Sravan Kumar Kotha

Dr. Sravan Kumar Kotha


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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27 February 2024 in Electric Power Systems Research
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Sravan Kumar Kotha
BRBhooshan Rajpathak
Bhooshan Rajpathak
MMMounica Mallareddy
Mounica Mallareddy
RBRamesh Bhuvanagiri
Ramesh Bhuvanagiri

28 April 2024 in Processes
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MMMounica Mallareddy
Mounica Mallareddy
BRBhooshan Rajpathak
Bhooshan Rajpathak
Mohan Lal KOLHEMohan Lal KOLHE
Mohan Lal KOLHE
RNRaghavendra Naik
Raghavendra Naik
JMJanardhan Rao Moparthi
Janardhan Rao Moparthi
SKSravan Kumar Kotha
Sravan Kumar Kotha
The need for public fast electric vehicle charging station (FEVCS) infrastructure is growing to meet the zero-emission goals of the transportation sector. However, the large charging demand of the EV fleet may adversely impact the grid’s stability and reliability. To improve grid stability and reliability, the development of a DC microgrid (MG) leveraging renewable energy sources to supply the energy demands of FEVCSs is the sustainable solution. Balancing the intermittent EV charging demand and fluctuating renewable energy generation with the stable DC bus voltage of a DC MG is a challenging objective. To address this objective, a piece-wise droop control strategy is proposed in this work. The proposed scheme regulates DC bus voltage and power sharing with droop value updating in a region-based load current distribution. Voltage compensation in individual regions is carried out to further improve the degree of freedom. In this paper, the performance of the proposed strategy is evaluated with the consideration of real-time solar PV dynamics and EV load dynamics. Further, to showcase the effectiveness of the proposed strategy, a comparative analysis with a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller against various dynamic EV load scenarios is carried out, and the results are validated through a hardware-in-loop experimental setup. Despite the intermittent source and EV load dynamics, the proposed piece-wise droop control can maintain voltage regulation with less than 1% deviation.