losses of PV Array under Partial Shading Condition using novel Odd Even Configuration,” Energy Reports, vol. 6, pp. 427-437, 2020.
• Anuj Rawat, S.K. Jha and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Various configuration and control techniques for photovoltaic fed motor driven water pumping system,” International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 179-198, 2020.
• Urvashi Chauhan, Asha Rani, Bhavnesh Kumar and Vijander Singh, “A multi verse optimization based MPPT controller for drift avoidance in solar system,” Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy System (IOS Press),  vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2175-2184, 2019.
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Vinay Pratap Singh & Yogesh K. Chauhan, “Fuzzy logic based adaptation mechanism for MRAS based speed estimators,” Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, vol.40, no. 2, pp, 455-466, 2019.
• Natwar S. Rathore, V. P. Singh and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Controller Design for DOHA Water Treatment Plant using Grey Wolf Optimization,” Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy System (IOS Press), Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 5329-5336, 2018.
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K Chauhan, and Vivek Shrivastava, “Assessment of a fuzzy logic based MRAS observer used in a Photovoltaic array supplied AC drive,” Frontiers in Energy, Vol. 8, No.1, pp. 81-89, 2014. 
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K Chauhan, and Vivek Shrivastava, “ Performance analysis of a water pumping system supplied by a photovoltaic generator with different maximum power point tracking techniques,” Songklanakarin Journal of  Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No.1,pp.107-114, 2014.
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K Chauhan, and Vivek Shrivastava, “A Comparative Study of Maximum Power Point Tracking Methods for a Photovoltaic based Water Pumping System,” International Journal of Sustainable Energy, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp.797-810, 2014.

Publications in International Conferences

• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K. Chauhan, Vivek Shrivastava, “Performance Evaluation of Reduced Rule Base Fuzzy Logic Controller Indirect Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drive,” in Proc. of Int. Conf. on Computer Simulation & Modelling, pp. 81-86, Hong Kong, Feb. 2012.
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K. Chauhan, Vivek Shrivastava, “Performance Analysis of Fuzzy based Sensorless Induction Motor Drive with Photovoltaic Source,” in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems, pp. 1-6, Hyderabad, July, 2013.
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K. Chauhan, Vivek Shrivastava, “ A fuzzy logic based sensorless induction motor drive supplied from a photovoltaic source,” in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Microelectronics, Communication & Renewable Energy, pp. 1-6, Kerala, June, 2013.
• Sajid Ali, Yogesh K. Chauhan and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Study & performance of DVR for voltage quality enhancement,” in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability, pp. 983 – 988, Tamil Nadu, April 2013.
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K. Chauhan and Vivek Shrivastava , “Performance analysis of induction motor drive with optimal rotor flux for energy efficient operation,” in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Communication Control and Computing Technologies, pp. 319-322, Ramanthapuram, May 2014.
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K Chauhan and Vivek Shrivastava, “Investigations on energy efficient sensorless induction motor drive”, IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication & Automation (ICCCA), pp. 974-978, 2015.
• R. Srivastava, Y. K. Chauhan and Bhavnesh Kumar, "Generation of PWM using verilog In FPGA," 2016 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Optimization Techniques (ICEEOT), Chennai, 2016, pp. 4593-4597.
• R Kumar, SP Singh, Bhavnesh Kumar, “ Performance Comparison of SVPWM and ANN based SVPWM Technique for Power Quality Improvement”, Procedia Computer Science 93, pp. 1024-1037, 2016.
• Gajraj, Y. K. Chauhan and B. Kumar, "Indirect back EMF detection based sensorless operation of PMBLDC motor drive,"  IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, 2016, pp. 1-5.
• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh Chauhan and Surya Singh, “MRAS based Speed Estimation Strategies for Induction Motor Drives: A Review”, in Proceedings IEEE Seventh India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE 2016), Thapar, 2016.
• Mukesh Kumar, Mohit Kachhwaya and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Development of MATLAB/Simulink based model of PV System with MPPT”, in Proceedings IEEE Seventh India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE 2016), Thapar, 2016.
• Prerna Gaur,  Diwaker Pathak, Bhavnesh Kumar and Yogesh Chauhan, “PI and Fuzzy Logic controller based Tip Speed Ratio control for Smoothening of Output Power Fluctuation in a Wind Energy Conversion System”,  in Proceedings IEEE Seventh India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE 2016), Thapar, 2016.
• S. P. Singh, A. K. Gautam, S. P. Tripathi and B. Kumar, "Performance comparison of MPPT techniques using Cuk converter for photovoltaic energy conversion system," 2017 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Communication Technology (CICT), 9-10 Feb., Ghaziabad, 2017, pp. 1-6.
• Tarun Kumar, Bhavnesh Kumar and S K Jha, “MATLAB/Simulink model to study solar cell characteristics under partial shading,” in Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology, 20-22 April, Coimbatore, 2017, pp. 642-646.
• Archana Tiwari, Bhavnesh Kumar and Yogesh K. Chauhan, “ ANN based speed estimation of Induction Motor Drive at Low Speed,” in Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology, 20-22 April, Coimbatore, 2017, pp. 176-179.
• Prashant Verma, Prateek Gupta and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Graphical User Interface(GUI) to study DC motor dynamics,” in Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology, 20-22 April, Coimbatore, 2017, pp. 649-654.
• Bhavnesh Kumar and Trishla Goyal, “Investigations on Flux Estimation Methods for Stator Current based MRAS Speed Estimator for Induction Motor Drive,” IEEE Engineer Infinite Conference  (e-TechNxt-2018),  pp. 1-5 , 13-14 March, 2018.
• Kumar, Manish and Kumar, Bhavnesh and Rani, Asha, Fuzzy Logic Based Optimal Flux Estimator for Energy Efficient Operation of Electric Vehicle (February 24, 2019). Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Computing in Science, Technology and Management (SUSCOM), Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur - India, February 26-28, 2019.
• S. V. B. S. Reddy, B. Kumar and D. Swaroop, "Investigations on Training Algorithms for Neural Networks Based Flux Estimator Used in Speed Estimation of Induction Motor," 2019 6th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, India, 2019, pp. 1090-1094, doi: 10.1109/SPIN.2019.8711623.
• U. Chauhan, A. Rani, V. singh and B. Kumar, "A Modified Incremental Conductance Maximum Power Point Technique for Standalone PV System," 2020 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, India, 2020, pp. 61-64, doi: 10.1109/SPIN48934.2020.9071156.
• U. Chauhan, B. Kumar, A. Rani and V. Singh, "Optimal Perturbation MPPT Technique for Solar PV System using Grey Wolf Optimization," 2019 International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (GUCON), NCR New Delhi, India, 2019, pp. 589-592.
• R. Anand, D. Swaroop and B. Kumar, "Global Maximum Power Point Tracking for PV Array under Partial Shading using Cuckoo Search," 2020 IEEE 9th Power India International Conference (PIICON), SONEPAT, India, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PIICON49524.2020.9113004.
• M. F. Nomani, D. Swaroop and B. Kumar, "Photovoltaic Cells Rearrangement using Meta-Heuristic Optimization Techniques for Shade Dispersion," 2020 IEEE Students Conference on Engineering & Systems (SCES), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SCES50439.2020.9236746.
• Arjun Tyagi, Mohsina Nazir, Krishan Kumar, V. V. Tyagi and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Optimal Utilization of Reactive Power Capabilities of Distributed Solar PV Inverter,” IEEE National Power Systems Conference, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, 17-19 December 2022.
• S. Tiwari, B. Kumar and A. Tyagi, "NARX Model Based Estimation of State of Charge of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles under Varying Temperature Ranges," 2023 14th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), Delhi, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICCCNT56998.2023.10306403.
• Swapnil Tiwari, Bhavnesh Kumar and Arjun Tyagi, “Artificial Neural Network based State of Charge (SOC) estimation of a Lithium-Ion Battery under Different Temperatures Conditions,” IEEE 10th Power India International Conference (PIICON), NIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, 25-27 November 2022.

Research Interests

• Electric Vehicles
• Renewable Energy Sources
• Battery Management Systems

Research Guidance

Name of the Ph.D Scholar Thesis Title Year of Award Joint Supervisor Urvashi Chauhan  Simulation, Analysis and Control of Renewable Energy based Systems   2022 Prof. Asha Rani Anuj Rawat Investigations on Renewable Energy Systems 2022 Prof. S K Jha Manish Kumar    Efficiency Enhancement Techniques for Electric Vehicles 2022 Prof. Asha Rani

Books/Book Chapters

Books 

• Artificial Intelligence for Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Approaches, Methodologies, and Technologies, CRC Press, July  2022, ISBN 9781032054414.  Editor(s): Bhavnesh Kumar, Bhanu Pratap, Vivek Shrivastava
• Intelligent Control for Modern Transportation Systems, CRC Press Boca Raton, October 2023, eBook ISBN9781003436089 DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003436089 Editor(s): Arunesh Kumar Singh, Bhavnesh Kumar, Ibraheem, Asheesh Kumar Singh, Shahida Khatoon
• Signals, Machines and Automation: Select Proceedings of SIGMA 2022, Springer Singapore, May 2023,  eBook ISBN 978-981-99-0969-8, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-0969-8. Editor(s): Asha Rani, Bhavnesh Kumar, Vivek Shrivastava, Ramesh C. Bansal

 

Book Chapters

• Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K Chauhan, and Vivek Shrivastava, “Simulation and modeling of a Constant voltage controller based solar powered water pumping system,” Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Networks. QShine 2013. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Vol. 115. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013.
• Krishna Kumar Singh, S. P. Singh and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Performance Evaluation of Brushless DC Motor Drive Supplied from Hybrid Sources,” Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Engineering, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, SIGMA 2018, Vol. 697, pp. 443-453, Springer, 2019.
• Vikas Verma, Nidhi Singh Pal and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Speed Control of the Sensorless BLDC Motor Drive through Different Controllers”, Harmony Search and Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, ICHSA 2018, Vol 741. pp. 143-152, Springer, Singapore, 2019.
• Priya Misra, and Bhavnesh Kumar, “Rotor Resistance Estimation for Improved Performance of MRAS-Based Sensorless Speed Estimation of Induction Motor Drives”, Intelligent Algorithms for Analysis and Control of Dynamical Systems, Springer, Singapore, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8045-1_18
• Anuragi K., Gaba M., Malik A.R., Gambhir R., Kumar B., “Artificial Neural Network-Based Classifier for Fault Detection in Photovoltaic Modules”, In: Govindan K., Kumar H., Yadav S. (eds) Advances in Mechanical and Materials Technology, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2794-1_40
• Aditya Nath Jha, Bhavnesh Kumar and Arjun Tyagi, “Solar Fed Speed Control of Water Pumping System using Constant Voltage Controlled MPPT Technique and PI Controller,” Signals, Machines and Automation (Select Proceedings of SIGMA 2022), Springer, May 2023, pp. 327-335. [ISBN eBook: 978-981-99-0969-8, ISBN Hardcover: 978-981-99-0968-1]
• Aditya Nath Jha, Bhavnesh Kumar and Arjun Tyagi, “Constant Voltage Controlled MPPT for PV Fed Water Pumping System,” Control Applications in Modern Power Systems (Select Proceedings of EPREC 2022), Springer, February 2023, pp. 105-117. [ISBN eBook: 978-981-19-7788-6, ISBN Hardcover: 978-981-19-7787-9]