Smart Cities: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, and Internet of Things

This book discusses the integration of power electronics, renewable energy, and the Internet of Things (IoT) from the perspective of smart cities in a single volume. The text will be helpful for senior undergraduate, graduate students and academic researchers in diverse engineering fields including electrical, electronics and communication, and computers. The book:

• Covers the integration of power electronics, energy harvesting, and the IoT for smart city applications
• Discusses concepts of power electronics and the IoT in electric vehicles for smart cities
• Examines the integration of power electronics in renewable energy for smart cities
• Discusses important concepts of energy harvesting including solar energy harvesting, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controllers, and switch-mode power supplies (SMPS)
• Explores IoT connectivity technologies such as long-term evolution (LTE), narrow band NB-IoT, long-range (LoRa), Bluetooth, and ZigBee (IEEE Standard 802.15.4) for low data rate wireless personal communication applications

The text provides the knowledge about applications, technologies, and standards of power electronics, renewable energy, and IoT for smart cities. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer engineering, civil engineering, and environmental engineering.

Ahteshamul Haque, Ph.D., is working as Associate Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia ( A Central University), New Delhi, India. His area of research is Power Electronics and its application in renewable energy, electric vehicle, smart cities, wireless sensor networks, Embedded system and AI, ML for Power Electronics applications etc. Dr. Haque has published more than 175 papers in reputed journals and conferences. He is awarded as Outstanding Engineer award for year 2019 by IEEE PES Society. He is also listed in top 2%

Akhtar Kalam has been at Victoria University since 1984. He is the Editor in Chief of Australian Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Further, he has Distinguished Professorship position in many national and international institutions. He has been recognized internationally and nationally for his research. He is regularly invited to deliver lectures, work on industrial projects, and examine external thesis overseas. Professor Kalam is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Victoria (PEV), Fellow of EA, IET, AIE, a life Senior Member of IEEE, NER, APEC Engineer, IntPE (Aus) and a member of CIGRE AP B5 Study Committee.

Himanshu Sharma is presently working as Head (R&D) and Associate Professor in Electronics & Communicaition Engineering (ECE) Department at Noida Institute of Engineering & Technology (NIET), Greater Noida, Gautam buddh Nagar, Uttar Prasdesh (U.P), India. Dr. Himanshu Sharma has worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow in the field of Industry 4.0 at Aalborg University, Denmark, Europe from the year 2022 to 2023. Dr. Himanshu Sharma has been awarded the IEEE Most read article award-2021 from IEEE Smart Cities Newsletter, USA in the Year 2022.